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Johnny Ray Jones "Devil Woman"

GENRE: BLUES

Mystic Chiefs, the third album by Southern California blues shouter Johnny Ray Jones, is a hard-hitting 11-track collection that pays homage to generations of the region’s best blues and roots bands — including Canned Heat, the James Harman Band, the Blasters, the Red Devils, and the Blue Shadows — and introduces a powerhouse new band featuring some of the genre’s most skilled and exciting players.t feel like we are as light as a feather and can feel love deep in our hearts like never before.

Jones brings four decades of experience in SoCal’s clubs to the table; along the way he has sung beside such

titans as Big Joe Turner, Lee Allen, Sam “Bluzman” Taylor,” Phillip Walker, John Fogerty, and Coco Montoya; he

has shared stages with John Mayall, Leon Russell, Jeff Healy, Janiva Magness, Walter Trout, the Knitters, and

the Blasters.

Jones’ two previous albums for the Moondogg label, Feet Back in the Door (2017) and Way Down South

(2021), were storming collections featuring Jones’ potent vocal interpretations of blues, soul, R&B, and

swamp rock classics. Mystic Chiefs, which features Jones’ titular new group, is a crackling set of tough blues

numbers originated by such masters as Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Slim Harpo, and

Joe Hill Louis.

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Gary Jay & The Fire "Sweet Irish Cream"

GENRE: AMERICANA

Sweet Irish Cream by Gary Jay & The FIRE: A lively, Irish-flavored

Americana piece featuring the fiery fiddle of band member

Lavinia Reid. From the album "Burning Down The Riverview

Tavern" - A Nostalgic Journey into Appalachian Stories, Country

Traditions, and Family Heritage.

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