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Seventeen years after her last solo album, Angela Strehli set out to assemble a collection of "songs by the blues masters who inspired me to become a singer." Strehli, a Lubbock, Texas native, helped establish the Austin, Texas, blues scene in the 1970s, working with Clifford Antone to build his eponymous club and label. It's a gutsy proposition for a singer now into her seventies, but Strehli and her husband producer Bob Brown assembled a solid band at Laughing Tiger Studios in San Rafael, California, that includes lead guitarist Mike Schermer, 82-year-old pianist Johnny Allair and Austinite Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff on harmonica to deliver Ace of Blues, a rare exception in a world full of drowsy, repetitive blues records. While Strehli's register may be a bit lower and gruffer than in her Austin glory days, you can still hear her passion. As Brown puts it, "My wife is as genuine and soulful a woman as you will meet … her voice tells it all." Another strength are the arrangements which are kept snappy throughout. A joyous take of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" swings hard. Jimmy Reed's "Take Out Some Insurance" successfully nails his trademark steady guitar beat. Strehli shifts into upbeat R&B mode in a heartfelt take of Little Milton's "More and More" where she stretches the singing. The obscure gospel nugget, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" by Dorothy Loves Coates gets a rousing rendition thanks to backing vocals by The Sons of the Soul Revivers. She's most committed in her only original on the album, "SRV," a tribute to her old friend, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. Ace Of Blues manages the not inconsiderable feat of being a tribute to past influences with performances that are so vividly in the present. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
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Angela Strehli, MainArtist - JAMES BROWN, Composer - DEADRIC MALONE, Composer - Songs Of Universal Inc (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - Marshall Sehorn, Composer - ELMORE JAMES, Composer - Arc Music (BMI) c/o BMG Platinum Songs / Gulf Coast Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Arc Music (BMI) c/o BMG Platinum Songs / Gulf Coast Music (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - DEADRIC MALONE, Composer - Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Composer - Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI) c/o BMG Bumblebee, MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI) c/o BMG Bumblebee
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - Chuck Berry, Composer - Isalee Music Publishing Company c/o Dualtone Words and Songs (BMI) administered by MNRK Music Publishing, a division of MNRK Music Group LP d/b/a Entertainment One Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Isalee Music Publishing Company c/o Dualtone Words and Songs (BMI) administered by MNRK Music Publishing, a division of MNRK Music Group LP d/b/a Entertainment One Music (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - B.B. King, Composer - Johnny Pate, Composer - Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - CHESTER BURNETT, Composer - WILLIE DIXON, Composer - Arc Music (BMI) c/o BMG Platinum Songs, Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI) c/o BMG Bumblebee, MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Arc Music (BMI) c/o BMG Platinum Songs, Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI) c/o BMG Bumblebee
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - Eugene Williams, Composer - Happy Hooker Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Happy Hooker Music (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - Jesse Albert Stone, Composer - EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI)
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - Don Juan, Composer - Chevis Publishing Corp (BMI) ℅ EMI Blackwood Music inc, Pea Vee Smith / Arc Music (BMI) c/o BMG Platinum Songs, MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Chevis Publishing Corp (BMI) ℅ EMI Blackwood Music inc, Pea Vee Smith / Arc Music (BMI) c/o BMG Platinum Songs
Angela Strehli, MainArtist - Dorothy Love Coates, Composer - Sony/ATV Songs (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Sony/ATV Songs (BMI)
Angela Strehli, Composer, MainArtist - Lew Bob Songs (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Lew Bob Songs (BMI)
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Seventeen years after her last solo album, Angela Strehli set out to assemble a collection of "songs by the blues masters who inspired me to become a singer." Strehli, a Lubbock, Texas native, helped establish the Austin, Texas, blues scene in the 1970s, working with Clifford Antone to build his eponymous club and label. It's a gutsy proposition for a singer now into her seventies, but Strehli and her husband producer Bob Brown assembled a solid band at Laughing Tiger Studios in San Rafael, California, that includes lead guitarist Mike Schermer, 82-year-old pianist Johnny Allair and Austinite Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff on harmonica to deliver Ace of Blues, a rare exception in a world full of drowsy, repetitive blues records. While Strehli's register may be a bit lower and gruffer than in her Austin glory days, you can still hear her passion. As Brown puts it, "My wife is as genuine and soulful a woman as you will meet … her voice tells it all." Another strength are the arrangements which are kept snappy throughout. A joyous take of Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" swings hard. Jimmy Reed's "Take Out Some Insurance" successfully nails his trademark steady guitar beat. Strehli shifts into upbeat R&B mode in a heartfelt take of Little Milton's "More and More" where she stretches the singing. The obscure gospel nugget, "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" by Dorothy Loves Coates gets a rousing rendition thanks to backing vocals by The Sons of the Soul Revivers. She's most committed in her only original on the album, "SRV," a tribute to her old friend, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. Ace Of Blues manages the not inconsiderable feat of being a tribute to past influences with performances that are so vividly in the present. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:27
- Main artists: Angela Strehli
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Antone's Records
- Genre: Blues
2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records 2022 Antone’s Records marketed and distributed by New West Records
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