The Billy Smith Band - guitars and blues (2003)

Tracklist

01. So I Been Told
02. Two Legged Georgia Peach
03. Cryin the Blues
04. Your Girls a Dog
05. Chicken Lickin
06. Homemade Sin
07. Change Might Do Me Good
08. Thank You Baby
09. Round You Go
10. Each and Every Time
11. Looks Like Trouble
12. Dreamin Bout You
13. Wealth of the World
14. I Cant Take Care of You
15. Account Comes Due

The Billy Smith Band, a six-piece outfit dedicated to the working mans blues. Think simple, clean riffs complemented with speed on the fret and low- down throaty phrasing and you get some idea. With a raspy voicing part George Thoroughgood, part Tom Waits, guitarist Billy Smith leads his band through a jagged collection of boogie-woogie blues on Guitars and Blues. The follow-up to 93s twelve-track Blues Got A Hold of Me, Guitars is a collection of 15 original no-frills blues jams, each highlighting a vintage guitar with a notable place in the instruments evolution. Smith fingers a different guitar on each track, among them rare instruments like a 65 Fender Jaguar on 'Wealth of the World' or a 67 Gretsch Tennesseean on' I Can't Take Care of You.' While it's not unique for guitar players to rotate their instruments on a recording, it is noteworthy for a musician to feature each guitar alongside song titles on the albums back cover. 'I featured a wide variety of guitars because I wanted to document what classic guitars sound like,' said Smith of the recent release. When on the road and confined by van space, he carries a Dan Shinn custom Stratocaster and a Les Paul customized by Ray Lay. Guitars and Blues features 15 songs performed on 15 classic American guitars.Gibson, Fender, PRS and Gretsch all share the spot light on this rockin CD. If you love guitar and dig the blues this CD is a must. It reached No.1 on the MP3 Ohio blues charts in June 2002 and broke the top 40 on the national charts. This is the first time it has been offered for sale and now is your chance.

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