new cd early 2009
hey everybody,i got a new cd coming out early 2009,i'll tell you the name later.i have a new label Eclecto groove records,located right here in los angeles.they do a lot of blues.this new record definitely has a lot of blues influences but.... it's not your typical blues by any means.anyway... just trying to get everything together.stay tuned. jb
The Soul Of John Black-Nominated For Blues Foundation Awards
The Soul of John Black and his Yellow Dog Records debut album The Good Girl Blues are nominated for "Best New Artist Debut"
The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. The awards have been presented by The Blues Foundation in ceremonies since 1980 to celebrate excellence in recording and performance during the previous year. This year's awards ceremony will be held May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica, MS, and will reveal the results of voting conducted by members of the Blues Foundation.
The Soul Of John Black will also be performing live at the awards show.
The Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards) are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. The awards have been presented by The Blues Foundation in ceremonies since 1980 to celebrate excellence in recording and performance during the previous year. This year's awards ceremony will be held May 8, 2008 at the Grand Casino Event Center in Tunica, MS, and will reveal the results of voting conducted by members of the Blues Foundation.
The Soul Of John Black will also be performing live at the awards show.
Esquire Magazine Review
When he was a kid, John "JB" Bigham listened to his mother's stories about Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed, but this future Fishbone guitarist had better music to listen to. Or so he thought. Nearly 30 years later, an older and wiser Bigham has come full circle on his new record, Good Girl Blues.
It took Bigham a while to arrive at this point. After finishing active duty in the U.S. Air Force, his demo tape ended up in the hands of Miles Davis, for whom Bigham wrote several songs including "Jilli" (Amandla, 1989). He played percussion in Davis' group for several years before becoming Fishbone's second guitarist in 1990. And that's when Bigham rediscovered the blues, obsessing over the blues-heavy soundtrack for The Hot Spot, a decent (and overlooked) movie directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and a barely 20-year-old Jennifer Connelly.
"It blew me away," Bigham says. "I started buying all the John Lee Hooker I could get."
Good Girl Blues, his second album under the name The Soul of John Black, is a testament to the strength of African American music and the undeniable influence of the blues. "I feel like I'm a blues man deep in my heart. I like the raw naturalness of it." On the album's standout opening song, "The Hole," Bigham's anguished wail will grab your gut and turn it inside out.
It took Bigham a while to arrive at this point. After finishing active duty in the U.S. Air Force, his demo tape ended up in the hands of Miles Davis, for whom Bigham wrote several songs including "Jilli" (Amandla, 1989). He played percussion in Davis' group for several years before becoming Fishbone's second guitarist in 1990. And that's when Bigham rediscovered the blues, obsessing over the blues-heavy soundtrack for The Hot Spot, a decent (and overlooked) movie directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, and a barely 20-year-old Jennifer Connelly.
"It blew me away," Bigham says. "I started buying all the John Lee Hooker I could get."
Good Girl Blues, his second album under the name The Soul of John Black, is a testament to the strength of African American music and the undeniable influence of the blues. "I feel like I'm a blues man deep in my heart. I like the raw naturalness of it." On the album's standout opening song, "The Hole," Bigham's anguished wail will grab your gut and turn it inside out.
New Yorker Magazine Review
John (JB) Bigham, a veteran guitarist who has played with everyone from Miles Davis to Eminem and is perhaps best known for his work with the funk-ska outfit Fishbone, leads this Los Angeles band. The group’s self-titled début, from 2003, was an exceptional and eclectic collection of R. & B. that drew on folk and rock sources. “The Good Girl Blues,” Bigham’s new release, goes straight to the roots of American music, paying a shrewdly contemporary tribute to the likes of Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters.
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