Author: Barry Kerzner
It was well recorded, and mixed with incredible finesse, including layering Gaye’s vocals, rendering them deep, and alluring. The impact that this album had on music going forward, especially soul, was immense.
All recordings here have been remastered and remixed, and there are several that are available to fans for the very first time including the hereto unreleased live version of “Mr. Pitiful.”
“I want to thank my fans and friends for supporting me while I rest up and focus on getting better and back on the road as soon as I can,” Allman says. “I’ve been working hard with my band, my pride and joy, to play our music for everyone. We’ll see y’all in October.”
“We hope that in meeting our goal we inspire others to dream big and start their own missions, whatever they may be.”
Any Mick Kolassa outing features great compositions, always performed with verve, joy, finesse. There’s always that feeling of being home, on the porch with friends, just playing music that makes us smile.
Audition ‘More Guitars Than Friends’ soon, through a great set of headphones. This is an album that really cries out for that.
Perhaps the biggest reason Sticky Fingers has not only endured, but achieved almost mythic status is the overall quality of the work, and the emotional responses it entices from listeners even today. This music hasn’t lost a step, and continues to speak to the human spirit and psyche.
Previous recipients of the prize include Sir Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Billy Joel.
As an album, Ergo Sum, which means “Therefore I am,” dazzles with sensational washes of blues and rock. Sponza and company create impressive portraits of the human condition, punctuated with marvelous rhythms, leads, back-beats, and perfect accents.
‘Jazz Blues Fusion’ is a perfect example of what today’s so-called hipsters strive so hard to project and achieve: suave cool that is unforced, awakened from the depths of a carefree spirit and an unbound, buoyant heart.