Cory Luetjen & the Traveling Blues Band - Just the Blue Notes

Size: 352 MB
Time: 54:42
File: Flac
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, rock
Art: Front

1. Stop (6:16)
2. Love You 'Til Your Blues Are All Gone (3:59)
3. I'm Gonna Love You (6:52)
4. Crazy About a Saxophone (3:06)
5. I Thought I Knew the Blues (4:46)
6. Do It for Me (3:48)
7. Same Old Blues (4:43)
8. Suitcase (4:20)
9. Way You Move (3:45)
10. Whiskey Drinking Woman (9:00)
11. Left Me With the Blues (4:00)

The Traveling Blues Band consists of: Cory Luetjen on vocals and guitar; Deon McNeill on drums; Patrick Harrison on bass; Jonathan Link on saxophone; Glenn Bickel on B3 and keys; and special guest Dwight Martin on harmonica. "Just The Blue Notes" is the band's second release, all eleven tracks were penned by Cory. I've always been a firm believer that the two best ways to make an already good blues band much better are to add a saxophone or a keyboard. Cory did both, and on "Stop" - the disc's opening track, that decision is immediately paying dividends. The chemistry Cory, Jonathan and Glenn share while collectively playing, then individually passing the lead around from the guitar, to the sax and to the B3, makes for one hell of a masterful musical presentation. Throw in the profound rhythm Deon and Patrick are pushing out and a raspy, early Johnny Lang sounding vocal delivery, and The Traveling Blues Band add up to one hell of well rounded group. With the four piece rhythm section settling into a solid groove behind him, Cory takes "I'm Gonna Love You" and absolutely runs with it. It's a nearly seven-minute love ballad that's kind of separated into two parts. Half of the song features Cory emotionally and passionately professing his love to his lady, while the the other half features him stepping out and crushing it on several relentless blues guitar outbursts. On this humorous track, with Cory playfully singing about all the instruments his lady doesn't like, as he mentions the ones that appear on the track, those players each take a quick (probably not to upset her) solo. On the other hand, when he claims that his baby is "Crazy About A Saxophone" Jonathan gets to light it up on several well done solos. Fun song. "My baby left me all alone, turned my happy house into an empty home. Broke my heart in two, and gave me these Same Old Blues".....

Just the Blue Notes FLAC

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