09-12-2021 BLUES:MiX # 33 blues(y) songs from the BLUES circle 2016-2021 (2h 19m) # Sari Schorr, Left Lane Cruiser, The Reverend Shawn Amos, The Cash Box Kings, Johnny Iguana, Gov't Mule, Sue Foley, Sonny Landreth, Gary Clark Jr., Bernard Allison, John Mayall
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...Sari’s success comes after years trudging the rugged road of life of the hard-working Blues woman. From her humble beginnings, working the music scene in the legendary fierce South Bronx of New York and on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, to a performance at Carnegie Hall, the operatically trained tornado stood her ground as a phenomenal Blues-Rock singer who would not be denied...
Work No More (Walter Trout) 5:22
Ain't Got No Money (Henning Gehrke / Sari Schorr) 5:13
from A Force of Nature 2016
With a screeching guitar intro on the track “Ain’t Got no Money,” the album Force of Nature starts off like a hawk and gets better. A recent inductee into the New York Blues Hall of Fame, Sari Schorr cut her ravenous teeth in the blues scene touring with renowned blues artists such as Popa Chubby, and Joe Louis Walker. With a voice like an operatic volcano it’s easy to see why Sari Schorr has received the notoriety that she has... Playing with several guitar players throughout the album, including Walter Trout, Innes Sibun, Oli Brown, and other accompaniments as well, the bass playing of Nani Conde, and the Drums of Jose Mena, are consistent through out the album. A deeply personal album for Schorr, Force of Nature is a hailstorm of an album sure to go down in blues history.
Specializing in a raw hillbilly punk-blues style that roars like a tweaking modal chain saw, Left Lane Cruiser is a band led by slide guitarist Frederick "Joe" Evans IV. Their music has the swampy feel of North Mississippi hill country blues à la Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, with a good dose of snarling garage punk tossed into the mix. While the band would sometimes expand into a trio, they record the bulk of their work as a two-piece, and the tough, funky roar of their music arrives fully formed on their 2006 debut Gettin' Down on It...
Claw Machine Wizard 3:16
Booga Chaka 3:43
Smoke Break 2:15
from Claw Machine Wizard 2017
2017's Claw Machine Wizard is Left Lane Cruiser's ninth album in ten years, and if you've been following their body of work, you should know what to expect before the first tune kicks in. Left Lane Cruiser are all about raw, dirty blues-rock, full of distorted guitars and pounding rhythms, and they aren't about to change their formula a decade into the game. But Claw Machine Wizard does sound just a bit less raunchy than their past few efforts, and contrary to expectations, that turns out to work in their favor. Don't worry, this album is still industrial-strength stomp-down blues-rock, but Jason Davis' engineering and mix add a bit more clarity to the group's attack, and the result boasts a bit less grime and a bit more groove, which helps these tunes shake long and hard...
Also known as the Reverend Shawn Amos, Shawn Amos is a singer, songwriter, and producer with a style that alternates blues, roots rock, country, and gospel... After establishing himself as a solo artist, he also became known as a multi-faceted label and marketing executive, among other enterprises, while continuing to release music...
Moved (Shawn Amos / Chris Roberts) 3:58
Hold Hands (Shawn Amos / Chris Roberts) 2:44
The Jean Genie (David Bowie) 4:16
from Breaks It Down 2018
The Reverend Shawn Amos designed his 2018 album, Breaks It Down, as a collection of "21st century freedom songs," a self-description that underscores that this is a modern-day protest record. Certainly, Breaks It Down teems with songs of pained passion and pleas for togetherness... By casting his musical net wide and writing specific songs, he succeeds with Breaks It Down, since both the tunes and the vibe make it clear he's aiming for empathy, not alienation.
Cash Box Kings keep the classic juke-joint jump of post-war electric blues alive in the 21st century, not just by reviving the over-saturated sound of Chess and Sun Records, but by writing new songs that address contemporary concerns. Bringing the blues into the 21st century was the intention of Joe Nosek, who formed the band while he was teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2001. The band found its stride with the addition of Chicago blues singer Oscar Wilson in 2007, and from that point forward, the pair led Cash Box Kings through a series of lineup changes showcased on albums released by Blind Pig Records and Alligator Records...
Take Anything I Can (Joe Nosek / Oscar Wilson) 3:55
Poison in My Whiskey (Joe Nosek / Oscar Wilson) 4:43
Bluesman Next Door (Joe Nosek / Oscar Wilson) 4:43
from Hail to the Kings! 2019
It's hard not to see the title of Hail to the Kings! as the Cash Box Kings celebrating themselves, but this 2019 album -- the group's second for Alligator -- makes it plain that the quintet can occasionally plant their tongues firmly in cheek. Case in point: "Joe, You Ain't from Chicago," where the group's twin leaders vocalist Oscar Wilson and harmonicist Joe Nosek do their best Bo Diddley and Jerome Green routine, trading barbs all intended to show how Nosek is truly a native of Madison, Wisconsin, not the Windy City. It's funny and it's smart, revealing that all of the Cash Box Kings are not only in on the joke, but that their hearts belong to Chicago... The interplay is elastic and gritty, as is the sound of the record; maybe the surface is crystal clear, but the levels are still happily pushed into the red. All this means Hail to the Kings! is a rollicking good time, but what gives the album resonance is how the Cash Box Kings don't merely pay homage to the past, they bring tradition into the present...
