 Jason Ricci's "13 Hours" Captures the Messy, Unfiltered Truth of a Life Lived Hard Album release date: 29th May 2026. Multiple award-winning jazz, funk, and blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter Jason Ricci delivers one of the boldest and most diverse statements of his career with 13 Hours, recorded at the legendary Dockside Studios in Louisiana. Marking his third album for Gulf Coast Records, the release features Kaitlin Dibble and longtime band The Bad Kind, and serves as both a tribute to late drummer John Perkins and a fearless reflection of the world as Ricci sees it. Rooted in the blues yet defying any limitations of genre, 13 Hours spans the full breadth of Ricci’s musical imagination. From greasy New Orleans funk to unfiltered blues confessionals, the record moves with restless energy, sharp humor, and raw vulnerability. The opening track, “Sick of This Shit,” sets the tone with biting social commentary and personal frustration capturing the exhaustion of modern life, a broken music industry, honesty and self-awareness. Throughout the album, Ricci strips everything down to the nerve. The songs swing between defiance and fatigue, dark humor and brutal honesty. Renegade stands tall as an anthem of individuality, rejecting conformity with fire and conviction. In contrast, Long Twisted Night, written and performed by Kaitlin Dibble, unfolds as a haunting, cinematic portrayal of addiction, love, and helpless devotion. With lines that evoke “electric wires buzzing” and demons that “wear his clothes,” the song captures the quiet ache of loving someone at war with themselves. It is intimate, unflinching, and devastatingly human, one of the most vulnerable performances on the album. Elsewhere, Bubble Gum Pop offers a tongue-in-cheek reminder that sometimes survival simply means taking a breath and stepping back from the noise. The New Orleans tribute Big DisEasey pulses with unmistakable Crescent City swagger, rich in grit and groove. Meanwhile, the title track, written in memory of late band member John Perkins and sung by Dibble, serves as the emotional centerpiece, an aching road hymn about loss, brotherhood, and the miles that bind musicians together. At its core, 13 Hours is about endurance emotional, physical, and spiritual. It confronts burnout, addiction, grief, and resilience without polish or pretense. Ricci’s own life marked by Blues Music Awards, Grammy-winning collaborations, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performances, and hard-fought battles with addiction and homelessness infuses the album with lived truth. Dedicated to the memory of John Perkins, 13 Hours is a road-trip elegy in album form, a feeling of persistent presence in the landscapes and rituals, in the music shared between its creators and listener. Album Tracklist: 1. Sick Of This Shit 2. Tired Of Tryin’ 3. The Big Diseasey 4. Leo Watkins Rag 5. Long Twisted Night 6. Bubble Gum Pop 7. River’s Invitation 8. Renegade 9. Nuit Waltz 10. 13 Hours ____ Album Credits Jason Ricci: Vocal & Harmonica Kaitlin Dibble: Vocal Brent Johnson: Guitar & Backing Vocal Bill Blok: Bass & Backing Vocal Benny Piazza: Drums & Backing Vocal Guest Musicians: Mike Dillon : Vibraphone (Track 3), Khris Royal Alto Saxophone (Track3), Tom Fitzpatrick : Tennor Saxophone (Track 8), Santoru Ohashi : Trumpet & Flugelhorn (Track 8) Producer: Jason Ricci Executive Producers: Guy Hale, Mike Zito & Oliver Overton Website: jasonriccimusic.com Opmerkingen zijn gesloten.
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