THE MIKE ELDRED TRIO
''BAPTIST TOWN''
MAY 6 2016
57:23
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01 - Hunder Dollar Bill 03:47
02 - Papa Legba 04:29
03 - Somebody Been Runnin' 02:04
04 - Run Devil Run 05:06
05 - Roadside Shrine 03:39
06 - Bess 04:17
07 - Black Annie 05:20
08 - Hoodoo Man 04:32
09 - Sugar Shake 03:28
10 - Kill My Woman 03:42
11 - Baptist Town 05:45
12 - Can't Buy Me Love 06:37
13 - You're Always There 04:31
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Jerry Angel – Drums & percussion
John Bazz – Upright & electric bass
Mike Eldred – Guitar & Vocals
Guests:
John “Big Nick” Samora – Harmonica on “Hunder Dollar Bill”
Jarvis Jernigan – Lead vocal on “You’re Always There”, 2nd vocal on “Somebody Been Runnin’”, background vocals on “Papa Legba”, “Black Annie”, “Baptist Town”
Jarvis and Tracy Jernigan – Background vocals on “Bess”
David Hidalgo – Accordion and background vocal on “Bess”
John Mayer – Lap steel and electric guitar on “Roadside Shrine”
Robert Cray – Electric lead guitar on “Baptist Town”
Lauren Brown – Tap dancing on “Run Devil Run”
James Pennebaker – Mandolin on “Run Devil Run”
Papa John DeFrancesco – Organ on “You’re Always There”
Emmanuel Church Inspirational Choir featuring Vicki Dove & Michael Buccowich
– Background vocals on “Somebody Been Runnin’” and “You’re Always There”
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/OFFICIAL
Recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, “Baptist Town” is steeped in the rich history of the South and the folklore that is so important to American culture. The catalyst for the record is the small neighborhood outside Greenwood Mississippi where legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson was murdered in 1938. The track “Somebody Been Runnin'” references the final chapter of Johnson’s “deal with the devil” made at the crossroads, and some say fulfilled in the tiny community of Baptist Town the night he died.
The record also focuses on the poverty and racism of the past, and still existing in the Deep South today. Baptist Town remains mostly as it did in Johnson’s time and is a stark contrast to the surrounding city of Greenwood Mississippi. The dichotomy between love and hate, rich and poor, sin and salvation, black and white, are apparent throughout the record, and reflect many of society’s struggles that continue to haunt us all.
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BIOGRAPHY
“The deeper “The Mike Eldred Trio” digs into American roots music, the stronger they sound”
- Goldmine Magazine
"It’s like listening to what the Clash might have done if they had been born 20 years earlier..."
- Blues Blast Magazine
“It's not so much raw chutzpah as sheer love — backed by unassailable musical chops — with which veteran Southern California blues musician Mike Eldred puts on display in “61 and 49,” referencing the fabled intersection in Clarksdale, Miss., that's essentially ground zero in the world of Delta blues.
What makes the album such a delight is the masterful way the guitarist, singer and songwriter paces his trek through a rainbow's worth of electric and acoustic blues workouts. It's the sign of a journeyman who has spent untold hours playing clubs and learning the old-fashioned way what flies and what doesn't”.
- Los Angeles Times
Voted one of the best guitarists in Americana / Roots / Blues music, The Mike Eldred Trio is a roots “Super-Band” with Eldred (formerly with Stray Cat Lee Rocker) and John Bazz and Jerry Angel both from The Blasters! Their first CD (The Mike Eldred Trio) sent shock waves throughout the rock/roots/blues community with rave reviews from Brian Setzer among others, and gave Eldred the title “best unknown guitarist”. The band's second CD (61 and 49) was voted of the Top Ten CD releases of 2011 by the Los Angeles Times.
The band’s newest effort is a multi-layered blues journey through Mississippi juke joints, prisons, churches, and the small neighborhood called Baptist Town in Greenwood where the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson was murdered in 1938. The trio invited several guests into the famed Sun Studio to lend a hand, and David Hidalgo, Robert Cray, and John Mayer help to tell a story of the dichotomy of the ongoing struggle between poverty and affluence, love and hate, and sin and salvation.
The trio’s 4th album “Baptist Town” is a monumental achievement in roots and blues storytelling, and will undoubtedly grow the trio’s already large fan base that includes artists like ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons:
“El contenta completa”...! This is it. Enjoy this one, top to bottom, bottom to top. The Mike Eldred Trio makes the rounds through a blues-wrapped offering that is certain to satisfy. Rock it!”
