Search - Chris Daniels & the Kings :: Blues With Horns Vol. 1

Since his return from battling leukemia Chris Daniels has been nominated for a Grammy, inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame(CMHOF), served as the bandleader and backup band for a major CMHOF event for Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Joe Walsh and many more. He has recorded and produced 3 more albums, BLUES WITH HORNS being the 2nd with his singing partner -recording artist Freddi Gowdy (of Freddi Henchi & The Soulsetters- formerly on Reprise) BLUES WITH HORNS grew out of their love for the classic sound of horn-driven soul and blues that Chris and the band noticed was missing in many of the festivals they played from South Carolina to Colorado. Comprised of new tunes like the Chris original "Sweet Memphis" with guest slide-guitar wizard Sonny Landreth and Subdudes keyboardist John Magnie - to harmonica and horn laced treks to the backwood blues shacks of "Fried Food/Hard Liquor" .This is a record that you will keep listening to over and over with new favorites for each road trip. Other gems are Johnny Guitar Watson's, "My Baby Loves Radio", Freddi's "Get Up Off The Funk" and a New Orleans romp through Elvin Bishops' "Can't Even Do Wrong Right." There are blues standards here from Sam Cooke, Buddy Miles, Walter Wolfman Washington and Bobby Blue Bland that Chris and Freddi bring to a whole new level. Songs like Cooke's "Soothe Me Baby" that others have feared to attempt, Daniels and the Kings lovingly embrace and set free with a whole new energy. This is Chris Daniels & The Kings 15th album. They are known for their horn injected rockin' soul and funk from Colorado to Amsterdam. The Kings have toured Europe 21 times, been signed to Provogue Records (home to Joe Bonamassa and Government Mule) as well as Virgin in France and BMG in Germany. TV appearances have included everything from the Nashville Network to HDNet and been favorite of AAA non-comm and roots radio since their first top-ten record "When You're Cool" (the sun shines all the time) back in 1987. The band has played for presidents, headlined festivals in the US and Europe and served as the backup band for everybody from Al Kooper and David Bromberg to Garth Brooks and John Oates. BLUES WITH HORNS is their strongest album to date and the striking limited-edition packaging, (the 4th for Chris) by famed artist Greg Carr who did all the packaging for Steve Martin and other artists make this a "must have" recording for blues, soul and rock music lovers.