Size: 121,6 MB
Time: 52:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
1. Can't Fix The World (4:15)
2. I Hate Love (4:27)
3. Him (4:44)
4. Had To Go Through It To Get To It (3:53)
5. Something To Do Man (4:07)
6. Message To My Daughter (5:47)
7. Unlovable (3:28)
8. Guilty (4:07)
9. Got Me By The Short Hairs (3:43)
10. My Woman Loves Me Too Much (3:47)
11. If I'm Always Wrong (3:54)
12. Shut Up And Play! (5:59)
Modern blues at his creative best (not my quote), but oh so true. The opening song of this record (I can’t fix the world – I have to play these blues) immediately shows what we are dealing with here: a genuine string bending hard-hitting original bluesman from the windy city. All 12 on this record being originals, I think it is a hit.
Born in 1968, Toronzo has slowly been building up his career since 2007, started playing guitar when his sister gave him one for his 22nd birthday (although Toronzo’s website states that he bought it himself) and writing songs about his life and what he sees happening in the world around him. “People get used to everyday life, so it’s easy to miss the things around them. I know the problems of Chicago, the hardships. I write about those things.”
Shut up and play! is his sixth album, earlier releases were My woman, Leaving Mood, John the Conqueror Root, The Chicago Way, and The Preacher, the Politician or the Pimp, the latter two being highly regarded by England’s Mojo Magazine (#1 Best blues album in 2016, #2 Best blues album in 2019, respectively). His first musical explorations were in reggae, but growing up close to Theresa’s lounge, one of Chicago’s most famous South Side Blues Clubs, the blues was never far away.
Being a modern bluesman, Toronzo also transposes his lyrics to the times we live in. For example, in Message to my daughter, he touches upon what divorce means for children, and in Him he sings about what influence a former partner can still have in a new relationship. In his own words, he didn’t choose the blues, the blues choose him to become what he is now. And man, he can bend a string, Toronzo will grab you by the short hairs, for sure. Go see him. /Pascal Wilhelm, Bluestown Music
Personnel: Toronzo Cannon (guitar, vocals, percussion, handclaps); Brian Quinn (bass); Cole DeGenova (piano, organ, nord, clavinet); Jason "Jroc" Edwards (drums); Phillip "Dante" Burgess, Jr. (drums tracks 3 and 4); Matthew Skoller (harmonica track 10).
Born in 1968, Toronzo has slowly been building up his career since 2007, started playing guitar when his sister gave him one for his 22nd birthday (although Toronzo’s website states that he bought it himself) and writing songs about his life and what he sees happening in the world around him. “People get used to everyday life, so it’s easy to miss the things around them. I know the problems of Chicago, the hardships. I write about those things.”
Shut up and play! is his sixth album, earlier releases were My woman, Leaving Mood, John the Conqueror Root, The Chicago Way, and The Preacher, the Politician or the Pimp, the latter two being highly regarded by England’s Mojo Magazine (#1 Best blues album in 2016, #2 Best blues album in 2019, respectively). His first musical explorations were in reggae, but growing up close to Theresa’s lounge, one of Chicago’s most famous South Side Blues Clubs, the blues was never far away.
Being a modern bluesman, Toronzo also transposes his lyrics to the times we live in. For example, in Message to my daughter, he touches upon what divorce means for children, and in Him he sings about what influence a former partner can still have in a new relationship. In his own words, he didn’t choose the blues, the blues choose him to become what he is now. And man, he can bend a string, Toronzo will grab you by the short hairs, for sure. Go see him. /Pascal Wilhelm, Bluestown Music
Personnel: Toronzo Cannon (guitar, vocals, percussion, handclaps); Brian Quinn (bass); Cole DeGenova (piano, organ, nord, clavinet); Jason "Jroc" Edwards (drums); Phillip "Dante" Burgess, Jr. (drums tracks 3 and 4); Matthew Skoller (harmonica track 10).
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