MUSICIANS: Lynwood Slim - Vocals,
Harmonica, Flute & Bongos Kid Ramos - Guitar /
Kirk Fletcher - Guitar
/ Armando Cortez - Guitar
/ Jeff Ross - Guitar
/ Gonzalo Bergara - Guitar
/ Kate Moss - Rhythm
Guitar / Rich Delgrosso -
Mandolin / Carl Sonny Leland
- Piano
/ Harunobu Tsuhida
- Piano
/ John Bazz-
Bass / Tyler Pedersen -
Bass / Nick Moss - Bass
/ Richard Innes - Drums
/ James Gadson - Drums
/ Ron Felton - Drums
/ Greg Campbell - Drums
/ Ron Dziubla - Horns
& Piano
Produced
& Arranged byRichard "Lynwood
Slim" Duran Executive
Producer: Randy Chortkoff
DESCRIPTION:
Lynwood
Slim followed the well-trodden path of
many of the bluesmen of his generation:
early interest in another instrument (in
his case, trumpet), before having his
head spun around by the sounds of Little
Walter, Jimmy Reed, and other Chicago-based
blues legends while in his early teens.
His long and winding blues road has included
lengthy stays in Minneapolis and Chicago,
where he soaked up the true blues sounds
and established a name for himself as
a double threat on both vocals and harmonica.
First
hand experience and apprenticeship under
veteran blues masters such as multi-instrumentalist
Leonard “Baby Doo” Caston
and harmonica giant Big Walter Horton
served Slim well as he mastered the subtleties
of tone and phrasing, and developed his
own distinctive voice in the blues.
His
mastery of blues harmonica – both
the ‘little harp’ and the
more difficult chromatic - is second to
none, and he’s also one of the finest
blues vocalists of his generation. His
recording career as a band leader and
featured front man spans well over two
decades and dozens of releases, and includes
more ‘guest appearances’ on
the releases of others than can easily
be tallied. Couple his many years of performing
and recording experience with a life that’s
seen more ups and downs and ins and outs
than the next three bluesmen of his generation
combined, and add in a knack for writing
strong and catchy original lyrics, and
a deep love of swinging jazz, and you’ve
got one of the most complete and appealing
bluesmen in the business today: Lynwood
Slim.
CREDITS:
Executive Producer: Randy Chortkoff
/ Produced & Arranged by Richard
Duran
Production Assistant: Andy Santana
/ Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 & 11 -
Produced by Richard Duran
& Ron Dziubla - Recorded
@ No ho Studios, North Hollywood CA. /
Tracks 2 & 5 - Recorded @ Clearlake
Audio, Burbank CA. / Track 8 - Recorded
@ Engine Studios, Chicago, Il / Track
9 - Recorded @ Desert Moon Studios, Anaheim
/ Track 12 - Recorded @ X-Ray Studios,
Anaheim, CA. / Mixed by Richard
Duran & Ron Dziubla
@ Mellenhead Studios, Hollywood, CA. /
Recording Engineers: Ron Dziubla,
Jerry Hall & Andy
Bosnak / Horn Arrangements by
Richard Duran & Ron
Dziubla / Mastered by Robert
Hadly (The Mastering Lab, Hollywood
CA. / Artwork & Design by Joshua
Temkin (joshuatemkin@gmail.com)
/ Photography by Anthony Peres,
Anthony Peres Photography (www.anthonyperes.com)
/ Liner Notes by Scott Dirks
/ Radio Promotion: Frank Roszak
/ Retail: Jeff Fleenor
/ Business Affairs: Malcolm Wiseman
