Black Patti - Red Tape (2017)

Tracklist

01. Ask Your Mama
02. Evil Queen of Diamonds
03. Good Bye Little Baby
04. Red Tape Blues
05. A Little Bit Friday
06. I Shouldn't Have Done It
07. Wooten Stomp
08. Frenchmen Street Rag
09. That's My Sugar
10. I'll Never Come Back Home
11. A Stroll with Mr. Roll
12. The One That Is Always True
13. Nagging Blues


Black Patti, named after a short-lived Jazz/Blues record label in 1927, has dedicated themselves to the early roots of acoustic blues. The German duo consists of professional musicians Peter Crow C. (guitar, slide, harmonica, vocals) and Ferdinand Kraemer (a.k.a. Mr. Jelly Roll, guitar, mandolin, vocals).

Taking the road typically less travelled by today’s performers of this genre, Black Patti draws upon inspiration provided by early Blues artists to write and arrange their own music. With a two-voiced harmony, impressive instrument mastery and a capturing stage presence, Black Patti has taken the European Blues scene by storm, with their own nuanced version of early American Blues. Black Patti is not a Blues cover band. Black Patti writes and plays their own innovative Songs, arrangements and interpretations of early, traditional American Blues.

"Here's the ideal combination of serious study of the great blues masters and a contemporary spontaneity. Black Patti don't just try to recreate old sounds, although they have the talent to do so. Instead, they make the songs their own with original arrangements that still remain true to the aesthetics of the tradition. I've seen the best and the worst of the Blues Revival for more than fifty years. Black Patti represent the revival's young generation, and they're taking it in a good direction."

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