Here comes a new album by guitarist Fred Bishti Don’t you know who Fred Bishti is? I am talking about Otis Grand, a guitar player born in Beirut and settled for some years in USA and later on in France too Fred or Otis indeed, began to play when he was only thirteen, basically influenced by BB King, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker and The Johnny Otis Orchestra Otis Grand And The Dance Kings got a great success among blues fans and British blues scene at the end of the 80’s Since then on, Otis Grand has become an important part of the European blues world In this cd Grand and his Blues 65 pay tribute to all those sounds that deeply influenced him in the 60’s You will find pop, blues, swing, rock, soul, r&b you will totally enjoy Otis Grand is backed by Sugar Ray & The Bluetones in full, together with an impressive horn section, which also includes former members of The Roomful Of Blues, like tenor sax Greg Piccolo or Doug James on baritone sax A superb record with not a single bad note on it and an amazing wonderful sound too