by Bman | Nov 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound released their Bloodshot Records debut, Want More, an 11-song collection of soul crooning, R&B horn pops, and a raw post-punk aesthetic. Metromix mentioned that the album, “Sounds like the MC5 jamming with Otis Redding’s...
by Bman | Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have been listening to the new JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound release. This is a very upbeat recording fusing soul, power pop, funk,rock and blues (and a bunch of other stuff I'm sure. It's got the the soul singing with guitars and horns and a dance beat. What else...
by Bman | Sep 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Subject: "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band" Doing Double-Duty@Double D's, Oct. 14&15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOW Contact: Doug Deutsch Publicity ServicesSeptember 30, 2011 213.924.4901 dougdeutschpr@gmail.com "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band...For Over Two...
by Bman | Sep 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Michael Bloomfield's GuitarsA Brief History • Page 2 The guitar most associated with Michael Bloomfield is a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. With it, Bloomfield recorded his most successful records and developed his trademark "fat" tone. Photo illustration by D....
by Bman | Sep 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
In the spring of 1967, Mike Bloomfield acquired a 1959 Les Paul Standard, a model produced by Gibson between 1958 and 1960 with distinctive "sunburst" orange-and-brown coloring. Discontinued by Gibson after 1960, the guitar became hugely popular once Bloomfield began...
