047 – Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater – The Chief of West Side Blues [29:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A1 Artist Spotlight.Com did a phone interview with Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater about his CD West Side Strut. Listen to the Podcast with interview and music of Chicago’s best known West Side Blues Chief, Eddy Clearwater.
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Eddy Clearwater was born Edward Harrington in 1935. While a teenager, his family moved from his home state of Mississippi to Alabama. It was there that he learned to play the guitar and back various gospel groups. In 1950 Edward moved to Chicago just as the blues scene was taking off. In just three years he was out performing in clubs. Towards the end of the fifties he was releasing singles. Jump Jackson who was a drummer as well as a bandleader changed Edward’s name. Jackson’s band had backed Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy, Robert Nighthawk, and even John Lee Hooker. By the late fifties he started his own record label and booking agency. Eddy was signed to his booking agency. Jump Jackson felt Eddy Clearwater would be easier for people to remember. Eddy was a big Muddy Waters fan so instead of muddy water he’d be Clearwater. Eddy’s style of music is a cross between Chuck Berry and Magic Sam. Eddy said his sound is a westside blues style. He describes it as a rawer blues, minor cords, heavy bass lines, guitar, harmonica orientated. The opening song on West Side Strut “A Good Leavin’ Alone” Eddy said is a good example of west-side blues. In other words good old rockin’ blues-rock with a strong beat and harmonica. Don’t get me wrong Eddy does other styles of music as you will hear on the podcast. It appears Eddy spent much of the sixties and seventies in the USA. He did go on two tours of Europe in the seventies, one of which had Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Jimmy Johnson. Wow, what a show that must have been. Eddy puts on a very high-energy show that gets everybody up on their feet and having a good time. The French record company MCM put out his first LP in 1979 called Black Night which was a live record. In 1980 the very long overdue first USA LP come out called The Chief. Many consider this one of his best records. Music reviewer Bill Dahi said The Chief was “one of the best Chicago blues LP’s of the 1980’s. Eddy has gone on to make about 15 records on several different labels including Cleartone, a label he once owned. Eddy Clearwater is now on the prestigious Alligator records, this is his first CD by them.
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Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater has a new CD called West Side Strut. The first two tracks “A Good Leavin’ Alone” and “Hypnotized” are hard hitting songs. Eddy is proving a 73-year-old can play better than a lot of the kids. Eddy and the band are giving us a first class performance. “A Good Leavin’ Alone” comes from an old southern saying about if you can’t get along with someone you’re dating it is better to just give them a good leavin’ alone in other words break up with them. Both songs are hard hitting blues rockers followed by “Gotta Move On”, a softer slower blues song. This is one of my favorite songs because the brass section really does a fine job. It really creates a nice atmosphere and the sax solo is great. “Walking Through the Park” and “Blue Over You” are back to upbeat rockers. Ronnie Baker Brooks produced, wrote, and co-wrote some of the songs as well as playing guitar. Hats off to Ronnie for doing a wonderful job, first class on everything. Two good examples of this is “Come Up the Hard Way” and “Do Unto Others”. Ronnie also wrote a fun rocker called “Too Old to Get Married (To Young to Get Buried)”. Ronnie’s father Lonnie Brooks trades guitar licks and vocals with Eddy on this fun rockin’ song. This is the song you have to call your radio station to play or better yet buy the CD and call the radio station so others can hear it. This song should be a hit because it has everything that’s great. Bet you can’t just play it once. West Side Strut ends with a beautiful gospel song called “A Time For Peace”. Eddy wrote this wonderful song but could not get the last verse so Ronnie finished the song. They are very touching and meaningful words if only we would live by them. West Side Strut shows how creative Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater really is. He does blues, blues-rock, rock, a western song and R&B, the only thing Eddy cannot do is a bad song. With songs like “A Good Leavin’ Alone”, “Gotta Move On”, “Too Old to Get Married”, and “A Time For Peace” this record is a real winner. Eddy told me he had always dreamed of playing the guitar full time. Thank God Eddy’s dream came true because we are all benefiting from Eddy’s dream. If you like the songs in this podcast please buy Eddy Clearwater’s CD West Side Strut.
