EDMONTON,
AB – Stony Plain Records proudly announces the November 17 release of
the latest CD from multi Blues Music Award-winning guitarist Ronnie Earl
and his band, the Broadcasters, The Luckiest Man.
Ronnie Earl calls the album, “A traditional blues album of remembrance,
love, and unwavering resolve to live with faith and gratitude.” The new
disc was recorded at Woolly Mammoth Studios, Waltham, Mass.; Keep the
Edge Studio, Quincy, Mass.; and in Groton, Mass.
Listen to a sample of The Luckiest Man here: http://bit.ly/WatchLuckiestMan
On The Luckiest Man,
Ronnie and the Broadcasters, both current as well as some of the
earliest members, contribute to the new album, which follows the sudden
loss of Jim Mouradian, the band’s beloved bass player following a show
in January. Mouradian was also a respected guitar luthier, family man
and a gentleman. This musical journey through loss and healing can be
felt in the hauntingly beautiful “Death Don’t Have No Mercy,” and in Ronnie’s tender tribute to his brother on “Jim’s Song.” Life moves ever onward in the pulse and beat of “Heartbreak,” and faith takes hold in “Never Gonna Break My Faith.”
For the song, “Long Lost Conversation,” Ronnie is reunited with some of
the earliest Broadcasters and current members of Sugar Ray and the
Bluetones, who were on his first albums in 1983, all of whom contributed
to this truly being a family band project: Sugar Ray Norcia – vocals,
harp; Anthony Geraci – piano; Mike Welch – guitar; Neil Gouvin – drums;
Michael "Mudcat" Ward – double bass & Fender bass.
The title of the album, The Luckiest Man,
is a phrase and response spoken by Jim Mouradian who always lived with
gratitude in his heart and who never wasted a moment of his life: “I’m the luckiest man you know — and I don’t even know who you know.”
Besides the original songs on The Luckiest Man,
Ronnie Earl puts his own, indelible stamp on interpretations of “Ain’t
That Loving You,” “So Many Roads” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is.”
In
addition to Ronnie Earl on guitar, the Broadcasters include Dave Limina
– piano and Hammond B3; Diane Blue – vocals; Forrest Padgett – drums;
and Paul Kochanski – bass. Guest musicians on the new disc also include
Nicholas Tabarias – guitar; Mark Earley – baritone sax; Mario Perrett – tenor sax; and Peter Ward – guitar.
They say that you can’t keep a good man down and that inner resolve is both heard and felt within each song on The Luckiest Man,
Ronnie Earl’s twenty-fifth album and his eleventh on Stony Plain
Records. Since 1983, Ronnie Earl has released a series of traditional
blues albums, often interlaced with jazz, gospel and soul offerings;
however, he has always returned home to his “mother music” which is
traditional blues. Ronnie Earl continues to be one of the most emotive
blues guitarists today, whose musical voicings deal with loss and
healing, gratitude and love, compassion and passion. Indeed, it is those
emotional touchstones within his music, which is so beautifully
reflected in the swirl of colors expressed in artist Tom Noll’s painting
of Ronnie on the cover.
The Luckiest Man
confirms Ronnie Earl's status as one of the most soulful
blues/soul/jazz guitarists working today. He is a three-time Blues Music
Award winner as “Guitar Player of the Year,” a DownBeat magazine
winner for “Blues Album of the Year,” an Associate Professor of Guitar
at Berklee College of Music and has taught at the National Guitar summer
workshop in Connecticut.
For more information, see www.ronnieearl.com or www.stonyplainrecords.com.
Tom Noll is the artist and owner of Creative Bone Artworks® Inc. &
Art that Rocks®. For more information on Tom and his work see www.tomnoll.com.
Ronnie
Earl and the Broadcasters photo - Left to right: Paul Kochanski, Dave
Limina, Diane Blue, Ronnie Earl and Forrest Padgett.
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The Luckiest Man Track Listing
1. Ain’t That Loving You 5:38
Don D. Robey, Manitou Music (Canada)
Don D. Robey, Manitou Music (Canada)
2. Southside Stomp 4:13
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
3. Death Don’t Have No Mercy 6:00
Gary Davis, Chandos Music Company
Gary Davis, Chandos Music Company
4. Jim’s Song 3:00
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
5. Heartbreak (It’s Hurtin’ Me) 6:43
Jon Thomas & Carlee Hoyless, Songs of Universal Inc.
Jon Thomas & Carlee Hoyless, Songs of Universal Inc.
6. Howlin’ Blues 4:11
Traditional arranged and adapted by Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
Traditional arranged and adapted by Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
7. Never Gonna Break My Faith 5:25
Andrea Remanda, Eliot John Kennedy & Bryan Adams, Remandamusic & Badams Music Limited
Andrea Remanda, Eliot John Kennedy & Bryan Adams, Remandamusic & Badams Music Limited
8. Long Lost Conversation 10:15
R. Norcia, Norcia Publishing, BMI
R. Norcia, Norcia Publishing, BMI
9. Sweet Miss Vee 4:16
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
10. Blues for Magic Sam 5:24
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
Ronnie Earl, Mr. Earl Publishing, BMI
11. So Many Roads 10:52
Paul Marshall, Arc Music Corporation
Paul Marshall, Arc Music Corporation
12. You Don’t Know What Love Is 4:04
Fenton Robinson, Eyeball Music
Fenton Robinson, Eyeball Music
