Misty Blues – One Louder
Misty Blues – One Louder
Format: CD
Label: Lunaria Records
Release: 2022
Release date: January 28, 2022
Massachusetts based blues band, Misty Blues continue their prodigious recorded output with possibly their best yet. ‘One Louder’ builds on the success of their previous 10 albums, and offers a bountiful palette of musical colours and styles. Featuring an array of guest artists, the band are able to call upon the supreme talents of Joe Louis Walker, Justin Johnson and the voice of Siriusxm Bluesville, Big Llou Johnson.
Misty Blues and lead singer, Gina Coleman, celebrate over two decades of performing their eclectic blend of original blues; with hints of jazz, funk, soul and tent revival gospel. Gina and her band have firmly fixed their place on the American blues scene, having recorded and/or shared the bill with the likes of Charles Neville, Tom Cochrane, Tab Benoit, John Primer, Albert Cummings, Room Full Of Blues, Michael Powers and mostrecently, Joe Louis Walker.
A dynamic band, full of texture and colour; Misty Blues are a group which embody American blues music. This album is testament to their creative blend of styles, with songwriting that gives a fresh sound to the genre. Recorded at Building Records Studio in Marlboro, NY, and mixed by the band’s long standing engineer, Frank Kennedy, ‘One Louder’ offers a swathe of styles of blues infused originals across its Eleven tracks.
Tracks:
01. A LONG HARD WAY
02. FREIGHT CAR (FEAT. JUSTIN JOHNSON)
03. HOW THE BLUES FEELS (FEAT. BIG LLOU JOHNSON)
04. THIS LIFE WE LIVE
05. BIRCH TREE
06. LEAVE MY HOME
07. HIT YOU BACK
08. SEAL OF FATE
09. I’M A GRINDER
10. DO MY THING
11. TAKE A LONG RIDE
ALL SONGS: WRITTEN BY GINA COLEMAN
EXCEPT: TRACK 2 (COLEMAN/MONGUE) TRACK 3 (COLEMAN/MORAN) TRACK 4
(COLEMAN/FLEISCHMANN) TRACK 10 (KOHN)
BAND LINE-UP:
GINA COLEMAN — LEAD VOCALS, CIGARBOX GUITAR, GUITAR 7 PERCUSSION
BENNY KOHN — KEYS, VOCALS
AARON DEAN — ALTO SAX, TENOR SAX & VOCALS
SETH FLEISCHMANN — GUITAR
BILL PATRIQUIN — BASS, TRUMPET & VOCALS
ROB TATTEN — DRUMS & VOCALS
DIEGO MONGUE — BASS
FEATURED GUESTS:
JUSTIN JOHNSON — GUITAR TRACK 2
BIG LLOU JOHNSON — VOCALS TRACK 3
JOE LOUIS WALKER — GUITAR TRACK 11
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
YAHUBA GARCIA — PERSUSSION TRACKS 10
BOB STANNARD — HARP TRACK 3
DAVID VITTONE – ACCORDION TRACKS 8
CHRIS RAND — BARITONE SAX TRACKS 4,6 & 8
WENDY LIPP — VOCALS TRACK 1
REBECCA MATTSON — VOCALS TRACK 1
KATHY RYAN — VOCALS TRACK 1
Website: https://www.mistybluesband.com/