Eddie 9V - Little Black Flies [Orange vinyl]

Cat. no: RUF2111
Format: LP Orange vinyl
Barcode: 710347211112
Release Date: 22 Nov 2024
Genre: Blues

All his life, Eddie 9-volt has acted on instinct

Aged just 15, this old- soul artist turned away from the path of college and jobs to 
burst all guns blazing onto the blues club circuit of his native Atlanta, Georgia. Flash 
forward to 2019, and for his debut album, Left My Soul In Memphis , the prodigious 
multi-instrumentalist simply powered up the amps in his mobile trailer and with his 
brother/co-writer/producer, Lane Kelly, laid down one of the year's breakout releases, 
acclaimed as "fresh and life-afrming" by Rock & Blues Muse. "Memphis was a total 
side project," shrugs Eddie, "that ended up taking off."

Released in 2021 on Ruf Records, Little Black Flies is Eddie 9V's most impulsive move 
to date. Tracked live in Atlanta's Echo Deco Studios through November 2020, once 
again with Lane turning the knobs, plus a who's who of the state's best musicians 
(including guitar icon Cody Matlock), it's an album that Eddie planned to feel like it's 
unfolding right in front of you - right down to the clink of bottles and loose studio 
banter.

With Little Black Flies, there's a sense of an artist coming full circle: the kid who once 
loitered outside the clubs of Atlanta now leading Georgia's greatest players into the 
studio. Certainly, these recordings gave much-needed catharsis to the musicians who 
created them. But perhaps Eddie's ultimate aim is to pass that spirit on to everyone 
who hears the record. "It makes my day to please someone after they work all day," he 
says. "My job is to make them smile and let the music make them forget - or 
remember."

Now, three years after the original release, Ruf Records is happy to re- release this 
amazing album as an orange Vinyl version.

UK TOUR
30 November Oxford - Academy 2
1 December Nottingham- Rock City
2 December Newcastle- Cluny 2
3 December Edinburgh- The Caves
4 December London- The Black Heart
5 December Manchester- Retro Bar

Tracks: Little Black Flies / She Got Some Money / Dog Me Around / Don't Come 
Around This House / Travelin' Man / Columbus Zoo Blues / 3AM In Chicago / Reach 
Into Your Heart / Miss James / Back On My Feet / Puttin' The Kids To Bed / You Don't 
Have To Go

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