MUSICIANS: Tony Braunagel - drums Larry Fulcher - bass
& vocals (2, 4, 7, 9, 12) Denny Freeman - guitar Darrell Leonard - trumpet Mike Finnigan - keyboards
& vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13) Joe Sublett - sax Johnny Lee Schell - guitar
& vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 10)
SPECIAL
GUEST ARTISTS: Taj Mahal - harmonica
on "I Only Have Love For You" Jon Cleary - additional
piano Julie Delgado - additional
backing vocals on "I'm Looking for
a Miracle" Lenny Castro - percussion
Produced
by John Porter Executive Producer Randy
Chortkoff
DESCRIPTION:
“Band of the Year”
2001 Blues Music Awards
(Taj Mahal & the Phantom
Blues Band)
Grammy award winners “Best
Contemporary Blues Album”
1997 & 2001 (Taj Mahal
& the Phantom Blues Band)
“This is a great record
and it is exciting to see these guys launch
their own boat and cut their way through
the water.” –
Taj Mahal
The Phantom Blues Band originally formed
as a studio band to record behind Taj
Mahal. Soon they were circling the globe
together performing at major Blues and
Jazz festivals in Europe, Australia and
Japan. Their association led to two Grammys
for "Best Contemporary Blues Album
of the Year" in addition to 2001
W.C. Handy Award recipients as "Band
of the Year." All accomplished musicians
in their own right, members of the band
have recorded and performed with such
legendary artists as Jimi Hendrix, Etta
James, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, and
Stevie Ray Vaughan to name just a few.
Along
with such an immense pool of musical experience
comes an amazingly deep understanding
of R&B history and repertoire. Each
player brings with him an intimate familiarity
with a broad spectrum of soulful sounds,
from Memphis Soul to New Orleans Funk,
from gutbucket blues to sophisticated
swing, and a whole lot more. And they’ve
chosen a program of outstanding material
cherry-picked from recordings by The Meters,
Sly Johnson, Chuck Berry, Hank Ballard,
Little Willie John, Don & Dewey, Lowell
Fulson, and Bobby “Blue” Bland
making it all sound exactly like their
own.
Successful
bands have been built around less combined
talent than any one member of the Phantom
Blues Band, but when mixed, stirred and
left to simmer, these guys come together
into one of the tightest, sharpest, most
top-heavy R&B bands in the music today.
Their Delta Groove debut "Out of
the Shadows" features the culmination
of all their years of combined experience
resulting in an album that fully displays
the diversity of their musical talents.
CREDITS:
Produced by John Porter / Executive Producer
Randy Chortkoff / Engineered by John Porter
& Johnny Lee Schell / Mixed by John
Porter / Recorded at Ultratone Studios,
Sutio City, CA. / Recreation by Rooster
the Dog / Mastered by Gavin Lurseen –
The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA. 90028
/ Artwork and Design by Joshua Temkin
(joshuatemkin@gmail.com) / Cover Photography
by Jody Frank / Liner Notes by Scott Dirks
/ Radio Promotion by Frank Roszak / Retail
by Jeff Fleenor / Business Affairs by
Malcolm Wiseman
