British bluesman Robin Davey, recognized for his work with Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, The Hoax and Nicely Hung Coronary heart, has launched a surprising assault on fashionable blues music.
Davey, the youngest ever inductee into the British Blues Corridor of Fame, singles out blues celebrity Joe Bonamassa for particular consideration in a social media publish asserting the discharge of a brand new solo album, The Blues In accordance To Gutbucket Slim.
“The album is my imaginative and prescient of what the blues may be,” says Davey. “I grew up listening to Beck, I grew up listening to Rage Towards The Machine. I additionally grew up listening to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan and BB King. I grew up listening to Man Forsyth, who sings a tune on this document.
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“The blues right now has been screwed up by Joe Bonamassa. His affect has permeated by way of the youthful generations, and it hurts my ears. It’s devoid of soul. It’s all about maximising earnings and maximising Joe’s ego. I am bored with the countless stream of white blues that dominates the Blues competition circuit. These folks cannot write songs; they don’t have any creativity, they usually all sound alike – their enjoying is so devoid of character.
“There, I stated it. This document is not going to be vastly profitable. I do not know if anybody will hear it, however I am placing it out in order that it might assist folks suppose in another way about what the blues may be.”
“This album shouldn’t be for the blues purists,” he provides. “However that technology is gone, and we as a brand new technology must suppose in another way about it.”
Davey describes the five-track, 15-minute The Blues In accordance To Gutbucket Slim as sounding like a collaboration between Gorillaz and Jimi Hendrix.
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, who assist These Depraved Rivers on a run of UK dates in November and December (billed as Beaux Gris Gris & The Magic Three), will launch a brand new album, The Age Of Ladies And Monsters, in January, earlier than embarking on a UK headline tour. Full dates beneath.
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse tour dates
Nov 12: Metzingen Hirsch, Germany
Nov 13: Chur Streaming Corridor, Switzerland
Nov 14: Dornach Wydekanteen, Switzerland
Nov 17: Eppstein Wunderbar Weite Welt, Germany
Nov 19: Berlin Brickhouse, Germany
Nov 20: Joldelund Gerd’s Juke Joint, Germany
Nov 21: Tilburg Heyhoef-Backstage, Netherlands
Nov 22: Grolloo Café-Restaurant Hofsteenge, Netherlands
Nov 23: Verviers Spirit Of 66, Belgium
Nov 24: Venray Municipal Theater Venray, Netherlands
Nov 26: Leicester Academy, UK *
Nov 27: London The Storage, UK *
Nov 28: Norwich Arts Centre, UK *
Nov 29: Milton Keynes Crauford Arms, UK *
Dec 03: Birmingham O2 Institute, UK *
Dec 04: Bristol Thekla, UK *
Dec 05: Falmouth Cornish Financial institution, UK *
Dec 06: Portsmouth The Lens, UK *
Jan 28: Loughborough The Generator, UK
Jan 29: New Milton Forest Arts Centre, UK
Jan 30: Aldershot West Finish Centre, UK
Feb 03: Hull Adelphi, UK
Feb 04: Grimsby Yardbirds, UK
Feb 05: Manchester Deaf Institute, UK
Feb 06: Stourbridge City Corridor, UK
Feb 07: Leeds Farsley Outdated Woollen, UK
Feb 10: Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms, UK
Feb 11: Glasgow Rum Shack, UK
Feb 12: Newcastle Cluny 2, UK
Feb 13: Sheffield Yellow Arch, UK
Feb 14: Blackpool Waterloo, UK
Feb 16: Cambridge Junction, UK
Feb 17: Bristol Change, UK
Feb 18: Southampton The Brook, UK
Feb 19: Norwich Waterfront, UK
Feb 20: London 100 Membership, UK
Nov 25: Dudenhofen Bürgerghaus, Germany (rescheduled date)
* with These Depraved Rivers, billed as Beaux Gris Gris & The Magic Three
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