Larry Griffith - Hard As It Gets

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:15
Size: 105.9 MB
Styles: Soul, Funk, Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:45] 1. Drivin' Me Away
[4:20] 2. Blues Is Callin' My Name
[3:40] 3. Damn If It Didn't Rain
[3:21] 4. Hard As It Gets
[5:08] 5. I'll Specialize
[3:47] 6. Somebody Better Call Somebody
[3:45] 7. It's Time
[3:22] 8. Don't Wanna Be Here
[2:56] 9. Cora Lee
[3:31] 10. Keep Ridin'
[4:05] 11. Let Yourself Slide
[4:30] 12. One Good Woman

What does it mean to ‘live the blues’? The cover art of the great new album from Ohio native Larry Griffith is a black-and-white photograph, depicting several men in various hats, lined up to receive a “FREE Cup Coffee and Doughnuts for the Unemployed”. “Free Soup,” read two hopeful words in the shop’s window. This is about as Hard As It Gets in life, and Larry would know. According to his website, “Larry was brought up in the inner city of Cincinnati by a single parent along with nine other siblings. The dilapidated, three-tiered tenement literally shook with the radio and vinyl record sounds of everything from blues, gospel, and soul to jazz.” Now an Atlanta resident, Griffith has since produced all-new material, twelve original songs for this CD.

Alongside him are guitarists Mike Lowery, Rara Starblanket, and Delta John Harris; bassists Dustin Sargent, Rara Starblanket and Tommy Vickery; keyboardists Kevin Thomas, Rara Starblanket, and Bobby Mobley; blues harmonica player Jeff Baker; drummers Damian Lewis and Larry himself; and additional vocalists Stephanie Carll, Jon Harris and Rusty Hayes.

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