Brian Berkowitz, known professionally as Johnny Iguana, is an American Chicago blues pianist, singer and songwriter. He has recorded albums with Junior Wells, Carey Bell, Koko Taylor, Lil' Ed Williams, Eddie Shaw, Matthew Skoller, Lurrie Bell, Carey Bell, Oh My God, and the Claudettes among many others.
44 Blues (Roosevelt Sykes) 3:33
Down in the Bottom (Willie Dixon) 2:35
Shake Your Moneymaker (Elmore James) 2:40
from Chicago Spectacular! 2020
Johnny Iguana has been pounding the piano around Chicago since 1994, making his reputation playing with Junior Wells, then building a career by supporting blues titans while also stepping out on his own as the leader of the cabaret rock & roll band the Claudettes. This 2020 session is the first of his albums to be credited to Iguana himself, and as the title Chicago Spectacular suggests, it's a riotous celebration of the Windy City, grounded in its traditions and featuring such Chicago stalwarts as Billy Boy Arnold, Bob Margolin, John Primer, Billy Flynn, and Lil' Ed. That lineup when paired with such recognizable song selections as "44 Blues," "Down in the Bottom," "Shake Your Moneymaker," ... may be familiar territory, but they're the hooks to lure the uninitiated into an album that shows how vibrant Chicago blues can be... Johnny Iguana finds a sweet spot between jumping piano R&B and gutbucket blues, placing the rhythm in the forefront and keeping things lively and swinging throughout. The result is a blast, an album that celebrates Chicago traditions while tweaking them with a big grin.
Gov't Mule has been synonymous with the jam band scene since it began. Their sound is a meld of bluesy, hard rock riffing and songwriting, and virtuosic improvisation. Originally a power trio comprised of guitarist Warren Haynes, bassist Allen Woody (both formerly of the Allman Brothers Band), and drummer Matt Abts, the band recruited all-star guests for live performances after Woody's death in 2000. Keyboardist Danny Louis joined in 2002 and bassist Jorgen Carlson became permanent in 2009...
Blues Before Sunrise (Elmore James / Joe Josea) 3:44
Wake Up Dead (Matt Abts / Jörgen Carlsson / Warren Haynes / Daniel Schliftman) 5:54
Heavy Load (Warren Haynes) 7:18
from Heavy Load Blues 2021
Since releasing their self-titled debut album in 1995, Gov't Mule have remained close to their trademark bluesy hard rock roots. While they cover classic blues tunes regularly, they apply that musical signature. Heavy Load Blues marks the first time the quartet have recorded an album devoted strictly to blues. They cut it in one small room in a New England studio standing very close to one another -- without headphones -- using small vintage amplifiers. The band played stripped-down blues live from the studio floor; the few overdubs were added later. The 13-song standard version of the set offers six excellent Warren Haynes originals alongside covers by masters such as Ann Peebles, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and others. Haynes co-produced the set with John Paterno...
Sue Foley is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader based in Austin, Texas. Her trademark instrument is a pink paisley Fender Telecaster... Foley's wicked lead guitar made her a rarity among blueswomen at the time...
Pinky's Blues 4:15
Two Bit Texas Town 3:44
Stop These Teardrops 3:24
from Pinky's Blues 2021
Foley penned the title-track instrumental, a sweet, swinging, slow blues with stinging leads and lyric phrasing. It's followed by "Two Bit Texas Town," one of two tunes by Angela Strehli. It's a swamp blues shout-out that name-checks blues heroes. When Foley sings "Back when radio/Could turn your life around/I know what it did to me ..." she's singing its truth as her own, adding snarling fills and a cracking snare shuffle... On Lavelle White's "Stop These Teardrops," Foley's voice rides the lyric into the guitar boogie as Flanigin's organ fills paint the margins... The band digs deep into its slippery, bubbling groove and brings the record home. Pinky's Blues is unruly, wooly, joyful, and unprocessed. Its looseness is possible because Foley enlisted musicians who know the tradition and trust one another to deliver it with unvarnished intensity, without artifice.
Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter, and singer Sonny Landreth is an award-winning musician's musician... Landreth's style derives from many root sounds, including Cajun music, zydeco, Delta blues, swamp pop, and R&B, as well as rockabilly. He uses his fingers on the fretboard and slide simultaneously, making him sound like several guitarists playing at once...
