Blind Spot by The Lucky Losers

Winner of "Best Independent Blues-Soul Artist" of 2019! Downbeat, Blues Music Magazine, Living Blues, American Blues Scene, Blues News Germany, Blues Matters and all agree that "Blind Spot" is an exceptional album. San Francisco’s finest male/female duet-fronted band, The Lucky Losers have created "a program of smart, likeable originals, that sport winning riffs. Refreshingly mixing rock, blues, R&B, soul, and a dash of country" (Downbeat). Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz serve up a road warrior's tale on their third album, released on Dirty Cat Records, with a primal call to awareness in the eye of an irresistible storm. Traveling through a winding soundscape of modern blues, vintage R&B, and Americana, “Blind Spot” presents unvarnished testimony to the fragile and fleeting state of our world. Caught between hope and catastrophe, veteran blues vocalists, Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz take a fearless ride into the unknown, witnessing the good, bad, and ugly of contemporary America through a fractured rear-view mirror.

Recorded at award-winning Greaseland Studios in San Jose, California, "Blind Spot" continues The Lucky Losers' long-standing relationship with acclaimed producer/engineer, Kid Andersen. Bringing back the vanishing art of vocal duets, the album is solely comprised of original material created by Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz alongside their illustrious and multi-talented songwriting partner, Danny Caron (Charles Brown). “Blind Spot” features scintillating musical contributions from three-time Blues Music Award winner guitarist, Kid Andersen, IBMA Momentum Award winning violinist Annie Staninec (Rod Stewart), 2018 BMA nominated saxophonist, Nancy Wright, and Laura Chavez, listed as one of the “Top 50 Sensational Female Guitarists” by Guitar Player Magazine.

The album was on the Roots Music Report’s “Top 50 Blues Chart” for 26 weeks/ 4 weeks Top 10; and for 32 weeks on the “Contemporary Blues Chart” with 14 weeks in the “Top 10”! Nine of their original singles have charted in the Top 10!

Tracklist

1.	It's Never Too Early	4:32

2.	Take The Long Road	5:28

3.	Alligator Baptism	4:43

4.	The River	4:16

5.	Supernatural Blues	4:59

6.	Make a Right Turn	4:01

7.	Bulldogs & Angels	4:37

8.	Last Ride	5:13

9.	Don't Take Too Much	5:10

10.	Love is Blind	4:24

11.	You Left it Behind	4:56

Credits

released May 18, 2018

The Lucky Losers (with Cathy Lemons & Phil Berkowitz)

Special Guests:
Kid Andersen, Laura Chavez, Annie Staninec, Nancy Wright

The Lucky Losers are:
Cathy Lemons: vocals; Phil Berkowitz: vocals/harmonica; Ian Lamson: lead & rhythm guitars; Chris Burns: keyboards; Endre Tarczy: bass; Robi Bean: drums

Additional Musicians (on tracks):
Kid Andersen: lead guitar (3,10), acoustic guitar (4, 6) rhythm guitar (8,11); percussion: (4, 6) sound effects (1,6,8)
Laura Chavez: lead guitar (2, 5)
Annie Staninec: violin (6)
Nancy Wright: saxophone (3,7)
Jack Sanford: Baritone Saxophone (3)
John Halbeib: Trumpet (3)
D'Mar: drums (7), percussion (2, 3, 4, 5, 9,10)
Lloyd Meadows: washboard (1)
Tim Wager: bass (7)

Produced by Kid Andersen, Phil Berkowitz, & Cathy Lemons

Recorded at Greaseland Studios, San Jose, CA
Mixing & Mastering: Kid Andersen
Vocal Production Assistance: Raz Kennedy (track 7)
Horn Arrangements: Kid Andersen
All other arrangements: The Lucky Losers
Additional Engineering: (track 7)
Dave Bell, Bellboy Studios, Richmond, CA

Graphic Design: Maurice Tani
Photography: Nino Fernandez | @onino.fernandez

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