Size: 92,2 MB
Time: 39:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Blues
Art: Full
1. Ooh Wow (2:40)
2. Crazy As It Goes (2:52)
3. Trying To Make A Living (7:49)
4. Nancy J (4:27)
5. Queens Jump (3:58)
6. Please Love Me (3:47)
7. Look At What I See (3:45)
8. Trouble And Misery (2:58)
9. Blue And Lonesome (5:35)
10. Big Rear End (1:52)
Tony O' got his musical start as a teenager in Queens when he met blues songstress and actress Victoria Spivey in the early '70s. The popular vaudeville star had established her own label, Spivey Records, in 1962. Tony O' recorded with her and was introduced to many of the big names in blues music. "She used to bring in blues legends from Chicago and all over; I met Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf and learned from them." Why a white kid in the '70s would pick up a guitar and start playing blues licks instead of rock 'n roll is a mystery that even Tony doesn't understand. "Yeah, blues is a unique way to go coming out of Queens during that era. I don't know why it happened, I just started meeting all these legends and playing Chicago-style blues guitar".
A turning point came when he was 16 years old and volunteered to help T-Bone Walker and his band move in their equipment for a concert at Max's Kansas City in downtown New York. "After that he put me right in the front row and I thought that was incredible". At Spivey's recording studio he met Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin, who gave the youngster his stage name. For decades, Tony O' has toured with many of the greats, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Recording on the way. He moved from New York to St. Augustine in 2002, six months after 9-11, and he said. St. Augustine has a "good mix of culture, maybe that's what makes it good for blues."
The musician has just released "Ooh Wow", a collection of originals and blues standards with blues pianist Pinetop Perkins. Tony O' shouldn't have much of a problem getting a record company to pick up his new CD, but the 50-year-old blues guitarist and singer who has shared the stage and recording studios with legendary performers such as Howlin' Wolf, Jimmie Rogers and The Legendary Blues Band doesn't feel like waiting around for a label to catch up with him. With a five-year-old son and a tight touring schedule, he's got little time to deal with remixing, negotiating and other such foolishness. "I've recorded on 6 or 7 different labels, so I know it's time-consuming and I don't have time for all that but I won't rule it out if a record company offers a good deal", he said. So the CD he recorded over the last year in New York with veteran blues pianist Pinetop Perkins will be distributed to radio stations and sold at his shows.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
A turning point came when he was 16 years old and volunteered to help T-Bone Walker and his band move in their equipment for a concert at Max's Kansas City in downtown New York. "After that he put me right in the front row and I thought that was incredible". At Spivey's recording studio he met Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin, who gave the youngster his stage name. For decades, Tony O' has toured with many of the greats, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Recording on the way. He moved from New York to St. Augustine in 2002, six months after 9-11, and he said. St. Augustine has a "good mix of culture, maybe that's what makes it good for blues."
The musician has just released "Ooh Wow", a collection of originals and blues standards with blues pianist Pinetop Perkins. Tony O' shouldn't have much of a problem getting a record company to pick up his new CD, but the 50-year-old blues guitarist and singer who has shared the stage and recording studios with legendary performers such as Howlin' Wolf, Jimmie Rogers and The Legendary Blues Band doesn't feel like waiting around for a label to catch up with him. With a five-year-old son and a tight touring schedule, he's got little time to deal with remixing, negotiating and other such foolishness. "I've recorded on 6 or 7 different labels, so I know it's time-consuming and I don't have time for all that but I won't rule it out if a record company offers a good deal", he said. So the CD he recorded over the last year in New York with veteran blues pianist Pinetop Perkins will be distributed to radio stations and sold at his shows.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
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