Time: 50:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Front
01. Black Eyed Susie (4:19)
02. Hard Heart Honey Bee (3:17)
03. Sugar Rush (3:16)
04. Somebody Loan Me A Dime (5:17)
05. She's Into Something (2:23)
06. I Feel Like Goin' Home (4:30)
07. Fever (3:42)
08. I Know You Rider (3:56)
09. You Can't Get There From Here (3:46)
10. Big Road Blues (3:20)
11. Railroad Mama (3:35)
12. The Red Rooster (5:52)
13. Junkyard Dog (3:27)
Hot on the heels of his chart topping 2024 acoustic blues album Oh So Good, award-winning Bay Area bluesman, Blind Lemon Pledge, surprises his fans with his first live album, Lemon Live! Since his first recorded release in 2009, Blind Lemon has maintained a two-pronged musical career as both studio recording artist and as leader of the eponymously named Blind Lemon Pledge band, playing a variety of venues throughout Northern California. Lemon Live! captures the excitement and skill of his quartet in performance.
As a solo recording artist, working with an array of talented musicians, Pledge has created ten widely varied American Roots Music-based albums with forays into blues, rock, folk/country and even a well-received classic jazz project. And he has achieved consistent critical success and Top Ten Chart status.
As band leader, Pledge has assembled a team of like-minded musicians to help achieve and expand upon his eclectic American Roots Music vision. While Pledge's solo projects have largely featured his award- winning original compositions, the 90+ song BLP Band’s repertoire deftly mixes classic blues, Americana and jazz songs with Pledge's critically acclaimed compositions.
Lemon Live! documents the Blind Lemon Pledge Band in performance. Recorded over two performances in Pacifica, CA, this is a raw, warts-and-all testament to the tight rhythmic power and melodic strength of the band’s rootsy music. With Winston "Sioux City Slim" Andrews on harmonica, Peter Grenell on bass, rockin' Juli Moscovitz on drums, and Blind Lemon Pledge on guitar and vocals, the quartet achieves an impressive acoustic fullness and sense of dynamics.
The album kicks off with three of Pledge's originals: "Black Eyed Susie" - an energetic, slide guitar driven ode to Son House; "Hard Heart Honey Bee" - with echoes of rockabilly; and "Sugar Rush" - a swinging, gently risqué ragtime number.
"Somebody Loan Me A Dime", the first cover tune, combines a variation on the Boz Skaggs arrangement with some of Fenton Robinson's original vocal phrasings. "She's Into Something" - a deep Muddy Waters cut with an unexpected rhumba beat, "I Feel Like Goin' Home" - a classic Muddy Waters song, "Fever" which channels Little Willie John, and the classic Americana song "I Know You Rider" follow in short order with an array of tempos and moods. "You Can't Get There From Here", another Pledge original, brings in a melancholy touch of jazz. "Big Road Blues", "Railroad Mama" and "The Red Rooster" drive us to the final cut: "Junkyard Dog" - a humorous Pledge original with boisterous audience participation.
Lemon Live! is a fun, lively, joyous romp through Blind Lemon Pledge's unique and eclectic place in American Roots Music.
As a solo recording artist, working with an array of talented musicians, Pledge has created ten widely varied American Roots Music-based albums with forays into blues, rock, folk/country and even a well-received classic jazz project. And he has achieved consistent critical success and Top Ten Chart status.
As band leader, Pledge has assembled a team of like-minded musicians to help achieve and expand upon his eclectic American Roots Music vision. While Pledge's solo projects have largely featured his award- winning original compositions, the 90+ song BLP Band’s repertoire deftly mixes classic blues, Americana and jazz songs with Pledge's critically acclaimed compositions.
Lemon Live! documents the Blind Lemon Pledge Band in performance. Recorded over two performances in Pacifica, CA, this is a raw, warts-and-all testament to the tight rhythmic power and melodic strength of the band’s rootsy music. With Winston "Sioux City Slim" Andrews on harmonica, Peter Grenell on bass, rockin' Juli Moscovitz on drums, and Blind Lemon Pledge on guitar and vocals, the quartet achieves an impressive acoustic fullness and sense of dynamics.
The album kicks off with three of Pledge's originals: "Black Eyed Susie" - an energetic, slide guitar driven ode to Son House; "Hard Heart Honey Bee" - with echoes of rockabilly; and "Sugar Rush" - a swinging, gently risqué ragtime number.
"Somebody Loan Me A Dime", the first cover tune, combines a variation on the Boz Skaggs arrangement with some of Fenton Robinson's original vocal phrasings. "She's Into Something" - a deep Muddy Waters cut with an unexpected rhumba beat, "I Feel Like Goin' Home" - a classic Muddy Waters song, "Fever" which channels Little Willie John, and the classic Americana song "I Know You Rider" follow in short order with an array of tempos and moods. "You Can't Get There From Here", another Pledge original, brings in a melancholy touch of jazz. "Big Road Blues", "Railroad Mama" and "The Red Rooster" drive us to the final cut: "Junkyard Dog" - a humorous Pledge original with boisterous audience participation.
Lemon Live! is a fun, lively, joyous romp through Blind Lemon Pledge's unique and eclectic place in American Roots Music.
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