John Clifton - In The Middle of Nowhere
ARTIST: John CliftonTITLE: In the Middle of Nowhere
FORMAT: CD
LABEL: Rip Cat Records
RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2019
Rip Cat Records is proud to present In The Middle Of Nowhere, the latest CD from John Clifton. The California based singer/harmonica player, whose legend continues to grow with every release, seamlessly translates his onstage blend of West Coast and Chicago Blues, '50s style hard RAndB
and high-energy vintage Rock'n'Roll to the studio for 11 tracks that sizzle and shake to perfection. "The new record is the live band, the guys who I play with every night," he comments, "so it defnitely has more of a live feel to it." Clifton's singing and playing have never been better as he continues
to blur the lines between multiple genres; he never lets the blues slip out of sight while touching on everything from soul to jazz to R&B and even country.
- MUSICIANS:
Scott Abeyta - Guitar
Jake Finney - Bass
Edward Fritz - Drums, Percussion
Bartek Szopinski - Piano
John Shafer - Tamborine, Cowbel
In The Middle Of Nowhere is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2018 release, Nightlife (which spent six months in the Top 50 Contemporary Blues charts, hit the Top 10 on Sirius/XM's Rack Of Blues, #11 on Living Blues Radio, and fnished the year at #72 on Roots Music Report's Top 200 Contemporary
Blues Chart). …Nowhere features five all-new originals, along with six covers of songs by artists as diverse as Lightning Slim and Merle Haggard. Clifton's ability to craft a unifying thread between his own originals and those disparate covers is what sets him apart from the pack.
Available on: iTunes, Amazon.com, www.ripcatrecords.com
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