Sunday, September 17, 2023

Mick Kolassa - Essentially Not Serious

Album: Essentially Not Serious
Size: 102,8 MB
Time: 44:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues, roots
Art: Front

1. WPD (3:21)
2. I'm Getting Late (2:53)
3. My Hurry Done Broke (3:46)
4. Whiskey In The Mornin' (5:33)
5. Text Me Baby (3:28)
6. If I Ain't Fishin' (4:44)
7. Walkin' (Dead) Blues (3:53)
8. If You Can't Be Good (2:38)
9. How Much Can I Pay You (4:05)
10. My Woman She's So Mean (4:11)
11. Bless His Heart (2:28)
12. Touching Bass (3:22)

“Michissippi Mick” Kolassa lives in Memphis but was born in Michigan and lived in Mississippi for nearly 30 years, where he was given his nickname. He has played blues in solo and duo acoustic formats and with his bands for years. Mick has performed in legendary blues venues such as Ground Zero, The Rum Boogie Café, Biscuits and Blues, Martha’s Midway Tavern, The Bradfordville Blues Club, Darwin’s, Blind Willie’s, Underground 119, The Capitol Oyster Bar, the National Blues Museum, and many more. He has also performed at multiple blues festivals in North America and Europe.

Each of Mick’s albums has received significant airplay and radio chart positions and they all included different styles of blues. Rather than staying within a single genre of blues, Mick loves and celebrates all styles of blues, and also loves to find the blues hidden in songs of other genres, “bluesifying” songs and doing what he calls “uncovers”. Mick can offer 4 different “flavors” of blues to an audience.

His solo acoustic shows feature Delta and Piedmont blues, as well as some surprise folk blues tune. With his Endless Blues Band Mick delivers modern Mississippi, Memphis and Chicago Blues, with a taste of rock. For a different feel, Mick teams up with Memphis guitarist Mario Monterosso Mario to deliver classic “old school” blues with a jazz influence in the styles of T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan and Lowell Fulson. Mick also delivers a soulful blues show flavored with a bit of rock by teaming up with Mississippi Bluesman Dexter Allen. Regardless of the venue and configuration, Mick delivers lively and animated performances, assuring that the fans enjoy themselves as they listen to him playing his Free-Range Blues.

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2 comments:

Happymonk said...

Thanks Rooster

Red Rooster said...

You're most welcome Happymonk, glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for your comment, it's appreciated.