Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Mercy Me

Limited edition translucent purple vinyl

New music from four-time Blues Music Award winner, guitarist Ronnie Earl!

Ronnie Earl, a four-time Blues Music Award winner for "Guitar Player of the Year," follows up the critical and commercial success of his last album, Rise Up, with Mercy Me, a new set of wondrous music with his long-time band, The Broadcasters, via Stony Plain Records, on vinyl LP.

Mercy Me is Earl's 14th album in partnership with Stony Plain and his 28th career album. The 12-song Mercy Me features Dave Limina on piano and Hammond B3, Diane Blue on vocals, Forrest Padgett on drums, Paul Kochanski on electric and upright bass, all backing Earl's amazingly soulful guitar work. Guest musicians include Anthony Geraci, piano; Mark Earley, baritone sax; Mario Perrett, tenor sax; Peter Ward, guitar; and Tess Ferraiolo, vocals. The album was produced by Ronnie Earl, recorded and mixed by Huck Bennert and mastered at Sound Mirror Studio by Mark Donahue.

"I titled the album Mercy Me as I was thinking about all the things going on in the world," Ronnie Earl said about his inspiration. "We need to have more mercy for the world, for other people and for ourselves. I love playing the blues, and the session was so enjoyable. The band was focused, and we came together as one."

Ronnie Earl has a unique, beautiful, easily identifiable tone that comes from within and not from a piece of equipment, such as a pedal, which he has never used. Music critic Jim Hynes has called Ronnie, "The John Coltrane of the Guitar;" B.B. King referred to Ronnie as one of his sons; and writer Ron Weinstock said of Ronnie that he "is a master of tonal dynamics, phrasing, and solo construction. Earl builds solos like smoldering coals in a charcoal grill that bursts into flames when fat drips down."

The album's even-dozen tunes include a diverse mix of originals and unique covers of songs from such legends as Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Dave Mason and Percy Mayfield.

 

Side A

1. Dave’s Groove

2. Soul Searching

3. The Sun Shines Brightly

Side B

1. Blues for Duke Robillard

2 Only You Know And I Know

3. A Prayer For Tomorrow

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