For his previous album, ‘Released‘, Snowy spent two years working mainly on his own in his home studio; this time around however, he recorded the bulk of the tracks with his tried and trusted pals Kuma Harada (bass), Max Middleton (keys), Juan van Emmerloot, Richard Bailey (both drums) and Walter Latupeirissa (bass). The album runs from the bluesier end to rock and even a tight Latin workout. Whatever the tempo and the groove, Snowy’s distinctive, soulful guitar runs like a golden thread throughout the album, connecting all together and making for a satisfyingand very listenable offering.
In Snowy’s own words: “When I play music with friends that I respect and admire, both as players and as people, either doing live shows or in a recording environment, I feel that I’m exactly where I want to be. I feel at home. It’s been a year or two since I last got together with the musicians who appear on this new album, called, for obvious reasons, ‘Reunited’. We had a great time working together again and I’m very happy with the way they interpreted my ideas, helping me evolve the songs from the simple outlines that I took into the studio into complete pieces of music. So I would like to thank my friends Kuma, Max, Walter, Juan and Richard for adding their good vibes to the sessions. I feel very honoured that my music was transformed and improved by these fine musicians, and I consider myself very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with them once again. Because of them, recording ‘Reunited’ was a lot of fun and has created yet another store of good memories, and, for me, that’s what it’s all about. Music and musicians evolve and change over time, so this album is just snapshot of how it was at that moment in Snowy’s career. Tracks like ‘Have I Got Blues For You’, ‘Headful Of Blues’ and ‘Emptyhanded’ cover the bluesier side of things, whereas ‘Where Will You Belong’ and ‘In California’ are more reflective. ‘Nuff Said’ and ‘I Know Our Time Ain’t Long’ are examples of the more up-tempo and rockier Snowy White. There’s something for everybody, from the weird ‘Long Time No C’ to the tight latin groove of ‘Heard It All Before’. Whatever the tempo and the groove, Snowy’s distinctive soulful guitar runs like a golden thread throughout the album.
Snowy White And The White Flames – Reunited
Label: Snowy White
Release date: 6 October 2017
Tracks
Have I got Blues For You
Headful Of Blues
I’ve Heard It All before
Rest Full
Emptyhanded
I Know Our Time Ain’t Long
In California
‘Nuff Said
Long Time No C
Where Will You Belong
Time To Start Living
Listen to Snowy White & The White Flames – Headful of Blues:
Reunited…
Have I Got Blues For You.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums: Richard Bailey, bass guitar: Kuma Harada,
piano: Max Middleton.
Headful Of Blues.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums/congas: Richard Bailey, bass guitar: Kuma Harada,
piano: Max Middleton.
I’ve Heard It All before.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums/congas/percussion: Richard Bailey, bass guitar: Kuma Harada, Piano: Max Middleton.
Rest Full
Written by: Snowy White.
All instruments: Snowy White, except: congas: Richard Bailey:
Emptyhanded.
Written by: Max Middleton.
Guitars: Snowy White.
Drums: Juan van Emmerloot, bass guitar: Walter Latupeirissa,
piano: Max Middleton
I Know Our Time Ain’t Long.
Written by: Snowy White, Walter Latupeirissa and Jitse Tilman.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums: Jitse Tilman, bass guitar: Walter Latupeirissa,
In California.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums: Richard Bailey, bass guitar: Kuma Harada,
piano: Max Middleton.
’Nuff Said.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums: Juan van Emmerloot, bass guitar: Walter Latupeirissa,
Long Time No C.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars and bass: Snowy White.
Drums: Richard Bailey, outro bass guitar: Kuma Harada, piano: Max Middleton.
Where Will You Belong.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums: Richard Bailey, bass guitar: Kuma Harada,
piano: Max Middleton.
A Time To Start Living.
Written by: Snowy White.
Guitars/vocals: Snowy White.
Drums: Richard Bailey, bass guitar: Kuma Harada, piano: Max Middleton.
All tracks recorded at: Berry House Studios, Ardingly, Sussex, UK except ’I Know Our Time Ain’t Long’ and ’Nuff Said’: recorded at Vanmerloot Music Pro’s, The Netherlands, and ‘Rest Full’, recorded at Whiteflames Studio, UK.
Engineer at Berry House: Curtis Schwartz. Engineer at Vanmerloot Music Pro’s : Juan van Emmerloot, assistant engineer: Jitse Tilmann.
Mixed by Curtis Schwartz at Berry House Studios, June 2017.
Cover photograph by Trini Schultz https://trini-schultz-6fke.squarespace.com
Website Snowy White : http://www.snowywhite.com/
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