BOOTLEG LIVE by Tony Loeffler and the Blue Angels
Having been touched by the anointing of the "Rooftop" Series and enjoying their festival appearances, this release is much anticipated. It doesn't disappoint! Maintaining a loose, musically improvised feel, this has a high-quality bootleg sound - raw but never muggy!
Tony's self-styled brand of electric folk takes various elements of roots music and fuses them together into a powerful and anointed whole. Sometimes it sounds like Santana, sometimes like Johnny Cash or T Bone Burnett but always it's Tony Loeffler.
His choice of covers is impeccable and surprising, a wonderful bluesy take on Dylan's "Willie McTell", including a wonderfully understated sax solo from Linda Salisbury is excellent. Equally good is his Loefflerisation of Julie Miller's "All My Tears" and Glen Kaiser's "Lord of All" - both stonking cuts.
If like me you enjoy Tony's songwriting, you'll be pleased to see old favorites "Finish Line" and "See The Valley" making a welcome return in new clothes much changed from previous incarnations and musically fresh. My favorite is the extended blues of "INRI". With three percussionists on duty, allot of this stuff has real punch and John Zarra and John Concepcion's guitar work is top class. For variety, you get a soulful "Sitting Here In Limbo" and a rootsy "I Shall Not Be Moved" polarizing the performances recorded here. Still anointed. "Bootleg Live" does the business. NINE STARS OUT OF TEN, Mke Rimmer, Croosrhythms, UK
Tracklist
| 1. | 01-All My Tears | 7:37 |
| 2. | 02-I Shall Not Be Moved | 3:12 |
| 3. | 03-Lord of All | 5:06 |
| 4. | 04-Finish Line | 5:17 |
| 5. | 05-INRI | 10:24 |
| 6. | 06-Festival of Friends | 4:41 |
| 7. | 07-Willie McTell | 8:59 |
| 8. | 08-See The Valley | 10:09 |
| 9. | 09-Sitting Here In Limbo | 6:46 |
Credits
Musicians: Guitar/Lead Vocals Tony Loeffler, Bob Ferrainolo on LIMBO, BGV’s Karen Sibilia, Bob Ferrainolo, John Concepcion, John Zarra, Acoustic Guitars, Tony Loeffler, Karen Sibilia, John Zarra, Drums, Joe Brennan, Bob Ferrainolo on LIMBO and SEE THE VALLEY, Percussion, Joe Brennan, Dave Lima, Jimmy Medina, Electric Guitars, John Zarra, Tony Loeffler, John Concepcion, Wayne Scott FArly on WILLIE MCTELL, Bass, Clark Padock, John Hess on SEE THE VALLEY, Harmonic, Joe Brennan, Mandolin, John Zarra, Keyboards, John Concepcion, Sax, Lind Salisbury.
License
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Tony Loeffler is an ordained minister and gifted musician - a Member of the Blues Hall of Fame. Tony's music has been shared in prisons and other venues in the US, Cuba, and throughout the world. He is the President/Co-founder of International Solid Rock, Inc.