He growls as the backing musicians support him and then delivers a stinging solo on guitar before growling out the conclusion to the song. Elmore James’ “Sho-Nuff I Do” is a cool slow blues that Pate delivers with emotion. The party begins with “Let The Juke Joint Jump.” He offers up a mean guitar solo and shows his prowess on guitar on this cut Koko Taylor made famous. Pate wrote two of the songs here, so there are two originals and nine varied covers. Some may like by them some may not, but most will appreciate them for their authenticity and his overall exuberance. Pate has a gravelly blues shouter approach to his vocals. The recording is well-crafted, balanced and has a good sound. The guitar work here is pretty damn good and the songs are all a lot of fun. Recorded at Marz Studio in Nederland, Texas, Zito helped Freddie produce this album.Īppearing on the CD with Pate (who does the guitar work and vocals) are Terry Dry on bass, Matt Johnson on drums, Lewis Stephens on keys and Mike Zito on rhythm guitar. He released a country album entitles Crossroads in 2016 but Zito pushed him to record a blues album and this is the result. He met Mike Zito on one and they became friends. Of late he’s spent more time in Texas and hooked up with Delbert McClinton and has played on his cruise. He left Texas for Louisiana and has been there since traveling the globe with Wayne Toups and Zydecajun. He left home at 17 and moved to Texas and spent almost 20 years in Houston and Dallas as a sideman for country artists. Great Stuff!įreddie Pate is a Los Angeles native who began playing guitar at 4 years of age. Kinda nice to see them in a smaller group, it really allows you to focus on Weld’s great guitar playing and Dave and Monica’s vocals a bit better. Been a while since I got to see all my friends at the Illinois Central Blues Club sponsored show and it was a good one!ĭave Weld & The Imperial Flames were in the house as a 4 piece.
Made it out to Blue Monday at the Alamo in Springfield Illinois. We have the latest in Blues society news. & the SBG’s, Gary Moore, Rie “Lee” Kanehira, Robert James Starr, Tinsley Ellis, Andre Bisson and Crowd Company. We have 8 Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Freddie Pate, Sam Frazier Jr. Don Wilcock has our feature interview with Albert Castiglia.
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