Chuck Leavell's new record is a tribute to legendary blues piano players like Leroy Carr and Little Brother Montgomery.  Keith plays electric on the Otis Spann tune "Boots and Shoes" and acoustic on the old Leroy Carr tune "Evening Train".  Both songs are quite good.  The record is available now digitally and will be out on disc in a couple weeks.  Check it out, you won't be disappointed!

Good to hear, thanks!

You can here samples on ITunes, if you listen to evening train, there seems to be another guitarist aswell, otherwise keith did put down some work on this..

Just bought it, it sure feels and sounds like the old keith, nice stuff!

.... Keith doin' a Scrapper Blackwell ta Chuck's Leroy Carr...Yeah!!





ROCKMAN

ahhh my longlost Scrapper Blackwell - thank you Rockman ~ thank you Keith :E

arrrrrr you wanna see Scrapper ....




.................................................. Scrapper Blackwell circa 1930


.................................................. Scrapper Blackwell 1958



ROCKMAN

Rockman you never cease to amaze me with yer vast knowledge and historic photo collection.

Fanks HM... but you've taught me heaps to ya know ....



ROCKMAN

Is it on the Droid marketplace?

Go Dawgs!

oooh more Scrapper! thank you thank you Rock Man honey

Here's very much looking forward to this CD. What's the album title?

The CD title is "Back To The Woods". Keith does all the acoustic on "Evening Train" but on the electric "Boots and Shoes", the second guitar is John Mayer...who is also featured on "Wish Me Well". Chuck's piano work on this is truly amazing, a really great tribute to early blues piano.



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fyi, this came out on CD today...here's the tracklist with the original artists.

1. No Special Rider (Little Brother Montgomery)
2. Evening Train (Leroy Carr)
3. Wish Me Well (Memphis Slim)
4. Low Down Dirty Dog (Leroy Carr)
5. Losing Hand (written by Charles Calhoun, recorded by Ray Charles)
6. Naptown Blues (Leroy Carr)
7. Back To The Woods (Charlie Spand)
8. I Got to Go Blues (Barrelhouse Buck McFarland)
9. Boots and Shoes (Otis Spann)
10. Mean Mistreater (Leroy Carr)
11. Southern Casey Jones (Jesse James)
12. If You Haven’t Any Hay (Skip James)
13. Memphis Town (Leroy Carr)
14. The Blues Is All Wrong (Leona Manning)
15. Vicksburg Blues (Little Brother Montgomery)

Good to see Skip James getting some love.

Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Chuck Leavell Back To The Woods Feature
A deep listen to Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell's new release, Back To The Woods. The disc is a heartfelt and upbeat tribute to blues piano pioneers.
Several cuts from Chuck Leavell's new release are included. Otis Spann is featured on the Stones Roots segment and three Live Licks with focus on Chuck's piano prowess wrap up the hour. Tribute is paid to many blues greats including Leroy Carr, Otis Spann, Little Brother Montgomery and Memphis Slim amongst others.

Length: 00:58:40

[www.prx.org]

Good to see Skip James getting some love.


Yeah ... Skip James has a piano style like nobody else.....



ROCKMAN

Any idea when they might have been in the studio recording this?

thanks
swiss

Will they scratch the "s" of woods?

When I saw the title of this thread I thought, O my god, now I have to buy a Chuck Leavell
album. But reading what the contents will be, I am sure it will be great!

Just as long as the guitar plays, let it steal your heart away

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Rockman
arrrrrr you wanna see Scrapper ....




.................................................. Scrapper Blackwell circa 1930


.................................................. Scrapper Blackwell 1958

Looks a little like Don Corleone 1958 also...

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