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Joe Bonamassa: Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks

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Label: J&R Adventures
Released: 2015.03.23
Time:
 60:05 / 62:10
Category: Blues, Blues-Rock
Producer(s): Kevin Shirley
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jbonamassa.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2015
Price in €: 1,00





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CD1 - Muddy

[1] We Went Down To The Mississippi Delta ... (Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley) - 2:51
[2] Muddy Waters Talking - 1:05
[3] Tiger In Your Tank (Willie Dixon) - 4:30
[4] I Can't Be Satisfied (McKinley Morganfield) - 4:38
[5] You Shook Me (McKinley Morganfield) - 7:38
[6] Stuff You Gotta Watch - 5:09
[7] Double Trouble (Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant) - 7:30
[8] Real Love (McKinley Morganfield) - 3:17
[9] My Is On The Delta (McKinley Morganfield) - 6:53
[10] All Aboard (McKinley Morganfield) - 7:19


CD2 - Wolf

[1] Howlin' Wolf Talking - 0:42
[2] How Many More Years (Chester Burnett) - 6:38
[3] Shake For Me (Willie Dixon) - 5:13
[4] Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon) - 3:14
[5] Spoonful (Willie Dixon) - 8:00
[6] Killng Floor (Chester Burnett) - 3:33
[7] Evil (Is Going On) (Willie Dixon) - 6:29
[8] All Night Boogie [All Night Long] (Chester Burnett) - 5:47
[9] Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) (Jimi Hendrix) - 1:12
[10] Oh Beautiful! (James House, Joe Bonamassa) - 6:15
[11] Love Ain't A Love Song (Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers, Joe Bonamassa) - 5:48
[12] Sloe Gin (Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen) - 9:26
[13] The Ballad Of John Henry (Joe Bonamass) - 8:18
[14] Mississippi Heartbeat [Opening Title] - 2:47
[15] Muddy Wolf [Credits] (Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley) - 3:12

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Joe Bonamassa - Vocals, Guitar, Liner Notes

Michael Rhodes - Bass
Anton Fig - Drums
Kirk Fletcher - Guitar
Mike Henderson - Harmonica
Reese Wynans - Piano, Hammond Organ
Ron Dziubla - Saxophone
Nick Lane - Trombone
Lee Thornburg - Trumpet, Horn Arrangements

Kevin Shirley - Producer, Mixing
Roy Weisman - Executive-Producer, Management
Eric Roa - Recording, Production Manager
Jared Kvitka - Engineer
Leon Zervos - Mastering
Dennis Friel - Artwork, Design
Jim Freeman - Management
Christie Goodwin - Photography
Rick Gould - Photography

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2015 2xCD Provogue ‎PRD 7457 2

Recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO on August 31, 2014.
The concert was also filmed and released on DVD.
Mastered at Studios 301.



“They always try to write off the blues; well we've proven tonight that at least 9,000 people like the blues,” said celebrated blues rock master Joe Bonamassa who has released his highly anticipated Joe Bonamassa – Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks on DVD, Blu-ray, CD and LP set on March 23, 2015. The exclusive concert experience tributing blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf was filmed at Red Rocks Amphitheater on August 31, 2014. Carved into the bedrock of Colorado's majestic Rocky Mountains, the famed amphitheater sets the stage for Bonamassa's fiery delivery of over 2.5 hours of bluesy guitar wailing and horn-filled tunes honoring the two Blues greats.

Liner Notes



Joe Bonamassa designed his Red Rocks tribute concert to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf as a fund-raiser for his Keeping the Blues Alive foundation, so it makes sense that the accompanying live album begins with a capsule history of the Mississippi Delta blues, and also has interview excerpts from Waters and Wolf peppered throughout. Bonamassa wanted this particular show to be instructive in addition to being entertaining, so he needs to explain the subjects of his tribute, even if they are two of the biggest blues figures of the 20th century. He divides his show in thirds, playing a set of Waters, then a set of Wolf, before concluding with an encore of his own material. Bonamassa isn't supported by his usual band, so this has a bit of a more pure Chicago feel, although this would never be mistaken for something cut at Chess: the guitarist stretches out too far in his solos, plus there's a pretty high quotient of jumping horns. That said, the new band does indeed goose the guitarist along and he sounds thrilled to be digging into these tunes, several of which aren't standard selections, and that's what makes Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks a cut above the standard Bonamassa live albums.

Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



The mission statement for this project comes right at the beginning of the credits under the ‘Keeping The Blues Alive' banner, which is also the name of Joe Bonamassa's charitable blues foundation for keeping music alive in schools.

Filmed at the stunning Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, the main focus of ‘Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks' is the three set concert of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf's back catalogue and Joe's songs, though the 4 disc, double CD and DVD presentation is equally about the contextualization of Joe's own blues career.

Much like Clapton before him, he's reached a high point in his career where it's time to reflect on the blues antecedents that brought him to where he is today, though the sheer scale of pre-planning, playing, recording and filming of the Red Rocks concert suggests he's a restless talent always on the lookout a new challenge.

The additional DVD of ‘Joe and Kevin's Excellent Adventure… to The Crossroads' is succinctly summarised by Joe as being about: “The fascination of where the music can go, given the right inspiration and given the right kind of palette to paint with”.

The fact that the liner notes include his February and March European tour dates, suggests that no matter what the scale of this project, he's probably already be thinking ahead to the next one, as evidenced by the remark that: “This year we're doing the catalogue of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters.”

As it is there are already plenty of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf tributes in the can, ranging from The Muddy Waters Tribute Band album to Paul Rodgers, and the Mud Morganfield and Kim Wilson album. Ditto Wolf, who has been covered by The Groundhogs, Omar Dykes, Tomás Doncke and the 1998 Grammy nominated Telarc compilation album.

But this release broadens its scope with an accompanying documentary that draws us into Joe's Chevy driven road trip with Kevin Shirley. Subtitled, ‘A Pilgrimage to the Roots of the Blues', it takes them to The Crossroads – both of them, in Clarksdale and Rosedale – and leads Joe to answer his own question about the place. “Is it the myth, is it a musical place?' He concludes that: “It's a combination of culture environment, necessity and life experience”.

And it's his ability to be able to tap into all those elements and add his own musical driving force that gives this project its integrity.

Joe successfully posits himself as a conduit between the past and present, in front of 9,000 people who confirm that the blues is alive and well, albeit very middle aged.

His all star band is formally dressed for the occasion in what his producer Kevin Shirley calls a show of: “Respect, to present the gravitas and sensibility of the music”.

There's also a clever mix of historical clips and a mid-song segue from the past to the present on Muddy's ‘Tiger In Your Tank'. Joe switches to slide on ‘I Can't Be Satisfied' and explores some cool dynamics on ‘You Shook Me', later identified by Kevin Shirley as a natural choice for the project given its Zeppelin connotations.

It also provides a great filmic moment when DVD director Philippe Klose's camera work captures the connection between Joe's solo, his band's interplay and members of the audience who rise to their feet in appreciation.

…in one fell swoop he thrillingly illuminates how the blues had a baby and called it rock and roll!

‘Stuff You Gotta Watch' is a horn pumping shuffle with shared solos and Joe's uplifting resolution and he's closer to Gary Moore than Muddy in use of tone and vibrato on ‘Double Trouble'. He then reverts to slide on ‘My Home Is On The Delta ‘a slow brush stroked blues with nuanced volume swells all neatly filmed as the sun goes down against a backdrop of the surrounding terrain.

On both ‘Real Love' and Wolf's ‘How Many More Years' he's smart enough to rely on his solo's for extra emotional depth to make up for wavering vocals. On the latter in particular, he initially tries too hard to over compensate for a thin vocal with a gritty attack on which he doesn't sound comfortable.

The Wolf catalogue overlooks the more obvious possibilities like ‘Smokestack Lightning', ‘Who's Been Talkin' and ‘Wang Dang Doodle', but does include ‘Spoonful' on which he hits an extended note and adds another burning solo. His own exuberance nearly get the better of him when he momentarily shouts on ‘Evil', but his ‘road chops' transforms the piece to something all of his own and in one fell swoop he thrillingly illuminates how the blues had a baby and called it rock and roll!

Everything comes together perfectly on ‘All Night Boogie (All Night Long)' as Kirk Fletcher adds a precise solo and Joe's defining finish earns him a deserved ovation.

He returns for an extended encore of his own material, via Hendrix's ‘Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)' and the acapella top and tailed 70's style, riff-led ‘Oh Beautiful!'. It's a well thought out piece from his new album that doesn't quite have the impact the arrangement deserves.

‘Love Ain't A Love Song' is the opposite, being a triumph of space, dynamics and inspired playing as it flows into a seamless hook. This song alone makes the perfect connection between the past and present, right down to the intricate breakdown coloured by a combination of volume swells, sweet notes and horn accents on a smoking blues.

Joe really hits his stride on the show-stopping ‘Sloe Gin', complete with an expansive vocal and a soaring solo, while the riff driven ‘The Ballad of John Henry' perfectly encapsulates his role in the vanguard of contemporary blues and makes the connection between two giants of the blues and his own contemporary style.

‘Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks' also includes a behind the scenes section, archive footage and concert photos and achieves its aim of paying homage to both Mud and Wolf, though the subtext of the project seems to be that it might be the first of a series of such tributes.

If so who better than JB and this band to take us on another well researched, superbly played and sympathetically filmed histo-musical journey?

Pete Feenstra - jbonamassa.com



Joe Bonamassa ehrt zwei Vorbilder mit »Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks«

Mit dem Live-Event »Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks« zollte Joe Bonamassa den beiden Blues-Legenden Muddy Waters und Howlin’ Wolf Tribut. Das exklusive Konzert wurde am Labor-Day-Wochenende 2014 im spektakulären Red Rocks Amphitheatre gespielt und aufgenommen.

9000 Fans feierten mit Joe Bonamassa »Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks«. Es war ein zweieinhalbstündiges Konzert, in dem Gitarrist Bonamassa die historischen Blues-Vorbilder mit satter Bläser-Verstärkung hochleben ließ. Blu-ray und DVD enthalten darüber hinaus ca. 90 Minuten Dokumentation dessen, was hinter der Bühne geschah, eine Foto-Galerie, historische Filmdokumente über Muddy Waters und Howlin’ Wolf sowie einen Film über die Reise von Bonamassa mit Produzent Kevin Shirley ins Mississippi Delta.

»Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks« bildet zudem den Anfang einer Konzertreihe, mit der Joe Bonamassa seine Vorbilder ehren möchte. Dazu spielt er mit einer anderen Band als sonst und erweitert seine Blues-Palette um neues Material. Howlin’ Wolf und Muddy Waters waren bedeutende Leitfiguren des Chicago Blues. Charakteristisch für Howlin’ Wolf war seine tiefe, kratzige Stimme. Muddy Waters gilt gar als der Vater des modernen Chicago-Blues, der wiederum den Boom des British Blues auslöste. Hier schließt sich der Kreis, denn der British Blues ist eine prägende Komponente des Schaffens von Bonamassa.

Beim Konzert »Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks« spielte Joe Bonamassa mit seinen Musikern je ein 30-minütiges Set aus dem Werk von Howlin’ Wolf und Muddy Waters sowie eine halbe Stunde aus seinem eigenen Repertoire. Zur Band dieses Events gehörten Anton Fig (Schlagzeug), Michael Rhodes (Bass), Reese Wynans (Klavier, Hammondorgel), Lee Thornburg (Trompete, Bläser-Arrangements), Ron Dziubla (Saxofon), Nick Lane (Posaune), Mike Henderson (Mundharmonika) und Kirk Fletcher (Gitarre).

Joe Bonamassa war von dem Konzert »Muddy Wolf« selbst überwältigt. Er sagt, es sei das Konzert seines Lebens gewesen und das größte Publikum, vor dem er jemals gespielt habe. Das Live-Album und die Video-Dokumentation des Events zeige ihn dabei, wie er Musik spiele, die er immer schon liebte und in die er sich dort noch mehr verliebt habe.

Wer wissen möchte, wie das Blues-Herz von Joe Bonamassa schlägt, darf »Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks« nicht verpassen.

JPC.de



»Dass man bei den satt groovenden Interpretationen von Klassikern wie ›I Can’t Be Satisfied‹ oder ›Spoonful‹ diesen weder ein Blues-Rockkostüm überstülpte, noch sich mit schlichter Retro-Attitüde begnügte, macht dabei den Charme dieses Albums aus, das all diejenigen Lügen straft, die den Blues für eine langweilige Angelegenheit oder Bonamassa für einen reinen Rockmusiker halten.«

Good Times, April / Mai 2015


»Eine mitreißende Liveshow in toller Kulisse ...«

Audio, Mai 2015
 

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