look: Terry Gillespie and the Granary Band - Brother to the Blues - TEK0612-01 - BUY

listen:

Brother to the Blues

Big Boy

Rue Guy Boogie

buy:

Ottawa Canada is Terry Gillespie's chosen home, where he is recognized as their Father of the Blues. Since playing Blues in Detroit with the likes of Howlin Wolf, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Junior Wells and John Lee Hooker, Gillespie took nearly twenty years off of the pro circuit. He certainly honed his skills during that time. This semi-autobiographical work shows his singing and playing skills have become sharper and mellower. The easy, laid back sound of this band is captured by great mastering and production. The band here is Terry Gillespie on guitar, vocals and trumpet, Peter Measroch on acoustic & electric piano, Stephen Barry on bass, Gordon Adamson on drums, Jody Golick on sax and Martin Boodman on Harmonica. Canadian songstress Sue Foley appears on guitar.

Although a dyed-in-the-wool bluesman at heart, Gillespie is also thoroughly steeped in the world of Reggae, having played with reggae greats Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff and Dennis Brown. Those influences on this work are beautiful and delicate. The whole CD is rather quiet on the overall, but is finely done and is not just another raucous issue. In a sense, this is a new, inventive and refreshing avenue for the Blues. Check it out & pick up a copy at CDBaby.com.

(©) 2007, Gary W. Miller
BluesSource.com