Jimmie Vaughan releases new album 'Blues, Ballads & Favorites'
Set to play Shepherd's Bush Empire, London - June 3rd
The legendary Jimmie Vaughan, co-founder of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, brother of the iconic Stevie Ray Vaughan, is back.
Self-produced and recorded in Jimmie Vaughan's hometown of Austin, the newest offering by the co-founder of the iconic, still-missed Fabulous Thunderbirds spotlights a wild array of tunes originally recorded by the likes of Roy Milton, Jimmy Reed, Roscoe Gordon and Little Richard, with a Willie Nelson favorite tossed in.
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No particular criteria were used in selecting the tracks to include; Vaughan simply narrowed down a long list of songs he liked and Blues, Ballads and Favorites was the ultimate result and will be released on Proper Records on May 31, 2010.
"...like all of my albums this one is 100% totally selfish. I want people to like what I do but at the same time I have this strong feeling that if I don't like it, I can't expect them to" - Jimmie Vaughan.
Each of the songs on Blues, Ballads and Favorites, naturally, has a special meaning to Vaughan, who has absorbed the essence of these prime slices of Americana for nearly all his life.
Several tracks, including the late Doug Sahm's "Why, Why, Why" and Billy "The Kid" Emerson's "The Pleasure Is All Mine," feature a tight, funky horn section, and several spotlight Barton singing in tandem with Vaughan, among them the ballads "I'm Leaving It Up To You" (written by Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Dewey Terry) and Little Richard's "Send Me Some Lovin'."
Other highlights include Jimmie Vaughan's own "Comin' & Goin'," a self-penned instrumental, and the Willie Nelson classic ballad "Funny (How Time Slips Away)." Hammond B-3 organ master Bill Willis - a veteran of the King Records hits of James Brown and Bill Doggett - sings that one on the album. Unfortunately, Willis didn't live to hear the finished result: he passed away shortly after recording his parts for Blues, Ballads and Favorites. "He was like my musical father," says Vaughan.
Jimmie Vaughan relishes the opportunity to pass these songs down to a new generation of blues fans. But mostly he just enjoys singing and playing these songs that have travelled with him throughout the decades. For Jimmie Vaughan music has always been about one thing: having a good ol' time. "It's 120% American and I just love it," he says. "It's fun."
The Texan virtuoso will be playing two very special UK concerts this summer:
3rd June 2010 - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
2nd July 2010 - Festival of Speed, Goodwood
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