The Late-Night Blues and Jazz Hangout #022 - Sit Back Blues with Dennis Hays

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE (MP3 - 22MB - 33min)

The Late-Night Blues and Jazz Hangout theme music is courtesy of Paul Killington. Visit the Maria Daines and Paul Killington web site at: http://www.mariadaines.com

What a collection I’ve found this week… eclectic, sensual, and gut grabbing. All that and more as we trip through some independent artists who really know their stuff.

Michele Mele - I can’t sing the blues
Michele Mele - Why Choose
A native of Toronto, Michele Mele has been writing for 20 years. “feel” is her 3rd cd of original material in the past 6 years.”feel” follows her previous cds “Like This” and “Laugh”. A prolific writer and enthusiastic and dynamic performer Michele offers her band and audience a wonderful musical experience all round. www.michelemele.com

Artist: Trouble & Strife - Keep on Drinking
Trouble & Strife are a band who make no excuses for playing only the blues. Bruce & Larry have been playing their brand of soulful low down, take your time blues together for over nine years. Bruce’s son Michael Ley is an exciting young guitarist who really gets what the blues are all about. Add in one of Canada’s best Blues drummers, Maureen Br own, and the highly talented Greg Smith on Bass and you have a poupouri of blues talent! Bruce & Larry both make their homes in the beautifull hills surrounding Orangeville Ontario. http://www.troubleandstrife.ca/

Saturday Night Fish Fry - Pachuko Hop
Very rarely does a band come along that can basically rewrite classic R&B songs and make them sound fresh, or write modern songs that could easily have been pulled from a 50’s era juke box. An astonishing feat indeed and it seems so easy for Bill King and his band, ‘Saturday Nite Fish Fry’. Their new release “Rhythm & Soul” (7 Arts) has a timeless quality and a very eclectic mix of great music.
http://www.emusic.com/album/10995/10995036.html?fref=2011281

Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Tired of Crying
Lil’ Ed Williams, although small in stature, is a true giant of the blues, and among the very last authentic West Side Chicago bluesmen. From smoking slide guitar boogies to raw-boned Chicago shuffles to the deepest slow blues, Lil’ Ed Williams is a master bluesman.
http://www.intrepidartists.com/liled.html

Albert Collins - Hooked On You
There has never been and may never be again a bluesman quite like Albert Collins. “The Master Of The Telecaster” was born on October 1, 1932, in Leona, Texas. A cousin of the legendary Lightnin’ Hopkins, Collins emerged with a blues sound and style all his own, featuring a combination of icy echo, shattering, ringing, sustained high notes, an ultra-percussive right-hand attack, and an unheard-of minor key guitar tuning (taught to him by his cousin Willow Young). Deeply influenced by T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker and Gatemouth Brown, Collins absorbed the sounds of Mississippi, Chicago, and especially Texas. He formed his own band in 1952, packing clubs around Houston. In the early 1960s, Collins’ “cool sound” instrumentals like the million-seller Frosty (recorded with a young Johnny Winter and Janis Joplin in attendance at the studio) and follow-ups Sno Cone and Thaw Out were all over R&B radio. Soon he was sharing stages with his idols Gatemouth Brown and T-Bone Walker.
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,416440,00.html

Jen Elliott and Bluestruck - Curse on You
She was raised on traditional gospel in Jacksonville, Florida but now Jen Elliott calls New York City her home. In 2003, she had the incredible opportunity to sign with up-and-coming indie record label City Canyons Records. A few short months later, they released her debut album, THE SECRET’S OUT.
http://www.jenelliott.com/index.html

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