With his unique brand of Acoustic Roots-Of-The-Blues music, FELONIUS SMITH is set to take Colorado's Front Range by storm! His down-home sound, featuring smooth National slide guitar, slappin’ doghouse bass and wailing harmonica with soulful vocals, is captured brilliantly on his new recording “Hoolay Moolay”.
Drawing his inspiration from the songs and styles of artists like Tampa Red and Fred McDowell, Felonius Smith’s slippery slide and snappy finger picking guitar style transports one back some 80 years, relaxing on a river bank in southern Mississippi.
Jeff Gagliardi’s soulful harmonica interplay with Felonius brings to mind the synchronous musical union of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Rounding out the trio is Scott Johnson, whose warm yet percussive approach to his upright bass provides the perfect backbeat for the group’s old-time, traditional sound.
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“ABOUT AS DOWN-HOME as they come, Felonius Smith demonstrates a tremendous familiarity with that old-fashioned toe-tapping music culled from last century's acoustic Piedmont blues, country blues, Delta, ragtime, gospel and folk. With his standout finger-picking style and slide guitar expertise, Jeff “Felonius Smith” makes his playing seem as easy as a lazy afternoon on the front porch of some old Smoky Mountain retreat.”
— Sarah Quelland, San Jose Metro |
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