Retail: $17.99
Street Date: 04/21/09
NEW DISCOUNTED PRICE: $12.99 +
s&h
MUSICIANS
Jason Ricci: Vocals & Chromatic, Diatonic, Chord, Polyphonia harmonicas
Shawn Starski: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Dobro Guitar, & Vocals
Todd "Buck Weed” Edmunds: Tuba, Electric Bass, Double Bass, & Vocals
Ed Michaels: Drums & Vocals
Shawn Kellerman: Guitar & Vocals
Rudy Miller: Drums & Percussion
Phillip Wolfe: Piano & Organ
TO LISTEN TO AUDIO CLIPS CLICK HERE! |
VIDEO CLIPS
Jason Ricci and New Blood
"Life of Denial" - Live
"Done With The Devil"
Photographic Promo Platypus
OTHER LINKS:
OFFICIAL ARTIST WEB SITE
OFFICIAL ARTIST MYSPACE PAGE
ECLECTO GROOVE ARTIST PAGE
DELTA GROOVE ARTIST PAGE
BOOKING:
Intrepid Artists
Rick Booth (rick@intrepidartists.com)
1300 Baxter Street, Ste. 405
Charlotte, NC 28204
PH:
704.358.4777
FX: 704.358.3171
www.intrepidartists.com
RADIO, MARKETING & PROMOTION:
Jody Best
PH: 818-755-4460
Email: deltagroove1@earthlink.net
RETAIL:
Jeff Fleenor
PH: 818-755-4460
Email: deltagroove5@earthlink.net
|
|
JASON RICCI & NEW BLOOD
"DONE WITH THE DEVIL"
“Make no mistake about it; Jason Ricci is the Best Thing to happen to Blues Harmonica in decades.” – Andy Grigg / Real Blues Magazine
“Shawn Starski is the perfect foil for Ricci, an inventive guitarist who achieves great tone, has a long reach, and can express a number of styles, from psychedelic and funk to rocking or blue.” - Cashville
"a fiery, thrilling and boundary-smashing rock band...Ricci takes the harp into terrain with squonks and squalls that sometimes sound more like horns or guitars than harmonica.” - Dave Richards / Erie Times-News
“It’s almost like Blues Traveler, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and O.A.R. slammed some tequila and had a 15-pound love child, decided they couldn’t keep it, and then placed it in a steel barrel and sent it down to the river to be raised by aging black blues kings and their families.” – Graffit
When Jason Ricci & New Blood unleashed their genre bending album "Rocket Number 9" for Eclecto Groove Records in October of 2007, the band unwittingly turned the blues world on their respective ear with a visionary and sonically bombastic recording that created legions of new fans and spent a total of seven weeks on the Billboard Blues Charts hitting a peak position of #4. Ironically the band’s initial intentions were not designed with the blues connoisseur in mind, but instead to forge an album that could reach out to a new audience by implementing a wildly artistic and innovative approach. Surprisingly, rather than alienating the blues community the album was embraced and accepted with open arms.
Reviews began to pour in heaping praise on the band’s bewildering cache of talent and spectacularly breathtaking arrangements that rewarded the adventurous listener with a revelatory auditory experience that blasted them straight up into the stratosphere. Ricci landed a six-page feature article in the 2008 Feb/March issue of Blues Revue magazine and Living Blues (known for their strict coverage of the purely black traditional aspect of the art form), even heralded Jason as “one of the most innovative young harmonica players since Paul deLay and Charlie Musselwhite.” In addition, New Blood veteran Shawn Starski was named one of the Top Ten Hottest New Guitarists by a reader’s poll in the 2008 June issue of Guitar Player Magazine.
Now with the arrival of “Done With The Devil," Jason Ricci & New Blood deliver their most ambitious project to date. Recorded at the rustic Shadow Lane studio in Nashville, Tennessee, New Blood explores an album filled with even darker imagery than its predecessor. Prepare yourself for a journey unlike any other as the band throws into the fold all matter of instrumentation including chromatic, diatonic, chord and polyphonia harmonicas; tuba, bass harmonica, electric and upright bass; electric, acoustic and dobro guitars; Hammond B-3 and various percussion. Longtime fans can also revel in the surprising vocal debuts of guitarist Shawn Starski and drummer Ed Michaels. A truly collaborative effort, “Done With The Devil” represents another significant step forward musically for the band; an album that Jason Ricci mischievously exclaims “is a record that even a rhinoceros would like!”
JASON RICCI & NEW BLOOD
ON TOUR NOW!
04/16/09: Williamsburg, VA - JM Randall's
04/17/09: Washington, DC - Madam's Organ
04/18/09: Rosedale, MD - Rosedale Legion Hall
04/19/09: Basking Ridge, NJ - Morristown Unitarian
04/22/09: New York City, NY - Terra Blues
04/23/09: Levittown, PA - McStew's
04/24/09: Dubois, PA - Treasure Lake Ski Lodge
04/25/09: Elmira, NY - Rounding 3rd
04/26/09: Manchester, CT - Hungry Tiger
05/02/09: Ospel, Holland - Moulin Blues Festival
05/07/09: Memphis, TN - Blues Music Awards
05/08/09: Memphis, TN - Delta Groove Showcase
05/14/09: Grand Rapids, MI - McFadden's
05/16/09: Charleston, WV - Charley West Blues Festival
05/24/09: Sedan, KS - Chataqua Hills Blues Festival
05/27/09: St. Louis, MO - BB's Jazz Blues & Soups
05/28/09: Eureka Springs, AR - Chelsea's Cafe
05/29/09: Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
06/06/09: Oss, Holland - De Groene Engell
06/11/09: Mol, Belgium - Meulenberg
06/12/09: Hengelo, NL - Metropool
06/13/09: Cherleroi, Belgium - Nuit De Blues Festival
06/14/09: Antwerp, Belgium - Crossroads Cafe
06/16/09: Brussels, Belgium - GC Nekkersdal
06/20/09: Oxford, MI - Hot Blues & BBQ Festival
07/30/09: Las Vegas, NV - Boulder Station Casino
07/31/09: Las Vegas, NV - Texas Station Casino
08/06/09: San Francisco, CA - Biscuits & Blues
08/07/09: Sacramento, CA - Torch Club
08/08/09: Senora, CA - Fire On The Mountain
08/11/09: Sacramento, CA - Torch Club (night)
08/11-15/09: Sacramento, CA - Spah Convention
09/13/09: Electric City, WA - Sun Banks Music Festival |
