Supersonic Blues Machine - Voodoo Nation

Album: Voodoo Nation
Size: 142,1 MB
Time: 61:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues-rock, rock
Art: Front

1. Money (3:42)
2. Too Late (3:27)
3. Coming Thru (5:33)
4. You And Me (5:50)
5. Get It Done (3:54)
6. 8 Ball Lucy (5:32)
7. Devil At The Doorstep (7:58)
8. Is It All (5:14)
9. Do It Again (3:15)
10. I Will Let Go (5:22)
11. Voodoo Nation (6:58)
12. All Our Love (4:29)

Supersonic Blues Machine release their new studio album Voodoo Nation. The album once again brings together icons and some of the most exciting names in blues: Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Eric Gales, Joe Louis Walker, Ana Popovic, Kirk Fletcher, King Solomon Hicks, Josh Smith & Sonny Landreth. The core of the band is producer/bassist Fabrizio Grossi (Steve Vai, Alice Cooper, George Clinton, Slash) and drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Meat Loaf, Brandon Flowers, John Fogerty, Red Hot Chili Peppers) with British rocker Kris Barras as vocalist and guitarist. Barras scored a Top 30 album chart hit in the U.K. himself in March and is leading the U.K. hard rock revival with several A-list singles, BBC radio appearances and sold-out shows.

Voodoo Nation is the band's third studio album. On their evolution, Fabrizio says, "Kris comes from that British school of hard rock and blues. It's a different sound than Kenny and I had with the Allman Brothers, Sly Stone & The Family & Mountain. On Californisoul (2017) we went more towards West Coast Funkadelic 60s and general jam vibe. Blues, but with more hippie flower power." "With Kris, we wanted to leave his mark, so you hear Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Gary Moore. Kind of a Union Jack imprint over a Star-Spangled Banner."

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Supersonic Blues Machine - Californisoul

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:55
Size: 144.0 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:25] 1. I Am Done Missing You
[4:40] 2. Somebody's Fool (Feat. Robben Ford)
[4:29] 3. L.O.V.E
[3:55] 4. Broken Heart (Feat. Billy F. Gibbons)
[5:06] 5. Bad Boys
[5:23] 6. Elevate (Feat. Eric Gales)
[3:54] 7. The One
[7:42] 8. Hard Times (Feat. Steve Lukather)
[4:04] 9. Cry
[4:57] 10. The Stranger
[6:16] 11. What's Wrong (Feat. Walter Trout)
[3:24] 12. Thank You
[4:33] 13. This Is Love

SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE is Lance Lopez (guitars/vocals/songwriter), Fabrizio Grossi (bass, producer, songwriter), and Kenny Aronoff (drums). As they’ve proven on their first album and round of shows, it’s not a party unless you invite some friends, and for Californisoul, they’ve brought along some heavy hitters. Guests on the album include Billy Gibbons, who returns with pen and guitar (“Broken Heart”), Steve Lukather (Toto) throws down some stunning licks (“Hard Times”), Eric Gales is back in the fold (“Elevate”), Robben Ford brings his bag of soulfully sophisticated chops (“Somebody’s Fool”), Walter Trout brings some silky slow blues (“What’s Wrong”), and the party is rounded out with Alessandro Alessandroni Jr. on keyboards, Serge Simic (co-writer and background vocals on “Love” and “Hard Times”), and Andrea and Francis Benitez Grossi (background vocals). You may come for the stars, but you’ll stay for the whole show.

Fabrizio Grossi adds, “Lots of people have been saying to me ‘why does Supersonic Blues Machine always bring guests around? You guys can stand your own ground’, and there are three answers to that : 1) we’re all super friends and we’re having a blast, 2) most of them don’t give lessons and for us it’s only way to learn their secret “ways”, and three because the inspiration and the challenge they bring to the table!” Supersonic Blues Machine is truly a family as well as a band, and these guests don’t mail it in, they stay for dinner. The community aspect is very real, and one of the band’s great treasures.

