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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Jeff Golub Ready To Release New CD Featuring Henry Butler

Great news for all Jeff Golub fans. Jeff will be releasing a new CD at the end of June that is sure to be outstanding. The CD is a tribute to the music of Albert King, B.B. King and Freddie King, I think that says it all about why you should own this CD. According to Jeff "When you look at the modern blues and rock vocabulary, it's almost impossible for anyone to play something that doesn't reflect their influence somehow. Whether you're talking about Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, anyone you can name, they are directly or indirectly influenced by something that one of them did or played. Their songs are timeless and, while they also certainly had their influences, the impact of their work is unquestioned". Keith Richards also credits the "Three Kings" in his new book, LIFE, in similar words to Jeff's. As soon a I can get this CD, I intend to publish a review. Stay tuned!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Jeff Golub, Mindi Abair And Euge Groove Rock the Desert Night Air

Jeff Golub

If you felt the earth move near the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Palm Desert last Saturday, April 2, don't worry. It was not an earthquake. It was the sounds coming from the 2011 Desert Lexus Music Festival. There were three major talents shaking the ground: Euge Groove, Mindi Abair and Jeff Golub. Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald introduced the trio and then for the next two hours they took the house down. Euge Groove made his tenor sing with more notes and range than I thought were possible on a saxophone. Then the great Mindi Abair brought the crowd to a fever pitch with her alto sounds and moves. Mindi also sang a couple of her classic tunes that delighted the audience. Next up on the program was some terrific guitar playing licks by Jeff Golub. Jeff was at his best and the audience couldn't get enough of his wonderful guitar sounds. The trio played individually and then together that drove many in the audience into a dancing frenzy in front of the stage. The setting under the stars in great desert weather made the event almost surreal. It doesn't get any better than this.