Valle de la Luna (feat. Jeff Coffin)

#64 in The Need To Know Badass Blues Instrumentals Series, Valle de la Luna, features the virtuosic saxisms of Jeff Coffin. A three time Grammy winner as a member of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones and a member of The Dave Matthews Band since the passing of LeRoi Moore, Jeff is a musical overachiever. He's a North Texas grad, an NEA grant recipient and a student of the great Joe Lovano. In his "spare" time he leads his own band, the always interesting, Mu'Tet, and is on the faculty of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. Enjoy the ride!

The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Alvino Bennett (Dave Mason, Stevie Wonder) on drums and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA. Mixed by the Grammy winning Godfather of Grunge, Jack Endino (Nirvana, Nando Reis) and as always, masterfully mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering. 

Blues Supreme (feat. Dennis Jones)

#63 in The Need To Know Badass Blues Instrumentals Series, Blues Supreme, is a kneeling at the alter of sonic reverence featuring the searing guitar playing of Dennis Jones. Originally from Baltimore, now residing in Los Angeles, Dennis proudly lists his influences as Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix & Billy F Gibbons. And this is probably why I felt an immediate kinship with Dennis as he sat in the studio tearing this track up. Dennis lived and played in Europe as a teenager, did a stint with the BusBoys in the early 00's and won the International Blues Competition, Memphis, 2004, as part of the Zac Harmon Band (another of our featured artists yet to be released). Since then Dennis has released 6 albums and continues to tour the world with his trio, the Dennis Jones Band. Let your freak flag fly and enjoy!

The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Alvino Bennett (Dave Mason, Stevie Wonder) on drums and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA. Mixed by the Grammy winning Godfather of Grunge, Jack Endino (Nirvana, Nando Reis) and as always, masterfully mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering.