Kirk Fletcher - Shades Of Blue

Size: 161,9 MB
Time: 70:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Blues For Boo Boo (3:34)
02. Bad Boy (3:56)
03. Welfare Blues (4:58)
04. Don't Go No Further (3:51)
05. Club Zanzibar (3:26)
06. That's Why I'm Cryin' (6:38)
07. Worried Man Blues (2:57)
08. Country Girl (4:59)
09. Down Home Woman (3:52)
10. Stranded In St. Louis (3:55)
11. Little By Little (4:34)
12. My Home Is A Prison (4:38)
13. A River's Invitation (4:10)
14. Hip Hug Her (3:47)
15. You Don't Know (Bonus Track) (4:27)
16. Club Zanzibar (Alt. Take, Bonus Track) (3:36)
17. Don't Go No Further (Acoustic, Bonus Track) (3:15)

Guitarist Kirk "Eli" Fletcher is, ironically, a rare presence on todays blues scene: a 20-something African-American man who has thoroughly immersed himself in the classic blues sounds of the 1950s and '60s. Son of a Baptist minister, Kirk's introduction to the blues came as a teenager, through his older brother's copy of B.B. King's "Live At the Regal", and he hasn't looked back since. In Kirk's relatively short time playing music, he's made some big waves and impressed a lot of the right people. Coming up through the ranks of the West Coast blues scene, he's spent valuable time with Al Blake (former frontman of the legendary Hollywood Fats Band), Richard "Lynwood Slim" Duran, and Junior Watson, among others. Eventually he was handpicked for Kim Wilson's Blues Revue, the modern day equivalent of joining, say, Muddy Waters' band in the 1950s. From there he was recruited for veteran harp man Charlie Musselwhite's band, and not long afterwards, with help from Wilson, Blake and Duran among others, he recorded his first CD, for England's JSP label. While continuing to work as one of the most sought after 'hired hands' on the West Coast blues scene, he began an association with blues producer and promoter Randy Chortkoff, which resulted in Kirk's most recent solo CD, "Shades Of Blue". On that project Kirk was supported by some the hottest and most experienced West Coast blues veterans, among them vocalist Finis Tasby, laying the groundwork for his most recent recording with all-star super group The Mannish Boys.

Personnel:
Kirk Fletcher - Guitar
Finis Tasby, Janvia Magness - Vocals
Jeff Turmes - Bass, Guitar
Kenny Sara, Richard "Big Foot" Innes - Drums
Kim Wilson - Vocals, Harmonica
Red Young - Piano, Organ

Thanks to MrWalker.
Shades Of Blue

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