This is a pre-sale for the colored (clear vinyl) version of the record. There will be only 300 clear ones. The official release date of this record is October 14, 2022. If things work out as planned you will even receive the record a little earlier.
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Here's the story behind the record: It’s early 2021 and venues and clubs are closed due to restrictions from the Covid pandemic. Belgian blues rock band Boogie Beasts is looking for alternatives to celebrate their 10 year anniversary. On March 6 they are live on Facebook from Studio Jupiter, where they recorded their second and third album but also owned by their sound engineer Koenraad Foesters. During the entire livestream, Boogie Beasts honor their roots and biggest influence: the Blues.
It resulted in an intense and energetic set of 11 covers that were received with great enthusiasm. The feedback was so enthusiastic that the idea arose to release this live session as an album. This fall, it will be physically released by JukeJoint500 (CD & vinyl). The name of this fourth Boogie Beasts album: Blues From Jupiter.
As you can see on the tracklisting the band choose a nice variety of relatively unknowns like Sleepy John Estes, Big Boy Crudup and Joe Callicott, some great Mississippi based cult bluesmen like RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and Robert Belfour as well as the classics – Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf and Bo Diddley.
Tracklisting
SIDE A
1. Still A Fool 4:50
McKinley Morganfield
2. Someday Baby Blues 4:30
John Adam Estes
3. France Chance 3:41
Joe Callicott
4. Pushing My Luck 3:51
Robert Belfour
5. Boogie Chillun 7:37
John Lee Hooker
SIDE B
6. Who'll Be Next 2:45
Chester Arthur Burnett
7. Grinnin' In Your Face 3:14
Eddie James House Jr.
8. Long Haired Doney 3:42
Robert Lee Burnside
9. Work Me 4:38
David Kimbrough
10. You Don't Love Me 3:41
Ellas McDaniel
11. No More Lovers 2:51
Arthur William Crudup
Today, March 21, 2002 will see the release of the lead single. The band chose 'Grinnin' In Your Face', a captivating song by legendary blues man Son House. Whereas House originally sang it a cappella and accompanied himself by clapping his hands, Boogie Beasts gave it a personal twist and added a deep groove to it. ‘Grinnin’ In Your Face’ is also the first single sung by Patrick Louis, who joined the band in December 2019.
The timing of this release is not a coincidence. Not only did Eddie James ‘Son’ House Jr. have a major influence on blues artists like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters; rock artist Jack White is also a fan. He loves House's raw slide guitar playing and hypnotic vocals, and covered his song ‘Death Letter Blues’ with The White Stripes. On top of that, last Friday, Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys released via his own label Easy Eye Sound the posthumous album ‘Forever On My Mind’, containing never-before-released recordings by House.
Today, March 21, Son House would have been 120 years old. The perfect day to release this tribute to the man…