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Supersonic Blues Machine - West Of Flushing, South Of Frisco

Size: 130,8 MB
Time: 55:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Miracle Man (4:24)
02. I Ain't Fallin' Again (3:28)
03. Running Whiskey (Feat. Billy F. Gibbons) (2:39)
04. Remedy (Feat. Warren Haynes) (5:41)
05. Bone Bucket Blues (3:11)
06. Let It Be (5:24)
07. That's My Way (Feat. Chris Duarte) (4:51)
08. Ain't No Love (In The Heart Of The City) (5:24)
09. Nightmares And Dreams (Feat. Eric Gales) (4:42)
10. Can't Take It No More (Feat. Walter Trout) (6:11)
11. Whiskey Time (Running Whiskey's Extended Ending) (2:12)
12. Let's Call It A Day (Feat. Robben Ford) (3:30)
13. Watchagonnado (3:47)

Real blues is the music of life experience. It is simple, but contains multitudes - feelings and knowledge accrued over decades. Collectively, the trio of musicians that make up Supersonic Blues Machine (SBM) have experienced more than three typical lifetimes. These world-class musicians have banded together in Supersonic Blues Machine, bonding in their love of this uniquely American genre and motivated by a desire to help its spirit evolve.

Fabrizio Grossi (bass/producer/engineer/wordsmith) worked his artistry in his birthplace - Milan, Italy - before migrating to London, Canada, New York, and currently Los Angeles.

Texan Lance Lopez (guitar/vocals) accrued at least one lifetime of experience before he was out of high school while playing bars in Louisiana and Florida. College came in the form of tours with R&B legend Johnny Taylor and blues masters Lucky Peterson and Bobby Blue Bland.

Kenny Aronoff (drums) has a resume that spans four decades and reads like a “Who’s Who” of roots rock legends, including John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Eric Clapton, Jack White, Billy Gibbons, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, and Dr. John.

Supersonic Blues Machine stems from Fabrizio Grossi’s desire to return to his roots. “The blues is what makes me tick. It is the main ingredient of any successful musical recipe,” he explains. “It is like pasta in Italian food. You can add all the ingredients you like and any sauce, but the pasta is the core of the dish. I’m the chef and blues is my pasta.”

Like a great recipe, Supersonic Blues Machine adds carefully chosen flavorings to its blues stock. “Blues is my passion but my favorite bands have always been eclectic, like the Beatles, Queen, Toto, and Earth, Wind and Fire,” Grossi continues. “I wanted to apply their lessons to Supersonic Blues Machine, and my band mates totally get that.” Aronoff calls it “a blast from the past aimed at the future.” Says Grossi, “You will feel B.B. King’s presence on stage even though we might be wearing space suits.”

Grossi found a magical connection with Kenny Aronoff when the two toured as the rhythm section of Toto guitarist Steve Lukather’s side Jam band “Goodfellas.”
The next step came when Lance Lopez contacted Grossi about working on the Texas guitar whiz’s new solo project. While they were recording, Grossi got a call from Billy Gibbons, whom he had met on a Los Angeles session. The ZZ Top guitarist had known Lopez as a young blues prodigy, and strongly suggested Grossi and Lopez join forces. It was the Reverend Billy G’s blessing that helped birth Supersonic Blues Machine, and a stronger imprimatur for a nascent blues-rock project would be hard to find.

The first tune recorded for the Supersonic Blues Machine project was “Running Whiskey,” written by Gibbons, Grossi, and Tal Wilkenfeld. It features Gibbons on guitar and vocals and helped forge the sound of this new blues-rock supergroup. “It had the twist on the blues that infuses all the other songs on the record,” says Grossi.

The guest guitarists on Supersonic Blues Machine’s debut West of Flushing, South of Frisco are not a random selection of famous names, but more like members of an extended family. “I have worked on projects with Warren Haynes [guest and co-writer on ‘Remedy’], and when he tours anywhere near Dallas, he will always have Lance sit in,” Grossi explains. Lopez and Chris Duarte (“That’s My Way”) have been friends for years, and the SBM guitarist grew up with guest Eric Gales (“Nightmares and Dreams”). Walter Trout (“Can’t Take It No More”) is yet another member of this blues fraternity who, despite battling health issues, was anxious to contribute to the project. Finally, Grossi describes Robben Ford (“Let’s Call It a Day”) as the “classiest guy” he knows. “All these people light up the room when they walk in,” he says.

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