Jason Ricci & Joe Krown City Country City (CD)

New Orleans-based artists Jason Ricci and Joe Krown will release their first duo album, City Country City, on October 22. Harmonica player and vocalist Jason Ricci is a multiple Blues Music Award winner, while organist and pianist Joe Krown has legendary credentials in the Crescent City and currently plays keyboard in Kenny Wayne Shepherd's band. On their new CD, City Country City, steeped in retro soul, they collaborate as Ricci/Krown. Jason's powerful vocals and outstanding harmonica are layered with Joe's melodic and earthy organ playing. City Country City brings back the sound and feel of early 1960's jazz/blues with a sound all their own.

Jason Ricci is one of the best and most imitated blues harmonica players of the 21st century. He learned the instrument as a teenager when he began playing in a punk rock band. His journey began in earnest when he observed and was later taught by legendary harmonica player Pat Ramsey in Memphis. As Ricci performed and developed as a player, he found work and support in the Southern blues community. He lived and played with Junior and David Kimbrough in Mississippi and then worked as a sideman with Big Al and The Heavyweights for more than a year. In the late '90s, he formed Jason Ricci and New Blood, a band that toured the world for more than a decade and released critically acclaimed albums such as Done with the Devil and Rocket Number 9. Ricci's latest chapter is the New Orleans band Jason Ricci and The Bad Kind, influenced by the sounds of New Orleans and artists like The Meters and Doctor John.  What sets Jason Ricci apart as an artist is the fearlessness with which he approaches his instrument and music, translating the hardships we all face into unforgettable music.

Joe Krown is a New Orleans-influenced pianist and Hammond-certified B-3 player. He was keyboardist for Clarence Gatemouth Brown & Gate's Express from 1992 until Gatemouth's death in the fall of 2005. Joe can be heard on the Gatemouth albums The Man, Gate Swings, American Music Texas Style and Gate's last studio recording Back to Bogalusa. Joe has played the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival every year since 2001 and the French Quarter Festival every year since 1998. In addition to touring the U.S. and around the world as a solo artist or with one of his bands, he currently performs as organist and pianist with the multi-award winning Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and played on Shepherd's albums The Traveler and Straight to You Live. Krown has also toured with Mavis Staples and Allen Toussaint, among others, and has recorded a dozen albums of his own.
In addition, Krown has won several local New Orleans Big Easy and Offbeat awards. City Country City Tracklisting and Credits

Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind

Im Jahr 1995 begann Portland Maine Jason Ricci seine internationale Musikkarriere, indem er nach Memphis zog, um mit dem ehemaligen Johnny Winter Sideman Pat Ramsey zu studieren. Im selben Jahr gewann Ricci den Sonny Boy Blues Society Wettbewerb und spielte das King Biscuit Festival mit 20 Jahren. Seitdem hat Ricci Dutzende von Blues- und Harmonika-Wettbewerben gewonnen, die Welt besiedelt und eine beeindruckende Auszeichnung von Auszeichnungen, Auszeichnungen und Auszeichnungen gewonnen.

Im Jahr 2010 wurde Riccis Album "Done With The Devil" (Delta Groove) für einen BMA Award nominiert. Im Jahr 2010 gewann Jason den BMA Award für "Best Harmonica Player", der seine Kindheit Helden schlägt: Kim Wilson, Billy Branch, Mark Hummel und Rick Estrin. Im Jahr 2014 war Ricci ein vorgestellten Künstler auf Johnny Winter's Grammy Award-Album "Step Back" von Paul Nelson produziert auf Seitennamen wie Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Brian Setzer, Billy Gibbons, Leslie West und vieles mehr.

Im Jahr 2015 wurde Ricci von Paul Shaffer eingeladen, auf dem HBO-Fernsehen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induktionsfeier für Paul Butterfield zu spielen. In der Rock and Roll Hall of Fame spielte Ricci vor 10.000 Menschen und Millionen von HBO-Zuschauern mit Zac Brown (Multi-Platinum Singer Songwriter) und Rage Against the Machine Gitarrist Tom Morello mit der Paul Shaffer Band.

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