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Songs in the podcast are:
1. Hypnotized
2. Rock-A-Blues Baby
3. Blue Over You
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Eddy Clearwater’s Website
More information about Eddy at Alligator Records
Buy Eddy Clearwater’s CD West Side Strut from Alligator Records
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Check out other Alligator artist like Roomful of Blues, Michael Burks, & Smokin’ Joe Kubek. NEW CD’s by JJ Grey & MOFRO, aslo Lil’ Ed & the Blue Imperials. Listen to great artist on their Streaming Radio.
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 047 - Blindside Blues Band - From Cream to Robin Trower They're Keeping Rock Alive [34:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A1 Artist Spotlight.Com did a phone interview with Mike Onesko about his band the Blindside Blues Band and their CD Keepers of the Flame. Listen to the Podcast with the interview and music of the Blindside Blues Band.
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Blindside Blues Band is led by Mike Onesko who is the lead guitarist and vocals for the band. Mike grew up in Cleveland Ohio were he remembers his parents playing the popular music of the day. He loved Elvis and even had a windup Elvis guitar. Mike’s real journey began when he moved to California. After playing in a bunch of different bands Mike Varney discovered Mike Onesko playing in a club. The two of them started the Blindside Blues Band. Mike Varney is now best known for being a record producer, publisher, and founder of record labels like Shrapnel Records, Tone Center, and Blue Bureau. Mike Varney also discovered Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, Greg Howe, Marty Friedman, Vinnie Moore and Jason Becker. Onesko and Varney went on to make four records together as the Blindside Blues Band before Varney decided to move on. This did not hold Mike Onesko back at all. Mike has gone on to make two more Blindside Blues Band records as well as numerous other recording projects. Perhaps one of his most interesting one is Cream of the Crop with Tim Bogert on bass guitar and vocals and Emery Ceo on drums and vocals. They do live shows playing Cream songs. If you’re like me and never got to see Cream, this may be the next best thing.
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Blindside Blues Band new CD Keepers of the Flame is a heavy blues rock sound with a lot of energy and fun. The CD opens with “Keepers of the Flame” which is like a car spinning its tires on take off, it’s full speed ahead no looking back. Mike said the song is about how Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan are gone. Eric Clapton and Robin Trower are getting older, who will be the keepers of the flame? Who will carry on this kind of heavy blues-rock we grew up on? It will be the Blindside Blues Band. This is a good thing because they do a good job of it. Now if we can just get radio stations to play this style of music once again. The CD continues on with “Sonic Love” and “Jagged Edge” two more classic rock style songs with a guitar driven sound. “Maybe I’m A Leo” everyone will know from the Deep Purple record Machine Head. I think it’s very hard to take a classic rocker like this and update it because we all know this song so well. Blindside Blues Band made the song better. They keep it a lot like the original, yet made it a little more powerful, a little more solid. An interesting note, Mike Varney returned to play on this song. Joe Romagnoia the owner of Grooveyard Records, the label Blindside Blues Band is on, asked the band to do this song. Joe and Mike Varney both take turns playing guitar solos, Joe’s first then Mike’s. How cool is that, two record company owners will work together because they love the music. “Lonesome Road” is more of a laid back song that fits very nicely in the middle of the CD. The guitar strumming reminds me of “Friends” from Led Zeppelin III. It’s not the same song but there are some nice similarities. Mike said he wrote this about being on the lonesome road of touring. Check out the very nice instrumental part in the middle along with drummer Jeff Martin’s fine Harp playing. “Back Stabber”, “Electric Wave” and “Bad Luck” are back to a harder classic rock style. “Back Stabber” has a sound like Cream, maybe “Sunshine of Your Love” I’m not quite sure. It’s not obvious, just kind of a subtle riff from time to time. Davey Patterson who was with (Ronnie) Montrose and now sings for Robin Trower’s band joined in on this CD too. Davey is the singer on Blindside Blues Band’s remake of the Robin Trower’s song “Hannah” originally on the 1973 Twice Removed From Yesterday CD, Robin’s first solo record. Again, I think Blindside Blues Band does a better job on this song than the original. The real treat for me came in the song “I Wanna Be Free” from Uriah Heep’s Look At Yourself record. Sandwiched between “Look At Yourself” and “July Morning” I kind of overlooked the song. Mike said that was one of his favorite records and always liked that song a lot. Uriah Heep’s version is good but Blindside Blues Band’s version is great. The keyboards, (by Barry Prior) the guitars, and Jeff Martin’s vocals all have a fuller and more powerful sound. I would think trying to do a Uriah Heep song and make it sound good would be very hard to do. How many people can you think of that have even tried to pull this off. These guys not only tried to pull it off but made it better. “I Wanna Be Free”, “Keepers of the Flame”, and “Lonesome Road” are worth the price of the CD, still there are eight more songs. Keepers of the Flame is well over an hour long. Yes that’s right Grooveyard Records let Blindside Blues Band put out a CD that’s one hour and fifteen minutes long, that’s a bargain. If you like the sound of Cream, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Robin Trower and the others of that time you have just found a new band with that kind of great sound. The Blindside Blues Band are the keepers of the flame.
