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Ronnie Earl

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Born: Mar 10, 1953 in New York, NY
Years Active: 1970е-2000е
Genre: Blues
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Contemporary Blues, Electric Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Jazz Blues, Blues-Rock
Instruments: Guitar

Biography:
One of the finest new blues guitarists to emerge during the '80s, Ronnie Earl often straddled the line between blues and jazz, throwing in touches of soul and rock as well. His versatility made him one of the few blues guitarists capable of leading an almost entirely instrumental outfit and his backing band the Broadcasters became one of the more respected working units in contemporary blues over the course of the '90s, following Earl's departure from Roomful of Blues.
Ronnie Earl was born Ronald Horvath in Queens, NY, on March 10, 1953. He didn't start playing guitar until after he entered college at Boston University in the early '70s and became fascinated with the local blues scene. Developing his craft quickly, he landed a job in the house band of the Speakeasy Club in Cambridge, MA, and changed his last name to the bluesier-sounding Earl in tribute to Earl Hooker, one of his favorite influences. Prior to the name switch, he'd made some recordings for the small Baron label under his original moniker beginning in 1977, first backing Guitar Johnny & the Rhythm Rockers, then as a founding member of Sugar Ray & the Bluetones with harmonica player/singer Sugar Ray Norcia. In 1979, Earl was invited to replace Duke Robillard in the prominent Rhode Island band Roomful of Blues, whose swinging jump blues revivalist sound demanded a jazz sensibility as well as ample blues feeling. Earl spent the next eight years with Roomful of Blues and watched their national profile grow steadily larger.
Meanwhile, Earl also made a few recordings on his own for Black Top Records, forming the first versions of the Broadcasters in the early '80s. He released his first solo album, Smokin', in 1983 and followed it with They Call Me Mr. Earl in 1984 (both of those albums were later compiled on the CD Deep Blues). Still, they were a sidelight to his main gig with Roomful of Blues, that is until he left the band in 1987 to make a go of it as a solo artist and bandleader in his own right. A new version of the Broadcasters debuted in 1988 on Soul Searchin', which featured vocalist Darrell Nulisch, harmonica player Jerry Portnoy (ex-Muddy Waters), bassist Steve Gomes, and drummer Per Hanson. Peace of Mind followed in 1990, as did I Like It When It Rains, a live album on Antone's that actually dated from 1986. 1991's Surrounded by Love reunited Earl with Sugar Ray Norcia and also proved the last in his long string of Black Top releases.
By the early '90s, Earl had addressed and overcome his problems with alcohol and cocaine and began to rethink his approach. He formed a new version of the Broadcasters, featuring organist Bruce Katz, bassist Rod Carey, and longtime drummer Per Hanson, and boldly elected to go without a vocalist. Earl debuted his new instrumental direction -- which was more informed by jazz than ever before -- on 1993's Still River (released by AudioQuest) and embarked on a tour of Europe. He signed with the Bullseye Blues label and issued a string of acclaimed albums, including 1994's Language of the Soul, 1995's Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe (a live album from his 1993 tour originally titled Blues and Forgiveness), and 1996's Grateful Heart: Blues and Ballads (which featured David "Fathead" Newman). The latter two were particular critical favorites, with Live in Europe winning Pulse magazine's year-end poll as Best Blues Album and Grateful Heart doing likewise in DownBeat.
Thanks to all the positive attention, Earl signed a major-label deal with Verve. His label debut, The Colour of Love, was issued in 1997 and sold more than 65,000 copies, making it one of the biggest hits of Earl's career; that year, he also won a W.C. Handy Award as Best Blues Instrumentalist. However, feeling that he was under too much pressure to move more units, Earl soured on the deal and around the same time suffered a bout with manic depression. He wound up not only leaving Verve, but taking a break from bandleading and live performance; he disbanded the Broadcasters and signed with the smaller Telarc label as a solo act. His Telarc debut, 2000's Healing Time, teamed him with legendary soul-jazz organist Jimmy McGriff. The follow-up, 2001's Ronnie Earl and Friends, was a loose, jam session type of affair featuring a number of special guests, including the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Kim Wilson, Irma Thomas, Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson, and the Band's Levon Helm. In 2003, Earl returned with an album of mainly instrumental material I Feel Like Goin' On on the Canadian based label Stony Plain. A second album from Stony Plain, Now My Soul, appeared in 2004, while a third, The Duke Meets the Earl, which paired Earl with fellow ex-Roomful of Blues guitarist Duke Robillard, was released in 2005.

