Guy Tortora - Footnote To The Blues (2002) [Turtledove UK] FLAC

Guy Tortora - Footnote To The Blues (2002) [Turtledove] FLAC
Includes: Flac Tracks + Cue + Log + Album Arts & Information

Artist: Guy Tortora
Album: Footnote To The Blues
Genres: Blues, Electric Blues, Roots Blues
Released: 2002
Label: Turtledove Records
Origin: UK
Audio Codec: FLAC
Rip Type: Tracks + .cue
BitRate: Lossless
Source: Corvus Oculum

Tracklisting:

01 Long Slow Blues - Guy Tortora 5:26
02 Hallowed Ground - Guy Tortora 3:50
03 I Need a Car - Guy Tortora 4:41
04 Late Starter - Guy Tortora 4:13
05 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Guy Tortora 4:06
06 Did Somebody Make a Fool of You - Guy Tortora 4:03
07 Love nor Money - Guy Tortora 5:45
08 Tough Love - Guy Tortora 4:52
09 Crossroads Blues - Guy Tortora 3:27
10 Sanctified Love - Guy Tortora 5:53
11 Going Down Slow (Pt II) - Guy Tortora 8:05 $0.99

From 2002. This is definitely not an album of run-of-the- mill blues, and made a good first impression on the UK scene. This CD contains many fine songs, inc. I Need A Car, one of Guy’s originals (and often requested at acoustic performances) played solo on bottleneck guitar; also an outstanding solo interpretation of the Motown classic I Heard It Through The Grapevine, and a sideways look at Robert Johnson’s Crossroads Blues played solo on electric slide.


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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