De uit Portland - Oregon afkomstige blueszangeres Cee Cee James heeft niet om de ingrediënten gevraagd die haar leven zo getekend hebben. Maar te horen is het wel degelijk. Rauw als alles wat haar pad gekruist heeft, zo is haar stem. Een scheiding en haar aan kanker gestorven nieuwe man, het is haar niet bespaard gebleven. Het resultaat is dan emotionele bluesmuziek, vertolkt op haar laatste cd 'Low Down Where The Snakes Crawl', wat haar bijnaam 'vocale vulkaan' eer aan doet. En als bij het luisteren naar haar intense voordracht onmiddellijk een link naar de legendarische Janis Joplin wordt gemaakt, dan is dat niet verwonderlijk. Boven de viermansbegeleiding van gitaren, bas en drums uit stroomt haar stem als lava uit het strottenhoofd van een 'Real Blues Lady' !!
Cee Cee James is a singer-percussionist from the state of Washington. Diving into 'LOW DOWN WHERE THE SNAKES CRAWL' is to enter for an hour in a universe without makeup, roots to perfection, from which emerges a voice "chameleon". Melodic low volume, and heady, peppery as to suggest some Janis Joplin, with beautiful tremolo but also the direction of the gradual increase in intensity: Cee Cee James is a vocalist atypical. The directory entirely original and timeless source of musical enjoyment is found, believed lost in the middle of too many productions today padded. Blues quick or slow, jazzy beats, slide parsimonious, the quintet brings a touch always appropriately charming for each track. The listener can smoothly absorb a whole host of influences, not complacency. The sound is surprisingly both "roots" but "smooth" without the roughness that characterizes the production Music Maker, but with the true spirit and approach that addresses them first. Simplicity, sincerity and talent: a very pleasant discovery!
Chris Leighton , drums - Dan Mohler bass - Rob "SlideBoy" Andrews op slide/ritme gitaar - Jason Childs , leadgitaar.
Cee Cee James is a singer-percussionist from the state of Washington. Diving into 'LOW DOWN WHERE THE SNAKES CRAWL' is to enter for an hour in a universe without makeup, roots to perfection, from which emerges a voice "chameleon". Melodic low volume, and heady, peppery as to suggest some Janis Joplin, with beautiful tremolo but also the direction of the gradual increase in intensity: Cee Cee James is a vocalist atypical. The directory entirely original and timeless source of musical enjoyment is found, believed lost in the middle of too many productions today padded. Blues quick or slow, jazzy beats, slide parsimonious, the quintet brings a touch always appropriately charming for each track. The listener can smoothly absorb a whole host of influences, not complacency. The sound is surprisingly both "roots" but "smooth" without the roughness that characterizes the production Music Maker, but with the true spirit and approach that addresses them first. Simplicity, sincerity and talent: a very pleasant discovery!
Chris Leighton , drums - Dan Mohler bass - Rob "SlideBoy" Andrews op slide/ritme gitaar - Jason Childs , leadgitaar.
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