Fiona Boyes - Blues For Hard Times (2011)






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Label: Vizztone
Styles: Contemporary acoustic/electric blues
Year: 2011}

Tracks:

[3:00] 1. Nickels & Dimes
[3:39] 2. Chain Gang
[5:06] 3. Guys Be Wise
[4:16] 4. Mean World
[4:07] 5. High Time
[4:58] 6. Baptised In Muddy's Sweat
[3:05] 7. I Let The Blues In
[3:18] 8. Maybe I Could Be Your Girl
[3:01] 9. Drink To Your Health
[4:37] 10. God & the Devil
[2:32] 11. She Could Play That Thing
[3:07] 12. Pony Ride
[2:49] 13. No Friends
[2:57] 14. Grandma's Advice
[3:26] 15. The Preacher
[3:50] 16. Jesus Took Possession

Mammas, lock up your sons, the Boyes is back in town. Schlepping her dobro from Oz to Austin for a bare bones date that would have been right at home in any college coffeehouse circa Bonnie Raitt working with Dave Ray, Boyes originals sound like they could have come from the scratch pad of Memphis Minnie, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey and all the rest from the 20s blues women that inspired the wild women of the early 70s. Boyes goes so far as to do a pomo inversion on Sippie Wallace that is worth the price of admission here alone. A heart felt, foot stomping rouser, Boyes take on the blues has all the 90 year old cats that have recently left us smiling down in appreciation and approval. Don't let the simplicity in sound throw you, this is a mighty deep set throughout. Hot stuff.

Blues For Hard Times is the latest Blue Empress/VizzTone release from internationally acclaimed blues artist FIONA BOYES. This new recording is a stripped-back, traditional album featuring a mixture of acoustic and electric small ensemble performances and 6 solo tracks. Produced by Kaz Kazanoff, featuring guests Bob Margolin, Derek O’Brien, Jimi Bott and more.
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