Find My Way Back Home

WILLIE MCBLIND (Author) | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B000XP576O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,991 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Jon Catler's unbridled guitars and Babe Borden's electrifying vocals leap the sonic tracks into a land of cavernous chords which, when sustained, evoke psychedelic clouds over the Delta. Introducing the full-length album-CD, Find My Way Back Home performed by Willie McBlind on FreeNote Records. On Find My Way Back Home, NYC guitarist Jon Catler joins forces with vocalist Babe Borden, bassist Neville L'Green and drummer Lorne Watson to form the contemporary blues band, Willie McBlind. Willie McBlind features Jon Catler, world renowned master of Microtonal Music and Just Intonation, Meredith "Babe" Borden who is well known for her multi-genre 3-octave soaring vocal acrobatics. The tunes on Find My Way Back Home are mostly original works and all arranged by Jon Catler which are largely Delta Blues influenced and which draw on the deep traditions of the original Delta Blues artists. The recording brings this innovative recording's musical essence back home and up to the present time. The result is a modern electric Delta Blues sound that is part tradition and part innovation. Guitarist Catler has been a member of La Monte Young's Forever Bad Blues Band since 1990, which took him on numerous tours of Europe and led to a critically acclaimed double CD on Gramavision. Babe Borden's ability to sing dueling instrumental lines intertwining with Catler's guitar gives Willie McBlind's blues a driving new sound. The experienced rhythm section of L'Green (Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tommy Emmanuel, Billy Joel, Carly Simon) and Watson (Loop 243, The Stone Crazy Blues Band), adds dimension and emphasis to the mix. 1 Chicken2 Canonballer3 Find My Way4 Hope My Baby5 Shallow Gray6 Pony Blues7 Train8 Fall9 Every Time10 Time Ain't Long

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not your average white blues interpreters, September 10, 2010

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Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, I really miss Snaker Ray. It's just that when you listen to Willie McBlind, you need to adjust your attitude. I have both of their CDs (as far as I know, their only two), and you really have to listen to everything to appreciate their range. It's like Urszula Dudziak meets the North Mississippi Allstars. Although they can definitely hit a groove and give you some great driving music, there is another dimension here. Darius Milhaud and other classical musicians were inspired by jazz, and Willie McBlind is similarly inspired by the delta and Chicago blues and related genres. They deconstruct the blues in an abstract way, fully developing and appreciating the nonstandard intervals and metrics. Trying to keep up with their ideas will take your breath away and also deepen your appreciation of the original blues sources. I hope they release another CD soon. They are a unique item, for sure.