Beyond Borders (Sonny Landreth) 4:09
Blacktop Run (Sonny Landreth) 3:34
The Wilds of Wonder (Sonny Landreth) 3:06
from Blacktop Run 2020
Landreth's band includes keyboardist Steve Conn, drummer Brian Brignac, and bassist David Ranson. The guitarist wrote eight of these ten tunes; Conn penned the other two, which include the stellar instrumental "Beyond Borders," a jam that melds hard Southern swamp rock, electric slide blues, and Latin cumbia. The opening title track begins with fingerpicked National Steel guitar, a droning bassline, washboard, and bumping tom-toms. Landreth's singing voice at almost 70 years of age is better than ever: he glides through the lyrics, allowing his guitar to help carry them with his deft plectrum and slide-guitar picking, often in the same line... It sends Blacktop Run out on notes of tenderness and mercy born of grit. Landreth and Field bring out the best in one another. They are symbiotic in their restless energies and experimental visions, and have consistently delivered excellence together; Blacktop Run is no exception.
With his acclaimed debut Blak and Blu, Gary Clark, Jr. emerged at the dawn of the 2010s as the great hope for modern electric blues. He spent the rest of the decade fulfilling that promise, both by continuing the blues-rock tradition and expanding it to encompass contemporary funk, rock, and hip-hop. Initially, Clark played his cards relatively close to the vest, emphasizing the blues heritage of his hometown in Austin, Texas (and earning the endorsement of local legend Jimmie Vaughan)...
This Land (Woody Guthrie / Gary Clark, Jr.) 5:41
Dirty Dishes Blues (Lane Evans / Gary Clark, Jr. / Jacob Sciba) 5:03
What About Us (Gary Clark, Jr. / Curtis Ousley) 4:30
from This Land 2019
"F*ck you, I'm America's son/This is where I come from." Gary Clark, Jr. spits out that line with all the venom he can muster on the opening track of 2019's This Land, and while he's specifically challenging a racist neighbor who doesn't believe he can afford the Texas ranch he calls home, it also sounds like he's shouting down anyone who has dared to question his creative ambitions or tried to pigeonhole him as just another bluesman. Since making his major-label debut with 2012's Blak and Blu, Clark has steadily been widening his boundaries as a musician, and This Land is his toughest and most ambitious work to date, a bold and often ferocious set of songs that serves as a polyglot of African-American musical idioms and sharply articulate thoughts about American life in the midst of the Trump era. As on his previous albums, Clark frequently demonstrates he's a gifted and forceful guitarist, but on This Land, the songs are ultimately more important than the solos, and the rich, densely packed production, the melodic diversity of material, and the undiluted passion of the lyrics (and the way Clark delivers them) is what truly makes this album succeed... This Land is not an album many were expecting Gary Clark, Jr. to make when he burst into nationwide recognition at the start of the 2010s, and that's one of its greatest strengths -- it frequently upends expectations while confirming Clark's broad talent and imagination, and if this doesn't convince you he's a major artist, nothing will.
Bernard Allison is the guitar-playing, singing, and songwriting son of late legendary blues guitarist Luther Allison. True to form for this chip off the old block, the young Allison injects every bit as much energy into his live shows as his father did. Bernard counts among his influences icons like Albert King, Muddy Waters, and Freddie King, and later, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter.
Cruisin For A Bluesin (Bernard Allison, Mario Dawson) 4:55
Backdoor Man (Bernard Allison) 3:49
You're Gonna Need Me (Luther Allison) 4:38
from Let It Go 2018
Painful admission: When this reviewer saw the title of the aforementioned CD, she popped it into her stereo and fast-forwarded to that track, hoping and praying it wasn’t a cover of the pop hit from Disney’s Frozen. Then she thought, “Bernard Allison would never do that. He’s a legend!” His Let It Go is an original tune and an entire album besides. When blues runs in the blood as thickly and purely as it does between a father and his youngest son, nary a sour note is played. Bernard’s groove persists and embellishes itself throughout twelve tracks... Perhaps the best part of Bernard’s blues is his vocals, savory as barbecue ribs: hot and tangy, just the thing to warm one’s ears like a full rack of “baby back” warms the stomach. Of course, his guitar is iconic, and it makes a bold appearance in electric, slide, and acoustic varieties. Ruf Records has done it again, providing pristine-quality music from a pristine-quality, traditional blues artist.
John Mayall, OBE is the godfather of the British blues. A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he has been a bandleader and recording artist since 1965. A generation older than most of his sidemen, Mayall was a mentor; his bands were both a lab and finishing school for iconic musicians -- particularly guitarists. Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor served, as did bassists Jack Bruce and John McVie and drummers Mick Fleetwood and Aynsley Dunbar among dozens of others...
Talk About That (John Mayall) 4:25
The Devil Must Be Laughing (John Mayall) 6:57
Blue Midnight (John Mayall) 4:02
from Talk About That 2017
John Mayall enlisted the aid of a Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer for Talk About That, his latest release in a career that stretches back to the early ’60s, but have no fear! With James Gang/Eagles superstar Joe Walsh along for the ride, the undisputed Godfather Of British Blues delivers a heaping portion of the music four generations of fans have come to know and love... Available through all major marketers Talk About That proves once again that Mayall is a musical treasure. It’s comfortable, yet fresh throughout — and strongly recommended.
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