LUCKY PETERSON
''LONG NIGHTS''
APRIL 15 2016
43:54
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01 - Is It Me 03:47 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
02 - Waiting On You 03:16 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
03 - Long Nights 05:47 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
04 - Be Your Man 03:08 (Tamara Peterson)
05 - Wasting My Time 04:00 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
06 - Mad As A Man Can Be 03:42 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
07 - Never Coming Back 03:14 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson, Judge Peterson)
08 - Repo Man 04:19 (Judge Peterson)
09 - Six O' Clock Blues 03:31 (Judge Peterson)
10 - Erline 05:02 (Judge Peterson)
11 - Feeling They Call The Blues 04:02 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
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Lucky Peterson/Guitar, Dobro, Piano, Vocals
Jonathan Fisher/Acoustic Bass
Jamil Byrum/Drums
Kelyn Crapp/Backing Guitar
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The musical adventures Lucky's had with his JSP albums - as headliner, co-headliner and guest artist have ranged from hard-edged modern blues recordings of his own sessions to the funky mix that is the music of wife Tamara's soulful/poppy stylings.
So where goes this new album? Back to the roots is where... this is Lucky at three o'clock in the morning. Unique electric guitar styling is joined by acoustic and slide work and classy piano. The band is recorded live in the studio with Lucky adding keyboard overdubs - who better?
This is an album for even the most jaded old blues collector - but the music's elusive new audience will also love this slice of the 'real deal' from a living musician. Along the way, many will conclude they've encountered a musical genius.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Bill Dahl
Child prodigy status is sometimes difficult to overcome upon reaching maturity. Not so for Lucky Peterson -- he's far bigger (in more ways than one) on the contemporary blues circuit than he was at the precocious age of six, when he scored a national R&B hit with the Willie Dixon-produced "1-2-3-4."
Little Lucky Peterson was lucky to be born into a musical family. His dad, James Peterson, owned the Governor's Inn, a popular Buffalo, New York blues nightclub that booked the biggies: Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Bill Doggett. The latter's mighty Hammond B-3 organ fascinated the four-and-a-half-year-old lad, and soon Peterson was on his way under Dixon's tutelage. "1-2-3-4" got Peterson on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, but he didn't rest on his laurels -- he was doubling on guitar at age eight, and at 17, he signed on as Little Milton's keyboardist for three years.
Lucky Strikes!
A three-year stint with Bobby Bland preceded Peterson's solo career launch, which took off when he struck up a musical relationship with Florida-based producer Bob Greenlee. Two Greenlee-produced albums for Alligator, 1989's Lucky Strikes! and the following year's Triple Play, remain a pair of his finest recorded offerings. Extensive session work behind everyone from Etta James to Kenny Neal to Otis Rush also commenced during this period.
I'm Ready
In 1992, Peterson's first Verve label album, I'm Ready, found him boldly mixing contemporary rock and soul into his simmering blues stew. More high-energy Verve sets followed, making it clear that Peterson's career was in full swing (meanwhile, his father fashioned his own career as a bluesman with albums for Ichiban and Waldoxy and remained an active player in Florida until his death in 2010). Lucky made his debut for new label Blue Thumb with a self-titled effort released in 1999, and Double Dealin' followed in early 2001.
Black Midnight Sun
The new millennium found Peterson recording a number of well-received albums for various labels, including Black Midnight Sun (2003, Dreyfus), the father-and-son James and Lucky Peterson duo album If You Can't Fix It (2004, JSP), Heart of Pain (2010, JSP), You Can Always Turn Around (2010, Dreyfus), and Every Second a Fool Is Born (2011, JSP). Peterson self-produced himself for the first time with 2014's The Son of a Bluesman, which appeared on the Jazz Village imprint. Also appearing that year was the retro-blues-tinged album Travelin' Man.
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''LONG NIGHTS''
APRIL 15 2016
43:54
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01 - Is It Me 03:47 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
02 - Waiting On You 03:16 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
03 - Long Nights 05:47 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
04 - Be Your Man 03:08 (Tamara Peterson)
05 - Wasting My Time 04:00 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
06 - Mad As A Man Can Be 03:42 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
07 - Never Coming Back 03:14 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson, Judge Peterson)
08 - Repo Man 04:19 (Judge Peterson)
09 - Six O' Clock Blues 03:31 (Judge Peterson)
10 - Erline 05:02 (Judge Peterson)
11 - Feeling They Call The Blues 04:02 (Steve Washington, Tamara Peterson)
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Lucky Peterson/Guitar, Dobro, Piano, Vocals
Jonathan Fisher/Acoustic Bass
Jamil Byrum/Drums
Kelyn Crapp/Backing Guitar
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The musical adventures Lucky's had with his JSP albums - as headliner, co-headliner and guest artist have ranged from hard-edged modern blues recordings of his own sessions to the funky mix that is the music of wife Tamara's soulful/poppy stylings.
So where goes this new album? Back to the roots is where... this is Lucky at three o'clock in the morning. Unique electric guitar styling is joined by acoustic and slide work and classy piano. The band is recorded live in the studio with Lucky adding keyboard overdubs - who better?
This is an album for even the most jaded old blues collector - but the music's elusive new audience will also love this slice of the 'real deal' from a living musician. Along the way, many will conclude they've encountered a musical genius.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Bill Dahl
Child prodigy status is sometimes difficult to overcome upon reaching maturity. Not so for Lucky Peterson -- he's far bigger (in more ways than one) on the contemporary blues circuit than he was at the precocious age of six, when he scored a national R&B hit with the Willie Dixon-produced "1-2-3-4."
Little Lucky Peterson was lucky to be born into a musical family. His dad, James Peterson, owned the Governor's Inn, a popular Buffalo, New York blues nightclub that booked the biggies: Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Bill Doggett. The latter's mighty Hammond B-3 organ fascinated the four-and-a-half-year-old lad, and soon Peterson was on his way under Dixon's tutelage. "1-2-3-4" got Peterson on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, but he didn't rest on his laurels -- he was doubling on guitar at age eight, and at 17, he signed on as Little Milton's keyboardist for three years.
Lucky Strikes!
A three-year stint with Bobby Bland preceded Peterson's solo career launch, which took off when he struck up a musical relationship with Florida-based producer Bob Greenlee. Two Greenlee-produced albums for Alligator, 1989's Lucky Strikes! and the following year's Triple Play, remain a pair of his finest recorded offerings. Extensive session work behind everyone from Etta James to Kenny Neal to Otis Rush also commenced during this period.
I'm Ready
In 1992, Peterson's first Verve label album, I'm Ready, found him boldly mixing contemporary rock and soul into his simmering blues stew. More high-energy Verve sets followed, making it clear that Peterson's career was in full swing (meanwhile, his father fashioned his own career as a bluesman with albums for Ichiban and Waldoxy and remained an active player in Florida until his death in 2010). Lucky made his debut for new label Blue Thumb with a self-titled effort released in 1999, and Double Dealin' followed in early 2001.
Black Midnight Sun
The new millennium found Peterson recording a number of well-received albums for various labels, including Black Midnight Sun (2003, Dreyfus), the father-and-son James and Lucky Peterson duo album If You Can't Fix It (2004, JSP), Heart of Pain (2010, JSP), You Can Always Turn Around (2010, Dreyfus), and Every Second a Fool Is Born (2011, JSP). Peterson self-produced himself for the first time with 2014's The Son of a Bluesman, which appeared on the Jazz Village imprint. Also appearing that year was the retro-blues-tinged album Travelin' Man.
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