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Bottleneck John
Back in the summer of 1999 I first heard Eric Bibb’s album “Spirit & The Blues”, released on Opus 3 Records, and it totally and utterly changed the way I look upon and perform music.
Everything I did turned acoustic and I’ve stayed in the acoustic blues realm ever since.
I’d been singing the blues for a long time in electric settings and for me something illusive was missing. When I listened and searched back through the years I found my musical home in the old recordings from the late 1920’s and early 30’s.
The heart of my music is the genuine tone of resonator guitars, I just love the mechanically amplified sound.
Bottleneck John: Voice, 6 & 12-str. Resonator & Acoustic Guitars, Banjo, Mandolin, Electric guitar, Foot Stomp & Kazoo
Mattias Nordqvist: Grand Piano, Hammond Organ & Wurlitzer
Kent Ögren: Resonator & Double Bass
Lars Åstrand: Mandolin & Fiddle
Mattias Olofsson: Percussion
Stefan Swén: Harmonica
Karl Eneland: Tuba
Patrik Idell: Guitars
It was by sheer coincidence we found Bottleneck John in September 2012 and for that we are very, very glad!
After a nice first meeting in my studio, everything was settled!
We had very similar ideas how to go about the album, and Bottleneck John made a great selection of songs and with a good variation.
On many tracks we also hear his blues brothers playing grand piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, resonator & upright bass, percussion, fiddle, mandolin etc.
With a fantastic voice and great slide guitar playing on all his resonator guitars – just have a look below or in the CD-booklet!! – this album is Bottleneck John´s debut on Opus 3 Records.
We are fortunate to have a very unusual and unique blues album, with so much authenticity and inspiration from the first half of the 20th century, when many legendary blues musicians were active.
In the CD-booklet, you find a lot of background and history of both the songs and the instruments used on the album, which is not that usual nowadays.
| 1 | Lonesome Valley | 2:25 |
| 2 | Come On In My Kitchen | 4:29 |
| 3 | No Matter How She Done it | 3:30 |
| 4 | Autumn Rime | 2:29 |
| 5 | Do You Call That A Buddy? | 4:36 |
| 6 | Jesus Gonna Be Here | 4:32 |
| 7 | Out Of The Rain | 6:08 |
| 8 | All Around Man | 3:08 |
| 9 | Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues | 4:42 |
| 10 | Mandolinferno | 3:18 |
| 11 | How Long, How Long Blues | 4:01 |
| 12 | Only A Woman | 3:40 |
| 13 | You Can’t Get That Stuff No More | 3:36 |
| 14 | Wade In the Water | 3:50 |
| Weight | ,2 kg |
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