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Cream of the Crop with Tim Bogert on bass guitar
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Songs in podcast are:
Keepers of the Flame
Lonesome Road
Back Stabber
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Guitar solo of the week is from “Electric Wave”
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Blindside Blues Band Website
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To buy Keepers of the Flame from CD Baby
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To buy their last CD Long Hard Road from CD Baby
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Check out other great artist on Grooveyard Records
“Keep Rock Alive”
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I would like to thank Joe Romagnoia of Grooveyard Records for his help & setting up the interview.
Thanks also to Mike Onesko of Blindside Blues Band for doing the interview & all his help in putting this together.

 

 045 - Moreland & Arbuckle – Awesome Modern with Traditional Country Blues Roots – Must Buy [31:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A1 Artist Spotlight.Com did a phone interview with Aaron Moreland of Moreland & Arbuckle about their new CD 1861. Listen to the podcast with the interview about Moreland & Arbuckle and hear songs from this great CD. Just click on the red play button above this and enjoy.
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Moreland & Arbuckle’s music transports me to another time and place. Perhaps I’m riding the rails as a hobo while Aaron Moreland is playing blues on an old Parlor guitar. As the box car click clacks the time going down the track Dustin Arbuckle joins in singing and playing his harmonica. This is the sound of country roots blues at it’s very best. Imagine Son House or Mississippi Fred McDowell playing delta music in this dark boxcar. Wait, no, that’s not right we’re in Kansas not the delta. I know that scarecrow we just pasted, that yellow road. Oh no we’re not in Kansas any more I think were in Oz. The music sounds better than it ever has. There are beautiful bright colors radiating out of the music. If you think I’ve gone mad it’s because you have not started the podcast yet. When you hear Moreland & Arbuckle you will understand what I mean. The music takes you back to another time period yet at the same time it’s a wonderful new twist.
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Moreland & Arbuckle have been playing together in various forms for about 6 years. The various forms mean bass players and drummers have come and gone. The drummer Brad Harner was the original drummer who has returned to the band. Their first project was a band called the King Snakes in 2004. An all-acoustic CD came out in 2005 followed by an all-electric CD in 2006. Now in 2008 they have put out their first CD 1861 on the Northern Blues label. They are from somewhere in Kansas but not Oz, 1861 refers to when Kansas became a state.
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Aaron Moreland plays Electric, Parlor, Resonator, & Cigar Box Guitars
Dustin Arbuckle plays Harmonica & Sings
Brad Harner plays Drums
Guests:
Jeffrey Eaton plays Gas Tank Bass on “The Legend”
Chris Wiser plays Hammond B3 Organ on “Diamond Ring” & “Wiser Jam”
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Other than the one song Jeffrey plays on there is no bass guitar on the CD. This may be one reason for the unique sound on 1861. Of the twelve songs about five are acoustic, the rest are electric. As I tried to explain earlier the songs have a traditional country blues root sound to them. Even the electric ones have an old time sound. Like most blues songs the songs deal with problems in peoples lives. The music on most of the songs is upbeat, not slow or depressing. The CD did take a while to get into but when it clicked it was like a wave of joy. Like the time I first understood Bob Dylan’s vocals on the LP Street Legal. I can’t go to bed, I want to hear more. The first few days of being into the CD there was a big smile on my face as I listened, it was so much fun. At times I felt guilty playing 1861 knowing there was other artists I should be getting to know for a future show. I just wanted to hear more of Moreland & Arbuckle. 1861 starts off with a Hound Dog Taylor song “Gonna Send Ya Back to Georgia”. Aaron Moreland’s slide guitar starts off the song then Dustin Arbuckle’s Harmonica comes in and we’re off and running. As with the whole CD when Dustin is playing Harmonica I’m in heaven. This is a good example of what I was talking about before. In the song he wants to send her back to Georgia before she breaks up his happy home. Shouldn’t this be a sad song? Musically it’s a festival of fun you can almost see people dancing around. “Fishin’ Hole” came about from Aaron taking his young boys fishing one day. One day at rehearsals the kids were talking about it. Dustin picked up on it, wrote some words. Aaron was tuning up and fell into the guitar riff. The song was done in five minutes. “Tell Me Why” was a result of going down to Mississippi to visit Mississippi Fred McDowell’s grave. It’s a drone, one cord song like the kind of style McDowell played. “See My Jumper Hangin’ out on the Line” is a R.L. Burnside cover. This is much more of an upbeat version than R.L. Burnside’s studio version. With the Harmonica, clean guitar playing and Brad Harner nice drumming this is a fine cover everyone will love. For me the best song lyrically is “The Legend”. Dustin Arbuckle wrote this about the problems his father had after coming back from the Vietnam War. “The Legend” covers a long time period in his dad’s life. Dustin used precise words to explain what went on in his dad’s life as a result of going through that terrible war. These lyrics are up to the high standards of a very good Bob Dylan song. Musically this song is good and the lyrics are prefect. “Never Far Behind” and “Please, Please Mammy” are nice songs about family life in the country. “Never Far Behind” tells a very enjoyable story and musically like “Gonna Send Ya Back to Georgia” if you look closely you may even see them dancing around. Call your radio station to request songs from 1861. As you can tell I’m really crazy over Moreland & Arbuckle’s 1861. I’ve been very lucky this year to review a lot of great CD’s. 1861 is really up there and should be nominated for CD of the year. If you like traditional country blues but would like something new, exciting and fun. Moreland & Arbuckle’s 1861 will not let you down. This is a must buy CD.
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Songs played on the podcast:
1. Never Far Behind
2. Diamond Ring
3. Fishin’ Hole
4. The Legend
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Please, Please Mammy – Was the Guitar & Harp solo of the week.
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To buy 1861 from Moreland & Arbuckle Website
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To buy 1861 from Northernblues Music
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Moreland & Arbuckle - Website
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Moreland & Arbuckle - MySpace page
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You Tube - Jumper On The Line
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Northernblues Music is their record label
Check out some of the other fine artist on Northernblues Music like Homemade Jamz Blues Band, JW-Jones, Watermelon Slim & Mac Arnold.
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I would like to thank Michael McClune at Northernblues Music for his help in putting this podcast together also thanks to Aaron Moreland for taking time to do the interview.
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 044 - Big George Jackson – The Traditional Blues Sprit, Done Right [34:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A1 Artist Spotlight.Com did a phone interview with Big George Jackson about his career as a blues singer & harp player. Listen to the interview of Big George Jackson and hear Big George Jackson songs on this podcast.
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Big George Jackson said he heard the blues while he was growing up from family members playing records. George’s dad played a little harmonica, which influenced George to play around with it a little while in his teens. It wasn’t until his mid twenties that he really started taking the harp seriously. Inspiration on playing the harp came from Sonny Boy Williamson, Walter Horton, Little Walter, Junior Parker, and Paul Butterfield. By his late twenties he was a sideman playing harp in several bands over the next seven or eight years. The first CD he made was with some friends in 1994 (Nothing Like The Rest) but this was not a blues CD. Big George finely started putting together his own blues bands, then around 1995 Big George put together the band he has now. They’ve put out three CDs on Black & Tan Records. He calls his style of blues traditional blues and tries to be really true to the spirit of the original music. Big George even said “When I write a song or do a song I have to actually ask myself is this a song I could have heard somebody like Muddy Waters doing or someone like Walter Horton or someone like Lazy Lester doing”. One of the songs on Southern In My Soul he found he was not in the traditional style so he had to change the song to be more traditional. A few years ago in Switzerland he met Lazy Lester, who asked Big George and his group to be his back up band for a few gigs. As a result the two of them have become good friends and still work together once in a while. Lazy Lester told Big George he should learn guitar. Big George has gotten so good he will be doing some of the guitar work on their next record.
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What drew me to Big George Jackson was his traditional style of blues with a very solid band as well as solid voice of Big George, plus great harp playing. These guys really work together to make the over all sound of the song the number one priority. Sonny Boy Williamson like others from the past have no depth (or high fidelity) in their music. I know this is not anyone’s fault. The recording equipment just was not that good then. For me it does take away from enjoying these records as much as I should. That’s one of the other things I really liked about The Big George Jackson Band. The songs were in a great traditional blues style, yet the sound quality was modern. To be honest I was confused when first hearing the songs. Was this an old or new blues artist I just discovered. As a Bob Dylan fan I love good stories in songs. The stories are good, plus he loves to tell stories before playing the song.
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The song “I’m A Big Man” starts off with a cool little talk about being big and something dumb someone says to him. There is good harp playing with a tight band. George said “Friday Evening” is about when he was young he would get paid on Friday then get all dressed up before going out on the town. There is very nice drum work that keeps this song running along. “Amtrek”, “St. Paul Girl” and “Big Shot” all tell good stories.
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I was very happy to hear their music is getting played on satellite radio. Their tours of Europe have done well also. Please call your local radio stations and request music by Big George Jackson. Don’t forget to go to Black & Tan Records as well as iTunes to bye CD’s by Big George Jackson. They’re working on a new CD that will probably be out around the end of the year (2008).
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Songs used in the podcast:
1. St. Paul Girl
2. Big Shot
3. Friday Evening
4. Amtrek
5. I’m A Big Man
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Harp Solo “The Daddy”
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Big George Jackson’s CD’s are all on Black & Tan Records
2003 - Southern In My Soul
2001 – Big Shot
1998 - Beggin Ain’t For Me
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Big George Jackson MySpace page
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George’s Record Co. is Black & Tan
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Thanks to Jan Mittendorp at Black & Tan records for setting up the interview and Big George Jackson for taking time to do the interview.
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 043 - Michael Burks – Iron Man Is One of this Years Best Blues/Rock CDs [36:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A1 Artist Spotlight.Com did a phone interview with Michael Burks about his new CD Iron Man. Listen to the interview of Michael Burks
and hear Michael Burks songs from Iron Man in this podcast .
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Michael said he remembers every Sunday night Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) would come over to his father’s house. In the basement they would be jamming with Michael’s dad playing bass guitar. Michael would be right in the middle of it all, watching what was going on. He also remembers playing in a juke joint when he was only six years old. As Michael was growing up he got to back up many blues artists when they would come through town. People like O.V. Wrigte, Little Milton, Raful Thomas, Freddie King and T. Bone Walker. While growing up Michael listened to Grand Funk Railroad, Three Dog Night, Rare Earth, Bar-Kays, Santana and ZZ Top. His dad made sure Michael learned how to play all kinds of music on the guitar so he would be able to get a job playing whatever was available. This probably led to Michael’s love of more than just blues or rock. He loves listening to funk, jazz, and country also. After hearing Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys, he was in his bedroom for hours and hours trying to learn the record. As you can imagine Michael has been working in many bands since those days. Eight years ago Michael’s big break came with being signed to Alligator Records. The first CD issued was Make It Rain followed in 2003 by I Smell Smoke. A very appropriate title not only for the music on any of his CD’s but also for his concerts. With titles like Make It Rain and I Smell Smoke I thought the new one would be called Backdraft or something to that affect. I was wrong though, the new CD is titled Iron Man, Michael’s nickname.
