End Times Blues (feat. Gary Myrick)

#60 in The Need To Know Badass Blues Instrumentals Series is the self explanatory, End Times Blues, featuring the ominous "tone for days" of Texas born guitarist, Gary Myrick. Gary started his career replacing Stevie Ray Vaughan in the Austin Texas band, Krackerjack, after Stevie Ray decided to give a solo career a shot. It wasn't long before Gary moved to LA and began his own solo career with Gary Myrick and The Figures. They had several charting albums and a couple of MTV hits (remember those?). And speaking of MTV hits...around this same time, Gary played on the smash John Waite "Missing You" album. In the early 90's, Gary formed Havana 3am with Clash bassist Paul Simonon and continued for several records even after Simonon left and singer Nigel Dixon passed away. By the mid 00's, Gary had become one of the LA Cats, playing with the likes of Big Audio Dynamite, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Steve Jones, Wilson Pickett, Queen Ida, Bonnie Raitt, Todd Rundgren, Brian Wilson and Stevie Wonder to name a few. Gary is currently working on a new Figures album. Here's the link to his GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/new-studio-album-gary-myrick


The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Alvino Bennett (Dave Mason) on drums and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA. A new addition to the team, the Grammy winning and very bearded, Rob Schnapf (Beck, Booker T., Mavis Staples) brings his mad mixing skills to this one. And as always, masterful mastering by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering.