Nick Moss Band Signs with Alligator Records
- Nov 17, 2017
- 2 min read
From the Alligator website:
Alligator Records is pleased to announce the signing of famed Chicago-based blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Nick Moss. The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling will release their label debut, The High Cost Of Low Living, in March 2018.
Nick Moss is a bona fide bluesman to his soul with 12 solo releases to his credit, ranging from straight ahead Chicago blues to experimental blues-rock. The new album is a return to the classic Chicago blues ensemble sound Moss knows, lives and loves. But it's no re-creation of old songs. Moss wrote nine memorable new originals and Gruenling wrote two, all rooted in the blues tradition.
Moss is a 30-year veteran guitarist who paid his dues gigging in Chicago's rough and tumble West and South side blues clubs under the tutelage of some of the city's greatest blues luminaries. He learned directly from, and toured with, blues giants Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Jimmy Rogers.
New Jersey’s Dennis Gruenling is considered among the very top blues harmonica players today. As a teen, Gruenling heard the Alligator recording Harp Attack! (featuring Junior Wells, Carey Bell, James Cotton and Billy Branch) and decided the harmonica was his calling. A self-taught player, his fat-toned harp work, soulful singing and raw-boned, untamed energy are a perfect foil for Moss' hair-raising guitar playing and commanding vocals. Blues Revuecalled Gruenling “a leading light among a new generation of harp players...a true innovator.”
According to Alligator president Bruce Iglauer, Nick is a natural fit for the label. “It’s very exciting to bring an artist to Alligator who is so deeply rooted in the Chicago blues tradition, but creating fresh new songs to carry that tradition forward. He’s a thrilling guitar player, a gritty, honest singer, and his band is tough as nails. Dennis Gruenling is a blues harmonica master and a terrific showman, and he brings another world class talent to Nick’s band. These are artists that any fan of the blues has got to love.”
Read the full story and purchase the CD at Alligator.com.
Es emocionante ver cómo Nick Moss, con su profundo legado en el blues de Chicago, lanza un nuevo álbum con Alligator Records. La combinación de su guitarra y la armónica de Dennis Gruenling promete un sonido auténtico y fresco. En mi experiencia, la música del blues puede ser una gran forma de conectarse con las emociones, como lo ejemplifica la evolución de estos artistas. Si alguien busca más sobre el mundo de los Mii y su vida en la isla, pueden explorar Tomodachi Life.
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