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Iron Man is a versatile blues CD with slow, fast and hard rockin’ blues. The first song “Love Disease” starts with one drum beat, two chords, then Michael’s guitar starts to scream. From the very beginning the Iron Man is giving you a powerful assault. This was written before he was with Alligator Records. The song got rewritten for Make It Rain and I Smell Smoke but was never used. This time the rewrite must have been just what they wanted. “Love Disease” is definitely what I want, powerful playing by the band with lots of lead guitar work. The next song is about a relationship starting to break up. You get that “Strange Feeling” something is going on behind your back. Michael said the song was really just an excuse to play slide guitar. “Empty Promises” was one of the last songs written for this CD. While doing a sound check he was playing around with some chords then the words came to him. This is probably the most beautiful song on Iron Man. Between Michael’s slow lovely chord changes and Wayne Sharp’s nice organ accompaniment, the surprise comes with a strong stirring guitar solo. The solo is faster with more of a raw sound that makes a very nice contrast with the beautiful chords in the rest of the song. “Salty Tears”, “No More Crying”, and “Ashes in My Ashtray” are all upbeat songs with the later two being more blues. “Don’t Waste My Time” is about a friend of Michael’s who was dating a girl that he was serious about but the girl was not serious about this guy. She was just wasting his time. That’s something Michael Burks doesn’t do, waste your time. Like Albert King once told Michael, when you get up to play, play, and don’t go messing around. Sounds like Michael took Albert’s advice, with three CDs out he’s not wasted our time yet. This is a man that is well on his way to being one of the next great blues legends. “Quiet Little Town” is about his hometown that is a nice little place where everyone is friendly and knows his face. One little problem though, they know too much about what everyone else is up to, kind of like a Peyton Place. This is a great rocker that all the rock stations should be playing (please call yours). “Hard Come, Easy Go” is one song that is getting some well-deserved radio play. Tinsley Ellis who wrote this song for Michael’s CD did a really nice job. Our guitar solo of the week comes from this song although there were many great solos in just about every song this has been getting airplay so I went with this. “Icepick Through My Heart” is a good example of a song that has a lot of great guitar soloing in it. Michael said it’s kind of based on an Albert King song “As the Years Go Passing By”. When I listened to Albert’s song I could see very little if any similarity between the two. Albert’s is much slower and softer with other instruments kind of competing with Albert’s playing. I really love Albert King and this song of his but “Icepick Through My Heart” is much better. Michael really gives the guitar a work out on this song. It’s also the longest song on the CD, just under seven minutes. The next song is from the old Paul Rogers band Free. The song is “Fire and Water”. Michael’s version is much more powerful than Free’s. The last song “Changed Man” is a real rocker. If you like blues/blues rock with a lot of guitar playing this is the CD for you. I’ve talked to several people that seem to agree that if Michael keeps making CD’s like the last three he is well on his way to being one of the leading blues artists of the future. Even though Iron Man is the new CD Michael and Alligator Records is pushing right now Make It Rain and I Smell Smoke are both just as good. I have all three CD’s and there is not a bad song on any of the CDs.
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A few weeks ago I saw Michael Burks in St. Louis at BB’s Jazz, Blues, and Soups Not only was the ticket about the price of a beer at The Rolling Stones concert, I did not need binoculars or even my glasses to see the Iron Man on stage. Michael Burks and his band put on the best show I’ve seen since Buddy Guy two years ago. They played a two-hour set of powerful blistering blues rock. During his break he stood on stage autograghing CDs and talking to fans. Then he played two more hours of great blues rock including the very best version of “Hey Joe” I have ever heard. You have to see Michael Burks live. This is a must see band especially now while he is still playing smaller places. Some day you will have to pay a lot of money and need my binoculars.
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The songs played in the podcast:
Love Disease
Empty Promises
Don’t Waste My Time
Quiet Little Town
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Guitar solo of the week Hard Come, Easy Go
Thanks to Tinsley Ellis and Bruce Iglauer for letting me play this song.
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The Band is:
Michael Burks – guitar & vocals
Wayne Shaarp – organ & piano
Don Garrett - bass
Chuck “Popcorn” Louder – drums
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Michael Burks Website
Michael Burks MySpace page
Go to buy Michael Burks CD from Alligator Records
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Check out other great artist on Alligator Records like Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Eddy Clearwater, Janiva Magness, Roomful of Blues, and many many more.
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Thanks to Bruce Iglauer for setting up this interview and Michael Burks for taking time from one of his few days off the road to talk.
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