Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling LP: Get Back Into It (LP)

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Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling: Get Back Into It (LP)

(Alligator) 14 tracks.
On Friday, July 14, the award-winning Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling will unleash their eagerly awaited third Alligator Records release, Get Your Back Into It!. The album will be available on CD, red vinyl LP.

Modern day Chicago blues warriors present 14 original songs inspired by the electrifying blues sounds of 1940s through 1960s, and performed with taste, sly humor and pure joy. From locomotive shuffles to deep, slow blues, Moss shines with a Willie Dixon-like ability to write and sing the blues’ honest truth.

All songs written and arranged by Nick Moss, Eyeball Music, BMI except “Man On The Move” and “Your Bark Is Worse Than Your Bite,” written and arranged by Dennis Gruenling, Small Scale Music, ASCAP. Nick Moss: Guitar, Vocals (except as noted), Foot on 'Your Bark Is Worse Than Your Bite'
Dennis Gruenling: Harmonica, Vocals on 'Man On The Move' and 'Your Bark Is Worse Than Your Bite'
Taylor Streiff: Piano and Keyboards (except as noted)
Rodrigo Mantovani: Upright and Electric Bass, Percussion
Pierce Downer: Drums
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SaxGordon Beadle: Saxophones
Brother John Kattke: Organ on 'Out Of The Woods'
The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling: Background Vocals

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Interpret: Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
Album titlle: Get Back Into It (LP)
Genre Blues
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
Label Alligator Records
EAN: 0014551501312
weight in Kg 0.24

Moss, Nick - Get Back Into It (LP) LP 1
01	- Bait In The Snare	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
02	- Aurelie	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
03	- Get Your Back Into It	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
04	- Man On The Move	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
05	- Living In Heartache	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
06	- It Shocks Me Out	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
07	- Out Of The Woods	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
08	- Choose Wisely	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
09	- Your Bark Is Worse Than Your Bite	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
10	Losing Ground	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
11	Bones' Cantina	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
12	Lonely Fool	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
13	The Solution	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling
14	Scratch And Sniff	Nick Moss & Dennis Gruenling

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Nick Moss & The Flip Tops

If electric blues guitar as we've celebrated it throughout these four collections is going to thrive—or even survive—in years to come without degenerating into watered-down blues-rock, it requires an infusion of committed youngblood axemen who revere and intuitively understand the hallowed tradition while steering it into fresh directions that aren't too far removed from the past. That's a mighty difficult proposition; many try, but only a precious few succeed.

In case you haven't had the pleasure yet, meet Nick Moss. The burly guitarist has been anointed as a savior of traditional Chicago blues, his albums on his own Blue Bella label reflecting a deep love for his Windy City blues ancestors. "That's what I learned how to play," says Moss, born December 15, 1969 and a native of Chicago's northwest suburbs. "Like I've always told people that always ask me, I kind of got stuck with this label over the last couple of years of being the torchbearer of Chicago blues. I didn't set out to do that. I live in Chicago, and I was taught by the guys that played Chicago blues pretty much what I know."

Those famous teachers included guitarists Buddy Scott and Jimmy Dawkins. Back when he was in their respective bands (Nick was only 18 but big for his age when he joined Scott), Moss played electric bass. He'd mastered the instrument through headphones during a six-month stay in the hospital with serious kidney problems while he was a teenager. His older brother Joe, now a popular Chicago blues guitarist himself, brought him the earphones and was an essential influence.

Midway through four years in the Legendary Blues Band, its leader, ex-Muddy Waters drummer Willie ‘Big Eyes' Smith, suggested Nick switch to guitar. Smith recommended Moss to former Waters guitarist Jimmy Rogers, and Nick stayed with Jimmy for nearly three years during the mid-‘90s, absorbing the nuances of what a blues ensemble should sound like. From there, Moss was ready to form his own combo, the Flip Tops. Blue Bella launched in 2000 with their ‘First Offense,' and he's done seven more discs since, earning a raft of Handy and Blues Music Award nominations. There'll no doubt be plenty more.

Check My Pulse, from Nick's 2005 album ‘Sadie Mae' (named after his then-year-old daughter with his wife, guitarist/bassist Kate Moss), is a solid example of Nick's tight-knit ensemble sound, supplied by pianist Bob Welsh, rhythm guitarist Gerry Hundt, bassist Dave Wood, and drummer Victor Spann. There's room for a stinging two-chorus Moss guitar ride right after Welsh rolls the ivories; Moss doesn't hog the spotlight, and he makes every note count when he does solo.

Moss is also conversant on harmonica and bass, not averse to switching off mid-set to either one. He's not afraid to change up his sound either; his 2010 CD ‘Privileged' found him surprising longtime followers by veering into blues-rock. "You know how you can go to a show, and no matter how good the artist is, sometimes it can get a little stale," he says. "We always try to switch things up and make things different. I always tell the people we're trying to give you more for your money."

If Nick Moss is any indication of the future of electric blues, the idiom rests in strong, capable hands.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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