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took hold and gave her new direction for her life.
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including event planning and promotion. Jo-Ann has
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House staff, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland
Security at Foxwoods Resorts and Casino. She was
responsible for generating major sponsorships,
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New
Chris Duarte Album
My
Soul Alone
February 23, 2013
For more info - go to
Chris Duarte Fan site
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New Artist
Signed by Jo-Ann Freda Agency:
Chris Duarte
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Music
Review: “Live from The Long Island Blues Warehouse”
by
The
Sean Chambers Band
Thursday, September
29, 2011
Smoking! Blues rock
played with an intense inner fire that just gets hotter
and hotter and deeper and deeper.
I don’t know if I
have been so immediately amazed by a guitar player since
the very first time I heard Stevie Ray Vaughn. Truth.
I heard the first bar
of the first track, and pulled the CD out of the player
because I knew I had somehow mixed it up with a Mike
Bloomfield. Nope. This is Sean Chambers. He may cause
you to recall Luther Allison, Buddy Guy and a few other
fellars that you suspect went down to the cross roads
and traded in his soul for a chance to mesmerize the
world with a guitar, but this is Sean Chambers. Live
From The Long Island Blues Warehouse
Sean Chambers had to
have graduated summa cum laude from “blues college”.
Turns out that isn’t far from the truth. He served as
the guitar player and musical director for the legendary
Hubert Sumlin for five years. He toured world wide and
in the end, Guitarist Magazine named him one of the Top
50 Blues Guitarist of the Last Century.
‘In The “Winter Time”
Sean Chambers Band He’s even got a voice that reminds
you of Stevie Ray Vaughn, and looks a little bit like
Mike Bloomfield, and he writes original blues tunes.
very good original blues tunes. Seven of the tracks were
written by Chambers , and one with bass player, Tim
Blair.
The opening track,
“Dixie 45” is an original and sets the tone. It opens
with a menacing bass “thrum” and then Sean comes sliding
and screaming in on this instrumental that displays
every tool in the box. On “Love Can Find A Way” we get a
blues shuffle, with some stop time thrown in for good
measure. Track three is the first cover tune, Fred
James’ “Full Moon On Main Street” one of the bands
standards on live sets. This is a slow blues that allows
Chambers to stretch out and show off his emotionally
blazing solo work.
“Strong Temptation”
is another original and Sean treats us to his alternate
rhythm/solo work in the finest power trio tradition.
Then comes a slide guitar and hot licks cover of Elmore
James “Dust My Broom” followed by the last cover tune on
the album, Bill McLess’ “Crazy For Loving You”. There is
something on “Crazy” that reminds me of a Tom Waits
vocal; a whiskey tortured voice sung to the moon, in an
alley, way after midnight.
“Danger Zone” is one
of my favorite tunes from the album, the guitar work is
rapid fire articulate blues and a great “forgive your
sins” kind of tune.
“Too Much Blues” is
another memorable scorching display of guitar mastery
that will have you tapping your foot and ordering
another round of drinks. there just isn’t much Sean
Chambers can’t do with a guitar. Maybe split and atom?
Perform brain surgery? Save your soul? No, I don’t think
that even those are out of the realm of possibility.
“Hip Shake Boogie” isn’t the old standard, but another
instrumental original that lead into that ‘atom
splitting, brain surgery realm. then comes “in The
Winter Time”. It’s a ten minute long opus that begs and
wails and celebrates the blues with a feeling that goes
beyond virtuosity and leaves you speechless. And it
saves your soul.
Sean Chambers is the
real deal, and the devil just may have gotten the worst
of that trade.
The Dirty Lowdown
- Copyright © 2011 Robert Carraher All Rights
Reserved
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TAMPA, FL – Blue Heat
Records announces a September 20 release date for the
exciting new CD from The
Sean Chambers Band,
Live from the Long
Island Blues Warehouse,
distributed nationally by Burnside Distribution. The new
album was recorded live on March 22 before a lively
audience in a recording studio atmosphere, which
generated superior audio quality for the disc. Backing
Sean on the live CD are his longtime bassist Tim Blair
and drummer Paul Broderick, with special guest Gary
Keith on harmonica.
The new album’s ten tracks include mostly originals,
along with Sean’s distinctively searing takes on “Full
Moon on Main Street,” a highlight song from an early
album by The Kinsey Report, as well as a blistering
version of Elmore James’ “Dust My Broom,” which recalls
Johnny Winter in its approach. There’s also a brand new
original song, “Hip Shake Boogie,” that is making its
first appearance on any Sean Chambers album. The
remaining seven tunes come from Sean’s three earlier
albums, although most of them, with the exception of the
two songs from Chambers’ last critically-acclaimed 2009
CD, Ten
Til Midnight,
have not been widely heard until now. Included are
several fan-favorite songs, such as “Strong Temptation,”
the title track from his first album; “Crazy for Loving
You;” “Too Much Blues;” and the album’s powerful closer,
“In the Winter Time” (both from
Ten Til Midnight),
in which Sean pulls out all the stops on his guitar
work.
Tampa/St. Petersburg-based Sean Chambers’ last album
generated the kind of critical buzz that’s been building
since his first release. “Chambers’ brand of blues is a
no-frills blend of Chicago, Texas, and Delta styles,
played with an understated sense of ferocity. Sean came
to wail, and he does so with a transparent sense of
devotion and scholarship to the music he plays so well,”
wrote Mark Uricheck in Living Blues.
Sean Chambers toured with the legendary Hubert Sumlin as
his guitarist and band leader from 1998-2003 and did
several tours throughout The U.S. England, Ireland,
Canada and the UK with Hubert. Britain's own Guitarist
magazine named Chambers as one of “The Top 50 Blues
Guitarists of the Last Century.” After his tenure with
Sumlin, he performed three more tours throughout England
on his own, and in 2003 was asked to headline the
prestigious Maryport Blues Festival there.
He was featured twice on “The House of Blues Radio Hour”
after releasing his first album. His second album,
Humble Spirits (2004), was produced and engineered by
industry veteran Bud Sneider (Allman Brothers Band,
Gov’t. Mule), and featured several special guest
artists, including Bernard Allison, The Toler Brothers
and the late Bruce Waibel.
When Ten
Til Midnight
was released in
October, 2009, it garnered rave reviews and also
appeared on the Living Blues chart for the first three
months after its release. It received steady airplay in
45 states around the U.S, as well as many markets
overseas. The title cut was featured on “The House of
Blues Radio Hour” as a “Blues Breaker;” and the album
also generated significant airplay on Sirius/XM Radio’s
blues channel as a “Pick to Click.”
The Sean Chambers Band will celebrate the release of
Live from the
Long Island Blues
Warehouse
with a series of special CD release shows listed below.
Sean is booked by the Jo-Ann Freda Agency (
joannfreda@optonline.net
/ (203)
298-9331). Radio promotion for the new CD is being
handled by Rick Lusher (
rickl1@ixnetcom.com
/ 917-742-0254).
For more information, visit
www.seanchambers.com
.
THE SEAN CHAMBERS BAND CD RELEASE SHOWS
8/26 Ace’s Lounge Bradenton, FL
8/27 The Alley Sanford, FL
8/28 Earl’s Hideaway Sebastian, FL
9/1 Englewoods on Dearborn Englewood, FL
9/2 Chef John’s Blues Bistro Jupiter, FL
9/8 Aja Wiregrass Wesley Chapel, FL
9/9 Froggy’s St. James City, FL
9/23 Ringside Café St. Petersburg, FL
Additional dates forthcoming….
Link:
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=145128
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