Nelson Norwood
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Riotous Texas Blues With Double Trouble
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Featuring the rhythm section, Double Trouble, that graced Stevie Ray Vaughan's albums, Austin's Nelson Norwood has released his new CD Long, Loud N' Sweaty. The album is a blues/rock showcase with shades of the Black Crowes and the Rolling Stones in the songwriting, along with Austin's blues guitar impressions and traditions. The title track, in particular, is a saucy, blues-drenched-but-edgy number which makes the point that perhaps you can party too hard, while "Hooked On You" is a muscular shuffle in the Vaughan form, which finds Norwood spewing blues-laced licks soaked in wah-wah. "Girl Friend Experience (GFE)" is another standout, a stomping rock number dedicated to the, ah, call girl trade. Fans of high energy music played with conviction and serious musicianship should check out Long, Loud N' Sweaty - the first of probably a long string of CDs by this Texas guitarist.
Recorded at Arlyn Studios in Austin, Texas with Stuart Sullivan engineering, Long, Loud Nš Sweaty features Nelson on guitar and vocals along with Chris Layton on drums, Tommy Shannon on bass and Riley Osbourn playing Piano and B-3. Heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Hubert Sumlin and BB King, Nelson has shared the stage with the Allman Brotheršs Dickie Betts and blues legend James Cotton.
Norwood and his band, 3 The Hard Way, are currently booking shows in North America and Europe to support the release of Long, Loud N' Sweaty.
Contact Information
YeahMan Records
United States
E-mail:
Nelson Norwood
Web site:
www.nelsonnorwood.com
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Rick Del Savio
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Modern Beats Grace New Jazz Release
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Evolution is contemporary jazz guitarist Rick Del Savio's new CD, which features instrumental arrangements of songs by Spyro Gyra ("Shaker Song"), Stevie Wonder ("Visions", "I Wish", "Golden Lady") and others, along with four original compositions. The majority of the tunes feature a rhythm machine backing, grooving out hip-hop, urban and Latin beats while Del Savio plays angular jazz lines, funky rhythm and fluid legato shadings. The Yonkers, New York based musician and multi-instrumentalist even plays a flowing jazz keyboard solo over "I Wish". The softer tunes such as the cover of "A Time For Us" are less compelling than the uptempo numbers, which tend to reveal more of Del Savio's abilities on the guitar and as an arranger. Original tracks such as "Dawn Becomes Eve" and "Opportunity Knocks" swing, and offer a glimpse into Del Savio's compositional future. Hopefully on the next release, we'll hear more Del Savio originals with perhaps a drummer that can take the guitarist to new heights.
In Woody Allen's documentary "Wild Man Blues", he tells an interviewer that he likes to make the kind of movie he enjoyed as a young kid. Rick strove to do the same thing on his debut recording. Growing up in the Bronx in a culturally diverse neighborhood during the late sixties and early seventies, he found his musical evolution impacted by R&B in general, and Stevie Wonder, in particular. On Evolution, the listener hears those very influences reflected in his original tunes, as well as in renditions of actual Stevie Wonder songs and assorted nuggets like "Over The Rainbow", "You Don't Know Me" and "St. Thomas".
Del Savio hopes music fans will enjoy his new CD, and he hopes to secure a record deal in the future.
Contact Information
Rick Del Savio
3937 Sherman Ave.
Yonkers, NY 10705
United States
E-mail:
Rick Del Savio
Web site:
www.rickdelsavio.com
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