Celebrating The Blues With
Heartfelt Gospel
Feeling
Seven veterans of the blues unite and share the
feeling with the world
About six months ago Neil Barnes, a west coast bluesman
here in the United States, contacted me about a project he had been working on
for years. He told me about his idea of assembling great soulful, powerful
voices along with a band that could deliver a sound as if it came out of heaven.
I must say that Neil had my attention. So we worked together and created the one
sheet that would accompany the new release as it went into radio
distribution.
Months would go by and every once in a while I would get a
note from Neil letting me know the project was very much alive and that he was
grateful for my patience and my assistance. In one such note he let me know
that he had retained Todd Glazer, the Alaskan Blues Radio promoter. This
meant Neil was getting close to a release date. A few days later I received two
CDs in the mail. I listened to it and then I listened to it again. I called
Neil and asked him if I could send it my good friend, Ron Haney, of Take One
Creative. Ron received the CD and wrote me immediately. This is what he
wrote: "Neil Barnes, on his latest CD
release, Hyde and Seek, has gathered a group of musicians and vocalists that are
so true to the genre they couldn’t hide it if they wanted to. From the first
track, Don’t Let the Devil Ride, to the last, Tears, Tears and More Tears, the
listener is taken on a blues pilgrimage that exemplifies what the genre is all
about while at the same time embracing the essence of other powerful genres like
gospel, rock and even R&B. It’s so refreshing to hear a group of players and
artists just simply do their material without trying to convince us of anything.
When the true authenticity and God-given gifts are present and allowed to speak
forth no convincing is necessary. The music, message and delivery stands for
itself."
I was totally blown away by Ron's
remarks.
Then the Hyde and Seek team sent the video link that I have
attached within this press release. I attached it because once again I am blown
away. The video is not a music video per se, no, it's the story of how these
people brought this piece of work to life. You know what this new release is
- it's that feeling that occurs when soulful, heartfelt music reaches your
ears. The kind that touches you and you embrace it, that's exactly what it
is... Enjoy
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