2018 –American Showplace
Music
Release Date: October 19,
2018
By Phillip Smith;
Nov. 17, 2018
Florida bluesman Sean Chambers knocks another
out of the park with his seventh album, Welcome
to My Blues. Produced by Ben
Elliot and including John Ginty on B3 and keys, bassist Todd Cook,
and drummer Moe Watson, this record features eleven tracks plumb full of
fine-crafted electric blues.
Chambers
greets the listener with infectious SRV-like riffs and searing hot licks
on title-track “Welcome to My Blues”. It’s
magnificently performed. “Black Eyed
Suzie”, another Chambers original, is soaked in the swampy southern
goodness of slide guitar. Paired with the
keyboard mastery from Ginty, it invokes the sounds of the Allman
Brothers. I can’t help but fall for
his cover of Luther Allison’s “Cherry Red Wine”. That is such a heavy tune, and Chambers
pours every bit of himself into the song.
His vocals are heart-felt and his guitar playing is amazing.
With guest guitarist Jimmy Bennett (The
Bennett Brothers) on slide and backing vocals, “One More Night to Ride” is funky
and cool as hell. There’s a bit of a Black Oak Arkansas vibe in this ode
to outlaws and motorcycles. The T-Bone Walker cover “All Night Long” is
soulful and handled with care. Cook’s funky smooth bass line and Watson’s
stellar beats usher the song to its destined greatness as it naturally builds
into a glorious jam.
Welcome
to My Blues is what blues-guitar albums are supposed to sound
like. It’s one of this year’s best.
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To check out the PhillyCheeze review of Sean
Chambers – Trouble and Whiskey ;
