Duke Robillard - They Called It Rhythm & Blues [LP]

STONY PLAIN

£21.60

Cat. no: SPLP1444
Format: LP
Barcode: 772532144414
Release Date: 05 Aug 2022
Genre: Blues

Anyone who knows Duke's music, will immediately smile at the frst few seconds of the opening track "Here I'm Is" from the new album 'They Called It Rhythm & Blues', available on 180g black vinyl from Stony Plain Records

It's that joyous jump-blues shufe sound that Duke has been perfecting since the late 60s. Indeed, every song on this album is about the groove, master musicianship, great understated taste and a perfect band mix that always complements the pulse and the singer. Duke's guitar is at the center and brings it all together.For a lifetime Duke Robillard has been playing the jazzy corners of the blues. He was a founder of Roomful of Blues in the early 1970s, and replaced Jimmy Vaughan in the Fabulous Thunderbirds in the 1990s and was a core member of the New Guitar Summit through the 2000s, in addition to releasing an astounding 37 albums on his own. He has won the W.C. Handy Award as Best Blues Guitarist an astounding four times, and been nominated for two Best Blues Album Grammy Awards. He is credited with taking the blues to a new level for multiple generations of blues guitarists.

180g black vinyl, 12 songs Full 18 tracks available on download card.

LP Tracks: Here I'm Is / No Good Lover / Tell Me Why / Homeless Blues / Rambler Blues / Outta Here / In The Wee Wee Hours / Champagne Minds / She's My Baby / The Things I Forgot To Do / No Place To Go / I Can't Understand It