Joanne Shaw Taylor The Blues Album (LP & Download-Card)

(KTBA Records) 11 tracks, inclusieve download card.

Critically acclaimed British guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor, widely hailed as the UK's premier blues rock guitarist, announces the release of her seventh studio album The Blues Album for Friday, September 17, 2021.

The album will be released through Joe Bonamassa's independent blues label, KTBA Records. It was produced and recorded by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

The highly anticipated 11-track album features Joanne's personal covers of eleven rare blues classics originally recorded by Albert King, Peter Green, Little Richard, Magic Sam, Aretha Franklin, Little Milton and many others.

The Blues Album, the follow-up to 2019's critically acclaimed album Reckless Heart, features Josh Smith (guitar), Reese Wynans (keyboards), Greg Morrow (drums), Steve Mackey (bass), Steve Patrick (trumpet), Mark Douthit (saxophone) and Barry Green (trombone). Joe Bonamassa plays guitar and sings on the track Don't Go Away Mad. Mike Farris is also featured as a special guest on I Don't Know What You've Got.
Joanne's covers album pays tribute to artists and bands that are not the obvious choices such as Little Village, Little Milton, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, James Ray, but at the same time she covers seminal blues icons such as Albert King, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and Magic Sam. Some of the songs covered are B-sides from singles.

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