MUSICIANS:
Mitch Kashmar - vocals & harmonica
Jr. Watson - guitar
Ronnie James Weber - upright & Fender
bass
Richard Innes - drums
Bob Welsh - piano / guitar on "Runnin'
Off At The Mouth"
SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS:
Arthur Adams - guitar & vocals on
"Knock 'em Dead"
Abu Talib - guitar & vocals on "Lizzy
Mae"
Produced
by Randy Chortkoff
DESCRIPTION:
Mitch Kashmar is one of the finest blues
singers and harp players in the world
today, and a gifted songwriter to boot.
But despite unanimous rave reviews for
his years of performances on the stages
of clubs and festivals up and down the
West Coast – and no fewer than fourteen
foreign countries – the big breakthrough
he’s deserved for long has eluded
him until now. Which is not to say he's
deservedly obscure – just ask the
harshest critics of all, his fellow blues
musicians. He's shared the stage with
some of the biggest names in blues over
the years, including Big Joe Turner, Eddie
'Cleanhead' Vinson, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy
Witherspoon, John Lee Hooker, Pee Wee
Crayton, and Johnny Adams, among others.
Kim Wilson – no slouch on harp or
vocals himself – offered this assessment:
“Oh man, is he tough!” Charlie
Musselwhite: "Your playing and singing
are superb.” John Hammond: "...unbelievable;
a great singer and up there with the best
harp players I've ever heard.” And
the late William Clarke had this to say:
"Out of all the younger generation
of blues harp players, Mitch Kashmar is
my favorite. He's also a first-class vocalist
-- his singing really knocks me out."
And Stevie Ray Vaughan paid what must
be the ultimate compliment from one musician
to another: “Can I sit in?”
They've all known what the rest of the
blues world is about to find out: Mitch
Kashmar is a force to be reckoned with
in the blues.
CREDITS:
All songs written by MITCH KASHMAR
and published by DELTA GROOVE
(administered by Bug Music) (ASCAP)
Except: "Lizzie Mae" written
by Abu Talib / "Knock 'em Dead"
written by Arthur Adams / "Gettin'
Drunk" written by Johnny Watson /
"Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" written
by Lou Donaldson / "I Don't Play"
written by Willie Dixon / "Who"
written by Bernard Roth
Produced
by Randy Chortkoff
Recorded & Mastered by Joe
Bellamy at Peace in the Valley
Studio, Arleta, CA.
Mixed by Joe Bellamy,
Randy Chortkoff and Mitch
Kashmar
Artwork & Design by Joshua
Temkin
Cover photograph by Henri Schipper
Studio session phtographs by Joshua
Temkin
Liner notes by Scott Dirks
