I just received the newest release, Chin Up, from John Campbelljohn and it's a fusion of country and blues. Opening with swing boogie, The Mumble Boogie, Campbelljohn steps right up with his notorious slide guitar and steps on the gas. Backed by Neil Robertson on drums and Ronald Hynes on bass this track cooks. I Got It All brings it down a few notches and with more of a country 2 step feel. Smooth and easy is how he handles the guitar work on this track with clever vocals and a radio melody. Meet My Maker is a stripped down blues number with guitar harmonics and rudimentary drums. A cool slide solo on this track sweetens the pot. I really like the different feel of The Poor Man Plays. It has a swampy funk and backing vocals by Martha Mae Campbell, Megan Baxendale and Stan Carew. Very cool! Castaway is a blues rocker with a simple repetitive riff. Driving bass line from Hynes and a wide open slide solo cap this track. Attitude has some of the coolest slide work on the release over a simple spoken lyric and a basic rhythm backing. Nice! Ballad How Stupid Is That is a catchy melody with a hook. Another track that could easily gather radio followers, this track bears slick acoustic resonator slide work and cool piano riffs from Robert Campbell. Another blues rocker with a country twist is Stop Making Excuses. Campbelljohn delivers his vocals with attitude and knows how to back his words with stinger riffs. Articulate blues riffs with country sting permeate this track. Sally In The Alley has an attitude all it's own with a driving swagger and pinched harmonic guitar riffs trimming along the way. One of my favorites on the release. Fantistico Supremo is a rocker with a zydeco twist for lack of a better description. Free wheelin' slide guitar (lap steel) work on this track gives it a country feel. Good Morning Mr. Blue Sky also has a New Orleans flavor and a country basis featuring backing vocals by Martha and Megan. Campbelljohn wraps the release with simple folk track, She's Gone, features John on vocal, backed by Martha and megan and light acoustic slide. A nice conclusion to a solid release.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Master slide guitarist and songwriter John Campbelljohn releases 'Chin Up'
Release date: March 10, 2015
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Multiple award winning East Coast blues guitarist
John Campbelljohn is set to release his 12th album, titled Chin
Up on March 10, 2015.
A master slide guitarist and songwriter,
Campbelljohn hails from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and over the course of
his four decade-long career has won or been nominated for countless music awards
including Maple Blues Awards, East Coast Music Awards, Real Blues Awards, Music
Nova Scotia Entertainer Of The Year, Blues Recording Of The Year & Musician
Of The Year.
His newest release, Chin Up features 12
original tracks covering a myriad of topics and sub-genres all highlighting
Campbelljohn’s prowess as a guitarist and vocalist. From the up-beat opening
number “The Mumble Boogie” the progressive blues sounds of “Meet My Maker”, the
rocking blues track “Castaway”, and the folk blues based “How Stupid Is That”,
Cambelljohn proves with each song why Blues Revue Magazine
deemed him a “guitar-god-in-the-making”.
During his career John Cambelljohn has been
featured on recordings and live shows that include names like Sting, Joni
Mitchell, Emmy Lou Harris, Leonard Cohen, Joe Ely, Willie Nelson, Robben Ford
& Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) as well as TV productions by
Sony Music Entertainment. Rich vocals and
distinctive slide guitar playing has made him a favourite at music festivals in
eastern Canada & Europe.
John Campbelljohn’s sophisticated and progressive
approach to song writing gives him a distinctive edge, mixing rock, blues,
reggae, Celtic & country into his signature style. The result is a sound
that can pummel the audience into submission one moment, while captivating them
with its subtlety the next.
Track List:
1. The Mumble Boogie - 3:04
2. I Got It All - 3:18
3. Meet My Maker - 3:51
4. The Poor Man Pays - 4:15
5. Castaway - 2:26
6. Attitude - 2:32
7. How Stupid Is That - 3:34
8. Stop Making Excuses - 4:40
9. Sally In The Alley - 3:50
10. Fantastico Supremo - 3:57
11. Good Morning Mr. Blue Sky - 3:19
12. She’s Gone - 3:49
"The standard of John Campbelljohn's slide guitar playing is raised to a new record high." - Rolling Stone, Germany
"It is difficult to find a good slide guitarist, who stands out from the
crowd - one who manages to do so is Nova Scotian John Campbelljohn." - Blues
Bytes, USA
"John's raw singing and his truly convincing guitar, particularly the
slide passages, are a feast for the ears, have real class." - Blues News
Magazine, Germany
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Labels:
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John Campbelljohn,
Nova Scotia
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Who Do You Love - Dutch Mason
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Dutch Mason, CM (19 February 1938 – 23 December 2006) was a Canadian musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was inducted into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2005
Dutch started performing as a musician in the mid-1950s, usually playing rock and roll or rockabilly standards as well as traditional music from the Canadian maritimes. Dutch regularly played the local twin city lounge scene, notably The Wyse Owl/Eastern Billiards, The Dartmouth Inn and The Monterey in Halifax. As he began to become known as a blues artist in the sixties, he started to tour various parts of Canada. Into the 1970s and onwards, he became a very popular act and toured the country regularly, performing at the legendary Albert Hall in Toronto and the Rising Sun in Montreal.
In 1998, during his 60th birthday celebration, the CBC recorded a live tribute cd that includes performances by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, Sam Moon and Frank MacKay. In 2004, he was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Blues album and in 2005 and nominated in 2005 for Best Blues album at the East Coast Music Awards.
Dutch is survived by his sons Charlie Mason and Garrett Mason, who won the 2005 Juno Award for Best Blues album.
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