John ‘Juke’ Logan “The Chill”

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    Artista / Grupo: John ‘Juke’ Logan

    Álbum: The Chill

    Discográfica: Mocombo / Christine Vitale

    Año publicación: 2007

    Fecha crítica: 3/2008

    Valoración: ESSENTIAL

After a long time of silence since his last work, John Farrel Logan, aka John Juke Logan, has decided to reissue his first album (on digi-pack format plus two bonus tracks), recorded in 1992 for his own label Mocombo John was born in California and soon he discovered blues, thanks to Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed and Moae Allison His passion for harmonica comes from Little Walter (in fact he adopted Juke nickname, because he was always playing that song) Today he has become a well-known musician on Californian blues lovers He has also collaborated with Los Lobos, Ry Cooder, Etta James or Bo Diddley among others He has done jingles for TV commercial ads and between 1992 to 200º he was one of the two hosts of blues KPCC ‘Friday Night Blues Revue’ radio show This is a superb priceless cd, a perfect combination of sounds and rhythms, deeply rooted on blues, that include a wide range of musical forms that make shine every song included on it A special mention to first class guest musicians like Junior Watson, Janiva Magness, Rick Holmstrom or Los Lobos’ members David Hidalgo and Conrad Lozano If you do not have the original copy, it’s time to get it now



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