The Little Red Rooster Blues Band - Lock Up The Liquor (2018)

Personnel:
Kevin McCann - Guitar and vocals
Dave Holtzman - Harmonica, vocals on 10 & 11
Jeff Michael - Bass
Bob Holden – Drums

Special Guests:
Anthony Geraci – Piano on 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, & 15
Steve Guyger- Harmonica and vocals on 13

With a style that pays homage to traditional Chicago and West Coast Blues, but a sound all their own, the Little Red Rooster Blues Band’s new release Lock up the Liquor reflects 30 years of bringing laughter and tears to audiences on the East Coast circuit. Featuring three-time Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the

Year nominee Anthony Geraci on piano and world-renowned harp virtuoso Steve Guyger, formerly of the Jimmy Rogers Band, on harmonica, this collection of 15 original songs is a blues tour de force.

From the rowdy opener “Pitchin’ Woo” through the hilarious “Thrift Store Rubbers” and the driving closer “Trouble in the Jungle,” there’s plenty on the album to get fans on the dance floor. Harp lovers will delight at “Cotton Mouth,” the band’s tribute to James Cotton. And tear-stained tracks like “Ready for Goodbye” and “Just a Distant Memory” demonstrate the band’s mastery of the emotional power of the blues.

Thirty years of living and loving the blues is all captured on this release with an infectious combination of reverence for the music and a whole lotta fun!