Johnny Nicholas is one of those legendary blues names who still remain active in Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas areas. Since the beginning of the 60’s, this singer, composer, guitar, piano, harmonica and mandolin player has brought his blues around these three states, but also all over USA and internationally. Nicholas knows southern culture and especially Louisiana tradition like no other white people can boast about. His starting as blues musician comes from that time when he left school and began to travel in freight trains or hitchhiking along roads and highways. That special way to travel all around the south let him to personally meet many great blues musicians that enabled him to learn face to face all their musical secrets and play every night in road honky-tonks and clubs, where he gradually hardened himself as a bluesman.

This new recording gathers most of the southern music elements, including swamp pop blues and Baton Rouge music. Ten intense, cool, tasteful and swampy songs, all filled with the unique hallmark of American roots music. Together with Johnny Nicholas on vocals, guitars, Resonator, harmonica, piano and mandocello, you will also find Scrappy Jud Newcomb on electric, acoustic and baritone guitar, John Chipman on drums and percussion and Chris Maresh on bass and double bass, as well as several guests who add accordion, organ, harpsichord or tambourine, as well as six backing voices.

Here comes a recording to enjoy and savor for a long time, because you will discover new interesting nuances and musical peculiarities every time you listen to it.