~ by Steve Huey (AMG)

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Ronnie Earl - Ronnie Earl & Friends (2001)
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Review:
Ronnie Earl's first album after suffering from a bout with manic depression that sidelined him from live work for a few years, is a surprisingly modest, unassuming affair. The titular friends include Fabulous Thunderbirds founder/harpist/vocalist Kim Wilson who splits the album's vocal duties with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson. James Cotton, Band drummer Levon Helm, keyboardist David Maxwell, and New Orleans legend Irma Thomas (who contributes her distinctive vocals to only two stunning tunes) round out the ad hoc band. Recorded live in Woodstock, NY's Bearsville studio over three days in autumn 2000 and released almost a year later, the session is a loose affair intended to emulate the old Delmark label style of rounding up blues friends, putting them together in a room and rolling tape. Of course, with musicians of this caliber, you're unlikely to go wrong, and the resulting album is a relaxed, unpretentious chronicle of these artist's interaction on blues classics and a few similarly themed originals. Most of the songs were completed in one take (you often hear the verbal cues deciding who takes a solo), and the album doesn't feature any one particular player, preferring to share the spotlight among all the "friends." Unfortunately those who come to hear Earl, one of the more tasty, understated blues guitarists, might leave disappointed since there is precious little soloing from the ex-Roomful of Blues man here. While that makes for a democratic gathering, it's also a little frustrating if you're an Earl fan. That said, there are many fine performances here. Kim Wilson is at the top of his game, shining on Little Walter's "Blue and Lonesome" and "Last Night," two of the six tracks he sings on. The former boasts Earl's longest, most passionate solo on the album along with a harp turn from Wilson that oozes with emotion. The group clicks on all the tracks, but seems to work best on the slow blues of Earl's "Twenty-Five Days," Cotton's "One More Mile," and Thomas' showcase, a languid and heartfelt medley of "I'll Take Care of You"/"Lonely Avenue," one of the disc's undisputed highlights. An album for Sunday mornings as opposed to Saturday nights, Ronnie Earl and Friends is a subtle and intimate blues session, whose headlining star remains only a small, but essential portion of the event.
~ by Hal Horowitz (AMG)

Исполнитель: Ronnie Earl
Название альбома: Ronnie Earl and Friends
Год выпуска: 2001
Recording Date: Oct 30, 2000-Nov 1, 2000
Label: Telarc
Catalog # 83537
Genre: Blues
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Contemporary Blues, Soul-Blues, Blues-Rock, Jazz Blues
Формат файлов: mp3@320 Kbps
Размер архива: (95.78 + 65.96) Mb
Скачать с: IFolder

Personnel:

Anilda Carrasquillo - Art Direction
James Cotton - Harmonica
Ted Drozdowski - Liner Notes
Ronnie Earl - Guitar, Producer
Bernie Grundman - Mastering
Levon Helm - Drums
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson - Guitar, Vocals
David Maxwell - Piano
Michael C. Ross - Engineer
Brian Sooy - Design
Bill Synan - Assistant Engineer
Irma Thomas - Vocals
Mudcat Ward - Bass
Kim Wilson - Harmonica, Vocals

Track List:

01 - All Your Love (Magic Sam)  4:19
02 - Rock Me Baby (Crudup)  4:30
03 - I'll Take Care of You / Lonely Avenue (Benton)  7:53
04 - Mighty Fine Boogie (Cotton, Wilson)  3:44
05 - One More Mile (Cotton)  6:05
06 - Bad Boy (Taylor)  4:25
07 - Twenty-Five Days (Earl)  5:46
08 - No More (Burnett, Earl, Wilson)  5:02
09 - Last Night (Jacobs)  5:02
10 - New Vietnam Blues (Drozdowski, Earl)  7:56
11 - Marie (Spann)  5:22
12 - Blue and Lonesome (Jacobs)  6:42
13 - Looking Good (Maghett)  1:31
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О да!!!Ронни крут,о нём сам БиБи лестно отзывался,я бы сказал даже восторженно.Парочку альбомов я его слышал ,концерт на двд приходилось смотреть ,а этот нет.Спасибо огромное!!!

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И от нас с верблюдом Thank you!    :D

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Возвращаю должки +1 :) .Шучу конечно,альбом действительно понравился.И френды у него огого,особенно харепр Дж.Каттон :cool:

Отредактировано BooGie (2009-05-22 00:49:44)

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Дорогой Luckascans!

Слов нет, спасибо за легендарного Ronnie!!! Вот бы собрать всё, что он "натворил"  :shine:  :cool:  :love:

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Кали, у нас я полагаю ещё появятся его релизы!

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Отличный блюз ! +1

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