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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''BAPTIST TOWN''
MAY 6 2016
57:23
**********
01 - Hunder Dollar Bill 03:47
02 - Papa Legba 04:29
03 - Somebody Been Runnin' 02:04
04 - Run Devil Run 05:06
05 - Roadside Shrine 03:39
06 - Bess 04:17
07 - Black Annie 05:20
08 - Hoodoo Man 04:32
09 - Sugar Shake 03:28
10 - Kill My Woman 03:42
11 - Baptist Town 05:45
12 - Can't Buy Me Love 06:37
13 - You're Always There 04:31
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Jerry Angel – Drums & percussion
John Bazz – Upright & electric bass
Mike Eldred – Guitar & Vocals
Guests:
John “Big Nick” Samora – Harmonica on “Hunder Dollar Bill”
Jarvis Jernigan – Lead vocal on “You’re Always There”, 2nd vocal on “Somebody Been Runnin’”, background vocals on “Papa Legba”, “Black Annie”, “Baptist Town”
Jarvis and Tracy Jernigan – Background vocals on “Bess”
David Hidalgo – Accordion and background vocal on “Bess”
John Mayer – Lap steel and electric guitar on “Roadside Shrine”
Robert Cray – Electric lead guitar on “Baptist Town”
Lauren Brown – Tap dancing on “Run Devil Run”
James Pennebaker – Mandolin on “Run Devil Run”
Papa John DeFrancesco – Organ on “You’re Always There”
Emmanuel Church Inspirational Choir featuring Vicki Dove & Michael Buccowich
– Background vocals on “Somebody Been Runnin’” and “You’re Always There”
**********
ABOUT THE ALBUM/OFFICIAL
Recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, “Baptist Town” is steeped in the rich history of the South and the folklore that is so important to American culture. The catalyst for the record is the small neighborhood outside Greenwood Mississippi where legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson was murdered in 1938. The track “Somebody Been Runnin'” references the final chapter of Johnson’s “deal with the devil” made at the crossroads, and some say fulfilled in the tiny community of Baptist Town the night he died.
The record also focuses on the poverty and racism of the past, and still existing in the Deep South today. Baptist Town remains mostly as it did in Johnson’s time and is a stark contrast to the surrounding city of Greenwood Mississippi. The dichotomy between love and hate, rich and poor, sin and salvation, black and white, are apparent throughout the record, and reflect many of society’s struggles that continue to haunt us all.
**********
BIOGRAPHY
“The deeper “The Mike Eldred Trio” digs into American roots music, the stronger they sound”
- Goldmine Magazine
"It’s like listening to what the Clash might have done if they had been born 20 years earlier..."
- Blues Blast Magazine
“It's not so much raw chutzpah as sheer love — backed by unassailable musical chops — with which veteran Southern California blues musician Mike Eldred puts on display in “61 and 49,” referencing the fabled intersection in Clarksdale, Miss., that's essentially ground zero in the world of Delta blues.
What makes the album such a delight is the masterful way the guitarist, singer and songwriter paces his trek through a rainbow's worth of electric and acoustic blues workouts. It's the sign of a journeyman who has spent untold hours playing clubs and learning the old-fashioned way what flies and what doesn't”.
- Los Angeles Times
Voted one of the best guitarists in Americana / Roots / Blues music, The Mike Eldred Trio is a roots “Super-Band” with Eldred (formerly with Stray Cat Lee Rocker) and John Bazz and Jerry Angel both from The Blasters! Their first CD (The Mike Eldred Trio) sent shock waves throughout the rock/roots/blues community with rave reviews from Brian Setzer among others, and gave Eldred the title “best unknown guitarist”. The band's second CD (61 and 49) was voted of the Top Ten CD releases of 2011 by the Los Angeles Times.
The band’s newest effort is a multi-layered blues journey through Mississippi juke joints, prisons, churches, and the small neighborhood called Baptist Town in Greenwood where the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson was murdered in 1938. The trio invited several guests into the famed Sun Studio to lend a hand, and David Hidalgo, Robert Cray, and John Mayer help to tell a story of the dichotomy of the ongoing struggle between poverty and affluence, love and hate, and sin and salvation.
The trio’s 4th album “Baptist Town” is a monumental achievement in roots and blues storytelling, and will undoubtedly grow the trio’s already large fan base that includes artists like ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons:
“El contenta completa”...! This is it. Enjoy this one, top to bottom, bottom to top. The Mike Eldred Trio makes the rounds through a blues-wrapped offering that is certain to satisfy. Rock it!”
**********
WEBSITE
**********
TO THE TOP
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