Showing posts with label Lew Jetton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lew Jetton. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2022

Lew Jetton & 61 South - Deja Hoodoo

Size: 147.5 MB
Time: 62:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Two Lane Road (3:24)
02. Mexico (5:08)
03. Waffle House Woman (2:48)
04. Homegrown Tomato (4:32)
05. Betcha (2:52)
06. I Been Cheated (5:12)
07. Move On, Yvonne (2:47)
08. Nighttime Into Day (4:40)
09. Keeping Me Awake (3:55)
10. Tattoo Blues (3:46)
11. Sandy Lee (4:11)
12. Who's Texting You (3:33)
13. State Line Blues (3:41)
14. Drinking Again (3:56)
15. Getting Colder (3:43)
16. Will I Go To Hell (4:08)

Lew Jetton & 61 South reflect on 30 years of dive bars, juke joints, honky tonks (some with chicken wire around the stages), festivals, parties, tattoo conventions, biker rallies, hoedowns, throwdowns, and so on and so forth from 1992-2022.

Along the way, the band produced four critically acclaimed albums and became a multi "Pick to Click" on Sirius/XM Radio's Bluesville Channel. Drawing from their previous releases, State Line Blues (2000), f ales from A 2 Lane (.2006), Raln (2016) and Palestine Blues (2017), Deja Hoodoo includes many of the bands most requested songs, from the hilarious "Waffle House Woman" to the Hard hitting blues of "l Been Cheated" to the contemporary themes of Mexico," Lew Jetton proves himself a clever and diverse song creator.

Lew Jetton wrote and produced all songs on Deja Hoodoo. The songs were recorded at Paradise Studio and Coffee Street Studio in Paducah, Kentucky, and then remastered at Highland House Productions in Jackson, Tennessee by Wes Henley, Carl Perkins' longtime band leader. Deja Hoodoo also includes guest shots by the likes of Bob Lohr, Chuck Berry's longtime piano player, harmonica ace JD Wilkes of The Legendary Shack Shakers, who is actually an original member of 61 South and is featured on numerous other recordings including Shemekia Copeland's Grammy nominated and BMA winning album Uncivil War, and reknowned Travis-style guitar player. Alonzo Pennington.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Lew Jetton & 61 South - Palestine Blues

Size: 99,2 MB
Time: 37:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Will I Go To Hell (4:10)
02. Oh My My (3:03)
03. For The Pain (4:18)
04. Mexico (5:08)
05. Sold Us Out (3:43)
06. Drinking Again (3:58)
07. Don't Need No Devil (4:07)
08. Christ Have Mercy (3:53)
09. Drama (2:47)
10. 'Bout Time (2:27)

Lew Jetton & 61 South are multi-time "picks to click" on XM-Sirius Bluesville for a reason. They are very original and now, with their latest release, cutting edge, too. Their last release, Rain, spent more than 6 months on the Roots Music Report's Contemporary Blues Charts with radio airplay world wide. Palestine Blues takes it to a whole new level,

Palestine Blues, the new album from Lew Jetton & 61 South is a personally poignant and sometimes brutal memoir of a 10 year period in Jetton's life which included struggles with alcohol, drugs, depression, joblessness, frustration and a spiritual tug of war.

“Palestine is the community in which I live but it's also a place of historic significance for being sacred, while at the same time, a place of conflict. That's kind of where I have been for years. I know a lot of blues which is happy and uplifting. This is not. I'm OK with that. I wanted it to be real blues, in the emotional sense and that's what Palestine Blues is. VERY real Blues” Lew Jetton

Palestine Blues is pure emotion. Recorded three piece for the most part with just Lew on guitar, with bass and drums, so the essence of the songs could show through. No posing. No image over substance. Just the raw feeling, so you really can feel the frustration, the helplessness, the anger, the sadness, that so many are dealing with these days.

Palestine Blues

Monday, August 8, 2016

Lew Jetton & 61 South - 2 albums: Rain / State Line Blues

Album: Rain
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:37
Size: 86.1 MB
Styles: Southern blues rock
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:29] 1. Who's Texting You
[2:48] 2. Move On Yvonne
[3:39] 3. Mississippi Rain
[4:25] 4. Lay Me Down
[2:06] 5. Glory Train
[5:49] 6. Feels Like Rain
[2:52] 7. Done Done It
[4:11] 8. Sandy Lee
[3:54] 9. Keeping Me Awake
[4:20] 10. It's Raining

Lew Jetton-Guitar/Vocals, Erik Eicholtz-Drums, Sam Moore-Guitar, Dan Bell-Keyboards/Guitar, Greg Walker-Bass.

Rain, the new CD from Lew Jetton & 61 South, promises to further Jetton's reputation as a clever songwriter, and dynamic, original vocalist. The band's previous 2 releases, State Line Blues and Tales From A 2 Lane, were both “Picks to Click” on XM/Sirius Radio's Bluesville Channel, and Rain promises to take up where the other two left off.

The songs on Rain range from poignant (Lay Me Down) to redemptive (Glory Train) to contemporary (Who's Texting You) to humorous (Move On, Yvonne). Think a little Stevie Ray Vaughan seasoned with cajun and creole spices. Real Blues magazine called Jetton's stylings “Southern Fried Chicago Blues.” Rain brings together the longtime 61 South bandmates, along with several of Jetton's close friends, including 2-Time International Thumbpicking Champion and IBC Semi-Finalist Alonzo Pennington, former multi-instrumentalist for guitar legend Johnny Hiland, Solon Smith, former Lonnie Mack backup vocalist Miranda Louise, J.D. Wilkes, harp ace from Th' Legendary ShackShakers and the Reverend JoAnn Green, who's contribution is actually a clip from her longtime gospel radio show, “Words to Ponder” on WDXR-AM in Paducah, KY.

Although Lew Jetton & 61 South has been around more than 20 years, the sound remains fresh and honest, as their live shows continue to combine high energy with deep emotion, just like their new CD, Rain.

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Album: State Line Blues
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:52
Size: 89.0 MB
Styles: Southern blues rock
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[4:28] 1. Curse The Day
[2:48] 2. Betcha
[5:06] 3. What's Wrong
[2:43] 4. House Cat Blues
[3:39] 5. Getting Colder
[2:28] 6. Show Me
[3:06] 7. Hushpuppies!
[3:38] 8. State Line Blues
[4:30] 9. Homegrown Tomato
[3:43] 10. Bad Boy
[2:39] 11. Heavy Weather

"A Southern drawl singin' voice that's straight 'ol blues and the guitar work drips with Dixie blues-rock flavour, but with a touch of Chicago. 61 South has a harmonica player that I swear is the reincarnation (in style at least) of Slim Harpo and he plays like no one else on the blues scene today. Straight authentic Southern style blues in all its down-home glory, too damn good to be a local secret, and 61 South should be on festival stages all over the U.S. showing how real Southern Blues should sound at it's best. This CD is one of those rare ones that make it all worthwhile. To discover a disc this entertaining and rewarding gives one a great boost of adrenaline and motivation."

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