Pat Travers - Play It Like You See It
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Hey Zing,
I am not sure if you know that background on this new CD, Blues On Fire, in fact me being a huge PT Fan have my own curious feelings on what it will be like.
Pat has a huge catalog and his most recent Fidelis is fairly representative of his style.
I have pasted some comments about the new album here:
Some Comments From Pat About This New Album:
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March 2012
I had a great three hours in the studio today. I've got all the backing tracks done for the 1920's Blues CD I've been working on. What an education I've gotten researching the artists and songs from that decade. It was a crazy time to be alive in America. Everyone had just come out of the darkness with electric lighting, cars instead of horses, telephones instead of the telegraph, refrigeration, radio and recording. Must have seemed to some that things were just progressing too fast. Kinda like we've been feeling in the last thirty years. Now we have information overload! Anyway I'm excited to nearly have this project done and then we move on to a new PTB studio CD. It's all gonna be so great and cool! I'm now gonna kick back and watch some TV with MT and that's all. Enjoy your week coming up. K? Cheers, PT
Alright, I do believe we have finished all the recording on the 1920's Blues project. I put a raunchy, crunchy clean guitar solo on the last song tonight. Now it just has to be final mixed and mastered and then we'll have something new and cool from the past to present to you. Personally I really have a passion for the music of that time period. We had a lot of fun doing this and I cannot wait until there is a finished CD to listen to. Time to retire for the evening. Cheers and good night, PT
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From an Article about the album:
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When an artist decides to remake classic tunes, it can be a slippery slope, but that is exactly what Pat Travers wanted to do in his latest release, Blues on Fire. Travers is one of the most prolific and influential guitar players of this generation and the perfect artist to take on the challenge of bringing back these classic blues songs.
Having come off an exhausting European tour, Travers sat back and took a little journey back to his roots; listening to the delta blues and knew the time was right to showcase these early twentieth century legendary artists, which include Blind Willie Johnson, Bessie Smith, Henry Thomas and Son House. He handpicked the twelve songs that appear on Blues on Fire. Travers’ hard hitting blues style can be heard with the first note of the album in Blind Blake’s Black Dog Blues. You feel the energy that Travers gives as he brings these songs to life, delivering his blend of rough vocals and emotional style that has many current metal guitar players including Metallica’s Kirk Hammet, listing Travers as one of their influences. Travers produced and performed all the vocals, guitar and bass lines for Blues on Fire, with Doug Bare on the piano/organ, Carl Cleaver on piano and Sean Shannon on the drums. The classic blues steel guitar sound can be heard perfectly on the tracks Nobody’s Fault But Mine and Back Water Blues. The delta blues sound is full of emotion and lyrical poetry that can be experienced through Bulldozer Blues and Dark Night Blues, two tracks that stand out as the highlights.
From beginning to end Blues on Fire is a journey back in time, with a modern twist that will have any fan of the delta blues smiling, if smiling is an emotion the blues brings out.
I am not sure if you know that background on this new CD, Blues On Fire, in fact me being a huge PT Fan have my own curious feelings on what it will be like.
Pat has a huge catalog and his most recent Fidelis is fairly representative of his style.
I have pasted some comments about the new album here:
Some Comments From Pat About This New Album:
------------------------------------------
March 2012
I had a great three hours in the studio today. I've got all the backing tracks done for the 1920's Blues CD I've been working on. What an education I've gotten researching the artists and songs from that decade. It was a crazy time to be alive in America. Everyone had just come out of the darkness with electric lighting, cars instead of horses, telephones instead of the telegraph, refrigeration, radio and recording. Must have seemed to some that things were just progressing too fast. Kinda like we've been feeling in the last thirty years. Now we have information overload! Anyway I'm excited to nearly have this project done and then we move on to a new PTB studio CD. It's all gonna be so great and cool! I'm now gonna kick back and watch some TV with MT and that's all. Enjoy your week coming up. K? Cheers, PT
Alright, I do believe we have finished all the recording on the 1920's Blues project. I put a raunchy, crunchy clean guitar solo on the last song tonight. Now it just has to be final mixed and mastered and then we'll have something new and cool from the past to present to you. Personally I really have a passion for the music of that time period. We had a lot of fun doing this and I cannot wait until there is a finished CD to listen to. Time to retire for the evening. Cheers and good night, PT
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From an Article about the album:
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When an artist decides to remake classic tunes, it can be a slippery slope, but that is exactly what Pat Travers wanted to do in his latest release, Blues on Fire. Travers is one of the most prolific and influential guitar players of this generation and the perfect artist to take on the challenge of bringing back these classic blues songs.
Having come off an exhausting European tour, Travers sat back and took a little journey back to his roots; listening to the delta blues and knew the time was right to showcase these early twentieth century legendary artists, which include Blind Willie Johnson, Bessie Smith, Henry Thomas and Son House. He handpicked the twelve songs that appear on Blues on Fire. Travers’ hard hitting blues style can be heard with the first note of the album in Blind Blake’s Black Dog Blues. You feel the energy that Travers gives as he brings these songs to life, delivering his blend of rough vocals and emotional style that has many current metal guitar players including Metallica’s Kirk Hammet, listing Travers as one of their influences. Travers produced and performed all the vocals, guitar and bass lines for Blues on Fire, with Doug Bare on the piano/organ, Carl Cleaver on piano and Sean Shannon on the drums. The classic blues steel guitar sound can be heard perfectly on the tracks Nobody’s Fault But Mine and Back Water Blues. The delta blues sound is full of emotion and lyrical poetry that can be experienced through Bulldozer Blues and Dark Night Blues, two tracks that stand out as the highlights.
From beginning to end Blues on Fire is a journey back in time, with a modern twist that will have any fan of the delta blues smiling, if smiling is an emotion the blues brings out.