MUSICIANS: Mitch Kashmar - vocals,
harmonica, egg shakers & cow bell Junior Watson - guitar
Rusty Zinn - guitar John Marx - guitar Alastair Greene - steel
guitar Bobby Watley - vocals
& B3 Fred Kaplan - piano Jim Calire - piano &
baritone bass Randy Chortkoff - vocals
& harmonica Rick Reed - bass Richard Innes - drums
DESCRIPTION:
Mitch Kashmar’s stock skyrocketed
after his 2005 Delta Groove debut, “Nickels
& Dimes”. Kashmar’s powerhouse
vocals, sophisticated yet gritty harmonica
playing, and imaginative material earned
him a “Best New Artist Debut”
nomination by the Blues Music Foundation.
He’s played throughout North America
and in Europe, winning new fans at every
stop.
In
2006, Kashmar joined forces with The Mannish
Boys as a front man on several high-profile
gigs. Additionally, he was a featured
star of the Delta Groove Blues Revue concert
at the historic New Daisy Theater on Beale
Street in Memphis, which took place in
conjunction with the 2006 Blues Music
Awards.
On
“Wake Up & Worry”, Mitch
Kashmar continues to evolve as a
n artist.
He moves in interesting new directions
with fresh songs and also finds inspiration
and new angles in the classic material
of Little Walter and Johnny “Guitar”
Watson. Joined by an all-star ensemble
that includes Junior Watson, Rusty Zinn,
John Marx and Alastair Greene on guitars,
along with support from Hollywood Blue
Flames alumni Fred Kaplan on piano and
Richard Innes on drums, this album is
sure to please critics and fans alike.
Add in a quirky sense of humor and a sly
wit, along with deep-chested blues vocals
that sound natural, unforced, and unlike
anyone else on the scene today, and you’ve
got one of this generation’s most
complete blues artists. So sit back and
enjoy – and leave the waking up
& worrying to Mitch Kashmar.
CREDITS:
Produced by Randy Chortkoff
/ Production Assistant: Andy Santana
/ Recorded and Engineered by Doug
Messenger (Hard Drive, Analog
& Digital Studios, North Hollywood,
CA.) using the finest analog equipment
to 2 inch analog tape, mixed down and
mastered to analog tape / Mixed by Randy
Chortkoff, Doug Messenger,
Andy Santana & Mitch
Kashmar / Sequenced by Jeff
Fleenor / Mastered by Robert
Hadley (The Mastering Lab, Hollywood
CA.) / Photography by Anthony
Peres, Anthony Peres Photography
(www.anthonyperes.com)
/ Artwork, Design & Additional Photography
by Joshua Temkin (joshuatemkin@gmail.com)
/ Models: Crystal Lett,
Kelsea Button, and Jasmine
Ho. / Wardrobe by Roger
J. Forker / Hair and Makeup by
Jafeal Winston and Angelina
Mersola / Liner Notes by Scott
Dirks / Radio Promotion by Frank
Roszak / Retail by Jeff
Fleenor / Business Affairs by
Malcolm Wiseman
