Time: 65:37
File: Flac
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
1. Pottoko Shuffle (3:22)
2. Long Road Blues (4:23)
3. I Need You By My Side (3:19)
4. New Early In The Morning (3:40)
5. Dance With The Devil (4:17)
6. You Belong To Me (5:23)
7. Beefsteak Blues (5:56)
8. Lightning Boogie (3:01)
9. Strange Feeling Blues (6:21)
10. Low Down Dog (2:10)
11. It's Hurt To Live (Kneeling Down Before This Scum) (7:24)
12. I Got The Blues (3:15)
13. Mellow Down Easy (4:02)
14. Half Ain't Been Told (4:29)
15. That's Why I'm Crying (4:31)
Recorded at Pottoko Studios in Beasain /Basque Country) by Fredi Peláez and mixed by Edu Bighands, this debut album more than meets all the necessary requirements to become a reference record. A direct, high-octane work, done the old-fashioned way, with the unmatched personality of legendary musicians who take on the task with the true and genuine spirit of Blues made on this side of the Atlantic.
La Blues Company makes its debut with a pulsing shuffle rhythm, both on the instrumental track composed by the band, Pottoko Shuffle, and on hypnotic Long Road Blues, led by Fernando Beiztegui´s powerful voice and written by him. Edu Bighands masterfully revisits the traditional I Want You by My Side by Mississippi singer and harmonica player Billy ‘Jazz’ Gillum, under Ñaco Goñi´s direction, handing over vocal duties to Paul San Martin on New Early in The Morning by harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson I. Beiztegui signs Dance with the Devil, a mid-tempo track featuring Goñi’s fiery phrasing and a piano blues masterclass blues by San Martin. An exquisite selection of tracks that delve into the depths of the most authentic Blues, revisiting classics like Magic Sam’s You Belong to Me, led by Edu Bighands. It uncovers magnificent gems such as Beefstake Blues by singer John ‘Son’ Thomas, with Paul San Martin on vocals and piano, and Beiztegui’s slide guitar, to revisit Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Lightnin’ Boogie, featuring the incomparable rhythmic work of Martí Elías and Paul San Martin’s left hand.
Another great asset of this album is the original compositions by Fernando Beiztegui. The Granada native signs Strange Feeling Blues, a slow blues with a classic feel. In Low Down Dog, Paul San Martin revitalizes ‘shouter’ Big Joe Turner with a boogie rhythm, leading to echoes halfway between Junior Parker and Otis Rush on It’s Hurt to Live (Kneeling Down Before This Scum), written by Beiztegui. The album also travels through classics like I Got the Blues by pianist and singer ‘Big Maceo’ Merriweather, Chicago sounds on Willie Dixon’s Mellow Down Easy, and Half Ain’t Been Told by pianist Otis Spann. Finally, it resurrects the spirit of Magic Sam on That’s Why I’m Crying, interpreted by Edu Bighands featuring Fredi Peláez on Hammond organ, combined with San Martín piano.
La Blues Company FLAC