(Blues) Lloyd Thayer - Blues For Boston

Label: (Self released)
Styles: Acoustic blues (I'd class it much more Delta slide myself.)
Year: 2006
Art: Front


mp3 320kbps


[2:23] 1. B for Boston
[3:07] 2. Talk Is Cheap
[4:27] 3. Walking Blues
[3:23] 4. Same Train
[6:38] 5. The Message
[3:55] 6. Same Mistake, Different Day
[9:36] 7. Killing War
[3:40] 8. Everybody Has to Suffer
[4:15] 9. Bloodless World
[3:26] 10. Statesboro Blues
[4:41] 11. Crazy Nutjob
[4:34] 12. You Got to Move
[1:40] 13. Flat Foot


Blues for Boston is lloyd ThayerΓΓé¼Γäós much anticipated third album, released in response to constant requests by his fans for an ΓΓé¼┼ôall bluesΓΓé¼┬¥ cd. And so these 13 songs are just that, all blues, played in ThayerΓΓé¼Γäós incredibly unique style, which combines elements of old time Delta masters with modern ideas and stories of today.

Thayer plays all of his songs lapstyle on squareneck resonator guitars, including a 1929 National tricone. Also included on this cd are several songs played on lap style 12 string guitar, with the strings raised by a piece of bone that Thayer cut himself. The 12 string adds a haunting, almost sitar like quality to songs like Fred McDowellΓΓé¼Γäós ΓΓé¼┼ôYou Got to MoveΓΓé¼┬¥ and ThayerΓΓé¼Γäós own ΓΓé¼┼ôEverybody has to SufferΓΓé¼┬¥. Last, but not least, and always a crowd favorite at festivals and shows is the song ΓΓé¼┼ôFlat FootΓΓé¼┬¥ which is played on a home made one stringed diddley bow.

ThayerΓΓé¼Γäós medley of Skip JamesΓΓé¼Γäó ΓΓé¼┼ôKilling FloorΓΓé¼┬¥ and Bob DylanΓΓé¼Γäós ΓΓé¼┼ôMasters of WarΓΓé¼┬¥ has already been receiving airplay on radio stations across the U.S., while his one chord free improvisational arrangement of the GrandMaster Flash song ΓΓé¼┼ôThe MessageΓΓé¼┬¥
draws rave reviews wherever he plays.

In addition to eight powerful original songs, another standout track is lloydΓΓé¼Γäós version of the Son House classic ΓΓé¼┼ôWalking BluesΓΓé¼┬¥, which features ThayerΓΓé¼Γäós improvisational skills, as he explores classical Indian melodies which share so much common ground with Delta style blues of old.

Lloyd has recently opened shows for Johnny Winter, John Hammond, Harry Manx, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines and many others. After his opening sets, audiences are usually left shaking their heads and asking ΓΓé¼┼ôWho ARE you?!ΓΓé¼┬¥ or ΓΓé¼┼ôWhere have you been HIDING?!?ΓΓé¼┬¥ or ΓΓé¼┼ôHow do you DO that??ΓΓé¼┬¥.

Endless hours of playing on street corners and subway platforms have honed his songs and skills the old fashioned way, one song, one note, one heartbeat at a time. With the release of BLUES FOR BOSTON, lloyd Thayer is sure to emerge from the underground, one song, one note, one heartbeat, one friend, at a time............


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