De wegen zijn er slecht, het klimaat is slopend met veel hitte en overstromingen, het zorgstelsel is er bedroevend en de werkeloosheid groot. Al die ellende heeft echter nooit vat gekregen op datgene wat het mooiste is aan Mississippi. De blues, de Deltablues. Een prachtig voorbeeld hiervan is de onlangs door Easy Eye Sounds (Dan Auerbach`s label) uitgebrachte cd met het laatste materiaal van de in 2017 op 85-jarige overleden Leo "Bud" Welch. Al bij de eerste tonen weet je hoe het leven er voor deze man heeft uitgezien en welke tranen er in Mississippi zoal zijn weggeveegd. Schitterende Deltablues ... Verder lezen

NEW LEO BUD WELCH VIDEO PREVIEWS HIS FINAL ALBUM, THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN HAVE DONE SIGNED MY NAME. Dan Auerbach-produced collection, out March 8 on Easy Eye Records, was recorded just prior to Mississippi blues legend’s 2017 death ... Verder lezen

The final effort from legendary bluesman Leo “Bud” Welch, The Angels in Heaven Have Done Signed My Name, is due out March 8, 2019 via Dan Auerbach’s label, Easy Eye Sound. The ten-song posthumous album draws from the 25-30 songs that were recorded at Auerbach’s studio in Nashville with his band The Arcs, and offers a dynamic showcase of Welch’s gifts. “Working with Bud was a true blessing and I’ll never forget it,” Auerbach shares. “Bud taught us the songs that he’d been playing since he was a kid. He was so soulful. When he sang, you listened. And his guitar playing was steady as a rock.” ... Verder lezen

Award-winning feature-length doc by Wolfgang Pfoser-Almer traces the final years of the Mississippi bluesman Leo Bud Welch whose recording career began at age 81; reminds us it’s never too late to live one’s dream ... Verder lezen

Leo “Bud” Welch passed away December 19, 2017 at the age of 85. ... Verder lezen

Leo Bud Welch is a southern bluesman who has been playing blues and making music with his guitar for something over sixty years now. ‘Live at the Iridium’ is an excellent example of genuine old-school blues played by one of the last true, old-generation bluesmen still standing ... Verder lezen

85 year old gospel blues phenom Leo Bud Welch puts on an old fashioned musical revival on this incredible live CD/DVD set recorded at NY's prestigious club The Iridium! ... Verder lezen

Kortom, dit is een album dat omarmt zal worden door bluespuristen en is vooral aanbevolen voor de liefhebbers van Junior Kimbrough en R.L. Burnside ... Verder lezen

Listen now already to a new track from Leo “Bud” Welch’s upcoming album. Garage-rock flavored I Don’t Prefer No Blues features guests Jimbo Mathus and Sharde Thomas. Street date is March 24 ... Verder lezen

82-YEAR-OLD MISSISSIPPI BLUESMAN LEO “BUD” WELCH RAISES SONIC HELL ON HIS RAUCOUS SECOND ALBUM. Garage-rock flavored I Don’t Prefer No Blues features guests Jimbo Mathus and Sharde Thomas, and production by Bruce Watson. Street date is March 24 ... Verder lezen

Leo Bud Welch is an 82-year old Mississippi-based Blues and Gospel musician who released his debut record earlier this year, taking the blues world by storm. After decades of hard work in the cotton fields and the woods, missed opportunities and gigs in local Juke Joints and churches, Leo’s very late international success is a story that needs to be told ... Verder lezen