Brooks' Blues by Brooks Williams
An love-letter to classic blues. Recorded “old school,” live in the studio using vintage mics, a creaky chair, a bashed-up acoustic guitar and a buzzy resonator.
Instruments used on this recording: National Estralita resonator guitar, Collings acoustic guitar, Chickenbone John cigar box guitar. There’s an old DeArmond pickup in the acoustic, a Highlander pickup in the National, and a BC Rich mini-humbucker in the cigar box guitar. Everything’s plugged into a Fender amp.
Tracklist
| 1. | From Four Until Late | 2:17 |
| 2. | My Babe | 2:27 |
| 3. | Trouble In Mind | 2:45 |
| 4. | You Can Never Tell | 2:58 |
| 5. | Save The Bones | 2:15 |
| 6. | Backwater Blues | 4:18 |
| 7. | On The Rollin' Sea | 3:39 |
| 8. | Statesboro Blues | 3:44 |
| 9. | Mother Earth | 2:50 |
| 10. | Sitting On Top Of The World | 3:05 |
| 11. | Hesitation Blues | 3:17 |
| 12. | I Will Do My Last Singing | 4:34 |
Credits
Brooks Williams: acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, cigarbox guitar, and voice
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy Bell in Birmingham UK 21-23 August 2016.
All songs arranged by Brooks Williams. (c) & (p) 2016, Brooks Williams (PRS) & Red Guitar Blue Music (BMI)
Photos by Graeme Oxby www.graemeoxby.co.uk
Design by Leslie Lee www.leslieleedesign.com
License
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Admired by both listeners and fellow musicians, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter and prolific collaborator Brooks Williams has beena leading light on the acoustic music scene for 3 decades. A Statesboro, Georgia native now living in Cambridge, UK, FATEA writes: "He is one of those select few 'how on earth does he do it?!' artists." He was, and is, Americana, long before they called it that.