Guy Tortora - Jefferson Drive (2004) [Turtledove UK] FLAC

Guy Tortora - Jefferson Drive (2004) [Turtledove UK] FLAC
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Artist: Guy Tortora
Album: Jefferson Drive
Genres: Blues, Electric Blues, Roots Blues
Released: 2004
Label: Turtledove Records
Product Id: 2083
Origin: UK
Audio Codec: FLAC
Rip Type: Tracks + .cue
BitRate: Lossless
Source: Corvus Oculum
Duration: 69:50

Tracklisting:

01 My Town - Guy Tortora 5:15
02 No Substitute - Guy Tortora 4:53
03 Good Morning Mrs. T. - Guy Tortora 5:22
04 Two Fried Eggs - Guy Tortora 5:14
05 Ain't Nobody's Business - Guy Tortora 4:50
06 Two Wrongs - Guy Tortora 6:29
07 Done Got Over - Guy Tortora 5:24
08 Watch over Me - Guy Tortora 5:26
09 Early in the Morning - Guy Tortora 4:31
10 Long Time Blue - Guy Tortora 4:11
11 Soul Mate - Guy Tortora 4:07
12 Sometimes She Cries - Guy Tortora 7:14
13 Blues Take Me Home - Guy Tortora 6:49

Run Time: 69:50

CD Specifications the players
Released: 2004
Label: Turtledove Records
Instruments: Guy Tortora, Acoustic and electric guitars, bass and keyboards.

Guy Tortora - Jefferson Drive

The album is a set of thirteen blues songs, eleven of them being Tortora originals. As previously, there are contributions from the regular members of the Guy Tortora Band, as well as, others including superb young drummer Mike Thorne, and the multi talented Richard Studholme contributing accordion, bass and mandolin. Highlights are hard to pick out for want of failing to give due credit. There are that many good cuts! Guy’s slide work is particularly fine here and he lets go vocally as he seldom does. His discipline and restraint serve him to good effect: his arrangements are all the better for reserving his energies for finales. This collection is a slow burner and thoroughly enjoyable.


About Guy Tortora

Born & raised in Pasadena, California, Guy Tortora is currently based in London, in the United Kingdom.

What he does as a songwriter and performer is what people like to call Americana these days -- a hard term to define as it seems to mean different things depending on who you're talking to. But if to you it means original songs, well constructed and well performed, in some of the various musical idioms that originated in the USA -- blues, jazz, folk and roots -- and also interpreting the work of other writers in these genres with depth and feeling, then you should check out his work if you haven't already.

Over the last few years he has laid claim to a unique niche on the Blues 'n' Roots scene in the UK and European Continent, from small clubs and theatres to festivals. His two recent solo albums received a warm welcome in the Blues 'n' Roots reviews, a third album was released in 2008 to great acclaim from reviewers and audiences alike. When travelling light, he performs in stripped down acoustic mode either on his own, or accompanied by bass or keyboards.

At many UK gigs he appears with the Guy Tortora Band, his own four-piece outfit of accomplished musicians from the UK and Europe. With this band he has performed live with artists as diverse as Eric Clapton, Pee Wee Ellis, John Cleary and Eric Bibb. He has gigged across North America and much of Europe. He also performs solo, and in duo or trio format with his regular members of the Guy Tortora Band: bassman Costa Tancredi, or keys player Janos Bajtala. Recently he has formed an acoustic cuo partnership with Ben Tyzack of UK band Spikedrivers - Guy and Ben have is a short UK tour planned for November 2015.

Guy is a guitar player of some accomplishment and a distinctive songwriter. On both acoustic and electric guitars he plays finger style, and is a fine bottleneck and slide player. His playing is not the flashy guitar-slinger style beloved of bluesrockers everywhere, but understated, and leaves room for the songs to make an impact, whether his own or the "covers" he performs that include many old standards and traditional tunes as well as songs by more recent American writers such as Eric Bibb or Kreig Viesselman.

Albums are available by order from record shops, and at Amazon.co.uk & other sellers on line. Also available as downloads on Itunes and other digital download sites.

They are distributed in the UK by Proper Music
You can also buy mail order from the Guy Tortora web site (UK delivery only) Web URL: http://www.guytortora.com/
USA: For quicker, cheaper delivery you can buy on line from DWM Music.
DWM Music Web URL: http://www.dwmmusic.com/
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