VIN MOTT - ROGUE HUNTERLABEL: SELF
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 18, 2019
One definition of passion is when you put more energy into something than is required. It is more than just enthusiasm
or excitement; passion is ambition that is materialized into action, putting as much heart, mind, body and soul into
something as is possible. New Jersey bluesman Vin Mott is an artist who should be judged on those terms.
sophomore album, “Rogue Hunter,” demonstrates his burning love of Chicago, Memphis, Texas, and New Orleans’
traditions of the blues together with an intensive study of harmonica performance and his songwriting skills achieved
while attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston. The dozen original tracks (composed and arranged by Mott),
recorded live off the floor, showcase his tight working band of Dean Shot on guitar, Steve “Pretty Boy” Kirsty on bass and
drummer Matt Niedbalski at their fighting weight, ready to rumble.
The set opens with a hot blast of blues harp from Mott setting up the groove outlining his personal mantra ‘Car Troubles
Made Me A Good Blues Singer.’ He then digs further into the “bluesman” mystique on the sweet Chicago shuffle ‘Give Me
Cornbread,’ spelling out the sure fired way to his heart via southern downhome delicacy. The title track ‘Rogue Hunter’
pays tribute to Bo Diddley by usurping his ‘Roadrunner’ song form and mixing it with some Johnny Winter-inspired slide
guitar from Dean Shot on a house rockin’ boogie. The quartet then launches into the newly minted barroom anthem ‘Ice
Cold Beer,’ with its shout-along chorus ready for a place in the pantheon of party songs. Mott plays with double entendre
on the sweet country blues ‘Honey,’ and Kirsty thumps hard on the upright bass on the jaunty tale of cockeyed optimism
‘Whistlin’ By The Graveyard.’ Mott then turns the tragic tale of life among the abandoned factories and crime-filled streets
of the Northern New Jersey 3rd Ward neighborhood into the slow blues soliloquy ‘Paterson Is Crumblin.
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- TRACK LIST
1. Car Troubles Made Me A Good Blues Singer - 3:21
2. Give Me Cornbread - 3:46
3. Rogue Hunter - 3:41
4. Ice Cold Beer - 3:19
5. Honey - 3:04 # video
6. Whistlin’ By The Graveyard - 2:24
7. Paterson Is Crumblin’ - 5:34
8. I Got The Blues On My Mind - 3:17
9. Countin’ On Them Chickens - 2:57
10. Fire To Your Flame - 3:02
11. Please, Mr Devil - 4:26
12.. Greaser 4:02
Betsie Brown, Blind Raccoon, betsie@blindraccoon.com
