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četvrtak, 27.02.2014.

Guy Tortora - Footnote to the Blues

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Release: Apr 4, 2005
Label: Turtledove
File: mp3 @256K/s
Size: 102.7 MB
Time: 54:41
Art: Front

1. Long Slow Blues - 5:26
2. Hallowed Ground - 3:50
3. I Need a Car - 4:41
4. Late Starter - 4:13
5. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 4:06
6. Did Somebody Make a Fool of You - 4:03
7. Love Nor Money - 5:45
8. Tough Love - 4:52
9. Crossroads Blues - 3:27
10. Sanctified Love - 5:53
11. Going Down Slow - 8:05

Personnel:
All songs performed by Guy Tortora Band
Guy Tortora - Guitar, Vocals
Brendan Canty - Bass
Neil Littman - Drums
Janos Bajtala - Keyboards

Notes: Guy's CD "Footnote To The Blues", a mixture of impressive original tunes and some standards, all given Guy Tortora's personal touch.
From 2002. This is definitely not an album of run-of-the- mill blues, and made a good first impression on the UK scene. This CD contains many fine songs, inc. I Need A Car, one of Guy’s originals (and often requested at acoustic performances) played solo on bottleneck guitar; also an outstanding solo interpretation of the Motown classic I Heard It Through The Grapevine, and a sideways look at Robert Johnson’s Crossroads Blues played solo on electric slide.
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Footnote to the Blues



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Oznake: Guy Tortora, Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
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srijeda, 18.09.2013.

Guy Tortora - Jefferson Drive

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Released: 2004
Label: Turtledove
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 159,9 MB
Time: 69:51
Art: Front

1. My Town - 5:15
2. No Substitute - 4:53
3. Good Morning Mrs. T. - 5:22
4. Two Fried Eggs - 5:14
5. Ain't Nobodys Business - 4:50
6. Two Wrongs - 6:29
7. Done Got Over - 5:24
8. Watch Over Me - 5:26
9. Early In The Morning - 4:31
10. Long Time Blue - 4:11
11. Soul Mate - 4:07
12. Sometimes She Cries - 7:14
13. Blues Take Me Home - 6:49


Notes: From Pasadena, USA, now resident in London - combination of blues, jazz, folk and country music.
He is a songwriter, vocalist, guitar player -- a musical artist who may confound expectations; combining in his work elements of jazz, folk, blues & country music, both in his original compositions and in the songs he chooses to "cover". In solo or duo performances, or with the Guy Tortora Band he is carving out a singular niche on the Roots 'n' Blues scene in the UK & Europe. Some describe his music as postcards from a personal Storyville, delivered with conviction and passion.
"Jefferson Drive" is the title of his latest album on the Turtledove Records label. Recorded at the Tonezone Studio in Kent, UK, & just released in 2004, it's a set of thirteen original songs & standards, a great mix of the old and new, ranging from blues to blue-grass. Like other American contemporaries, Guy refuses to be cooped up in any box, blue or otherwise.
G T plays both acoustic and electric guitars, with a fine line in bottleneck playing. His guitar work has been compared at one time or another to players from the well-known likes of Ry Cooder, to the more obscure such as Rainier. But, as one writer has said: "Comparisons are un-necessary: He is simply Guy Tortora". At live performances he is accompanied by the accomplished UK musicians who are members of the Guy Tortora Band: Janos Bajtala, Keyboards; Brendan Canty, Bass; and Neil Littman, Drums. Lucky audiences are sometimes treated to backing vocals by the "UK Family Jewels" of Frankie & Bex. He changes effortlessly between his Taylor acoustic six string, a "Style N" resonator guitar, and a Fender Strat or Tele, in both standard & open tunings.

Jefferson Drive



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Oznake: Guy Tortora, Contemporary Blues
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