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Tab Benoit-produced ‘Cheat The Devil’ is out now!
Interview with Alastair Green, whose guitar playing is fluid hard rock mercury in a canister shot full of bullet holes.
The first single and title track has been released!
‘Alive In The New World’ was recorded in Chicago at the City Winery during a six night sold-out “Chicago Takeover.”
Listen to the first single, “When You Don’t Know What to Do,” from ‘Alive in the New World.’
“I try to keep the music honest and direct like my heroes did. I add a modern twist to reflect this present moment in time, just like they did.” Lightnin’ Malcolm
As Monk tells it, the song comes from his mother’s words, as he was growing up: “She used to tell me that all the time when I was a kid. She used to say ‘Shut up, you think you be a preacher?’ Ha ha ha. She always said the right thing.”
“Lyrically it reflects a turbulent time in our nation’s history when it was hard to know who and what to believe at any given time.” – Alastair Greene
Bloodstains and Teardrops is an excellently produced album from a near-octogenarian cultural and musical icon
On ‘Bloodstains & Teardrops’ – Big Chief Monk Boudreaux connects the early music of the slaves in New Orleans Congo Square to the Caribbean as he demonstrates its similarities in lyrical, musical, and cultural content.