![]() This is as unadulterated as Chicago blues gets. Don’t miss out on this terrific set by one the hottest bluesmen out there, backed by the best band in the business. There’s a fine cover of “You Can’t Lose What You Never Had” but the track that genuinely jumped out at me was Mud’s original “Leave Me Alone,” a true scorcher on an album packed with them. Billy Flynn’s “Money (Can’t Buy You Everything),” Corritore’s “Go Ahead And Blame Me,” and the pure swagger found on Studebaker John’s title cut add to the diversity and overall quality of the songwriting here. Morganfield wrote seven of these tracks, all of which are superb, with “Love to Flirt,” the funky “Catfishing,” “Health,” “Midnight Lover” and the rollicking “Blues in My Shoes” rising to the top. This truly is the crème de la crème of modern blues ensemble playing and each of these 12 tracks conveys the attitude, swagger, and confidence of Mud’s Father’s finest bands. McDaniel on bass, and Harmonica Hines and Bob Corritore sharing the harp duties. Brown’s “Short Dress Woman.” Producer Bob Corritore has assembled what amounts to being the closest we’re ever going to get to hearing a band as genuine and as tough as Muddy Waters’ mid-70s band, with a killer line-up that includes Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith on drums, Rick Kreher and Billy Flynn on guitar, Barrelhouse Chuck on keyboards, E.G. ![]() But make no mistake, Mud is very much his own man as he makes abundantly clear right from the start on the opening number, a tough cover of J.T. At 57, he not only re…sembles his famous father, he sounds a lot like his dad as well. Mud Morganfield, the eldest son of blues legend Muddy Waters, returns with one of the best all around Chicago blues albums to be released in a long, long time. McDaniel, el baterista “Beedy Eyes” Smith, el guitarrista Billy Flyyn y el armonicista Bob Corritore. A esto hay que añadir que lo acompañan algunos de los mejores músicos de Chicago, como el pianista Barrelhouse Chuck, el bajista E.G. La voz de “Mud” Morganfield es punzante, es energética, y la muestra con mucho orgullo, recordando aquellas épocas en que Muddy Waters lideraba lo mejor de Chess Records. ![]() “Son of The Seventh Son” es apenas su segunda producción y suena como si fuera un músico con una amplia trayectoria, ofreciendo un set de canciones, tanto originales como versiones, en los que rinde un gran homenaje a su padre. Fue en 1983, luego de la muerte de Muddy Waters, que Morganfield comenzó a tomarse en serio su carrera musical pero sólo debuto bien entrado en la edad de 50 años y ya está próximo a cumplir 58. “Mud” creció en Chicago, criado por su madre ya que su padre siempre estaba en gira, pero esto no impidió que le tomara aprecio a la música y el primer instrumento en el que se fijó fue la batería, luego pasó al bajo y posteriormente a la guitarra. El parecido vocal entre padre e hijo es increíble, al igual que la parte física, es como una copia calcada. Faye cites Dillon as a major influence in her musical development.Īfter graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2013, Faye relocated to Los Angeles.Historias del Blues (Columbia) (September 4, 2012)Ĭuando ustedes escuchen a “Mud” Morganfield van a pensar que están oyendo a Muddy Waters. When Wellman was thirteen, Dillon encouraged her to start writing and performing original music. Over a six year period, Dillon mentored Faye as the two played gigs promoting his music camp. At this young age, Faye began accompanying her mother to private voice lessons, absorbing her earliest memories of vocal training.ĭuring her adolescence, Faye attended rock music camp, founded by Bay area Blues guitarist, Jimmy Dillon (Bruce Springsteen, Sting, John Lee Hooker, B.B. At the early age of three, she remembers singing songs from Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes, an album favorited by her mother. Earmilk put it best: TVRQUOISE’s music is “a beautiful dichotomy of pessimism and optimism.”įaye Wellman grew up immersed in music and the arts while moving between various towns of Michigan’s west coast. TVRQUOISE’s music is described as electro-dreampop with looping vocal melodies, textured beats, and sweeping synths, and has been compared to indie act, Braids. Her 2017 self-titled EP immediately garnered positivereviews by The 405, Audiofemme, and Blackbook. TVRQUOISE is the Los Angeles based, genre-bending, indie pop project of vocalistand songwriter, Faye Wellman.
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