Dan Holt - Pleasure and Shame

Size: 87,3 MB
Time: 36:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues, acoustic blues
Art: Front

1. Not Thinking Of You (2:46)
2. Punchline (2:12)
3. Tell Me What You See (3:16)
4. Not Coming With You (5:02)
5. One Shot Of Whiskey (4:16)
6. A.C.'s Blues (2:51)
7. Pleasure & Shame (2:37)
8. Nothin' At All (2:54)
9. Season In Hell (4:19)
10. Big Black Smoke (3:31)
11. Runnin' Around (2:54)

I’ve been writing these bios (or having people write them for me) for a long time and my first draft always starts something like this: “My name is Dan Holt and I play guitar and sing the songs that I write as well as some songs that other people have written.” That’s probably not enough information to really tell you anything about me as an artist, so let me try again. I guess I’ve been kicking around playing the blues regionally, and at some points nationally, for 20 years or so. I toured the country and made a handful of records with Cleveland-based blues duo Five Believers from 1992-97 and have been a fixture on the Northeast Ohio cafe and coffee house circuit ever since. My newest record, “Resonator,” is my eighth as a solo artist and (yep, I say this every time) I think it is one of my best. In April 2012, Jim Dimick and I filled my living room with guitars and recording equipment and banged out 18 songs in a three-day, 40-hour marathon. We did the basic tracks live to two microphones with plenty of room noise to go around, and then overdubbed some extra guitars, harmonicas and the like to the same two microphones with even more room noise. We picked the 11 songs that seemed to fit together the best and the result is something that comes as close as I ever have to the loose, improvisational dynamic of my live shows.

Pleasure & Shame MP3

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Dan Holt - Driftin'

Size: 102,1 MB
Time: 36:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Front

01. Long Gone (3:23)
02. Long Tall Shorty (4:23)
03. Driftin' (4:05)
04. Riverboat Blues (2:21)
05. You Talk Too Much (2:48)
06. Long Night (2:23)
07. Beat Up Car (2:05)
08. Dayton (2:47)
09. Cry Me A River (3:38)
10. Nothin To Say (2:23)
11. Thanks For That (3:22)
12. Rufus Rose (2:25)

In 1997, after five years on the road as part of blues duo Five Believers, Dan Holt embarked on a solo career that now spans nearly 20 years. 2015 saw the release of “Pleasure & Shame,” Dan’s ninth album and one of his best.

“I see the blues as a tradition but I don’t see it as traditional music,” says Holt. “At it’s core, the blues tradition is based on songs and stories. Without great songs, the blues is just a sound.”

“Pleasure & Shame” is an album of just that, great songs. From the desperate junky of the title song, to the aimless drifter of “Big Black Smoke,” to more personal statements like “One Shot of Whiskey,” this is an album with a story to tell.

All of this is performed with the same passion and style that Dan brings to every live performance. His distinct voice, dynamic guitar playing and soulful harmonica combine for a sound that is as powerful as it is unique.

Dan Holt was the winner of the 2015 Black Swamp Blues Society Blues Challenge and competed in the 2016 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. In August 2016 he won the Dayton Blues Society Blues challenge and will represent Dayton in the 2017 International Blues Challenge.

Driftin'

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