The brand new seventeen-track release from Bob Angell, Rhode Island’s long-standing premier blues guitarist, features close friend and critically acclaimed singer Kelly Knapp (The Bristols) on lead vocals on many of thesongs. Other collaborators, all musical buddies of Bob’s, include Duke Robillard, Buddy Whittington, Doug James, Joe Yuele, Mark Cole, Chris Stovall Brown, Charlz Ruggerio, Chicago Vin and Jack Moore.
"The quintessential blues album of 2024" Simon Raw (Jam Tomorrow Productions) "The bar has been raised. A stunning, indispensable release." Littleton Barry (The Blues Paper) "A new 'sophisticated primitive' blues style that revitalizes the genre." Blues Letters Deeply rooted in the fertile musical soil of the classical blues form, this collection also pushes up against old boundaries and breaks new ground. Every musician who contributed to the album brought their own distinctive personalities, their own individual take on the blues.
"The quintessential blues album of 2024" Simon Raw (Jam Tomorrow Productions)
"The bar has been raised. A stunning, indispensable release." Littleton Barry (The Blues Paper)
"A new 'sophisticated primitive' blues style that revitalizes the genre." Blues Letters
All songs written by Bob Angell except 'Shake for Hubert' (Angell/Robillard), 'The Red Rooster' (Dixon), Crazy Arms (Mooney/Seals), 'Abide With Me' (Lyte/Trad.), 'John The Revelaotor' (Trad.) and 'Amen' (Trad.)
Biography
Guitarist Bob Angell started Blues Outlet, the very first electric blues band to come out of his native Rhode Island (USA), in 1966 having been heavily influenced by the Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed records that were played regularly on local radio stations.
Seeing Muddy Waters at the world-famous Newport Jazz Festival in 1960, sealed the deal. “Funny enough, I saw an immediate connection between the blues and the church music I was familiar with since my earliest days. Somehow those giant handfuls of mighty Anglican organ chords found a sort of eerie reflection in the music produced by the giants of the blues. Something to do with the thundering emotion, I guess.” As Angell’s longtime mentor , the fabled Hubert Sumlin said, “He really is one of the best”, so it was no surprise when Bob was inducted into The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
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