#140 in the Need To Know Badass Blues Instrumental Series, Bettie Page's Bangs, features All Them Witches guitarist extraordinaire, Ben McLeod. I first met Ben when he came over to our house in Nashville to buy a Fizzy, one of the custom-made fuzz boxes by my then 8-year-old son, Izzy (employed here by Rich Kirch on the intro guitar figure). Ben sat down in the living room, picked up his guitar, plugged in and at just 16 years old completely blew me away. He had the touch and tone of someone twice his age. And he looked cool too (kind of like a young Joe Perry). Within a few years of that meeting, Ben went on to form All Them Witches, a super stoney, heavy rock outfit, and they began to conquer the world, signing with the German heavy-psych label Elektrohasch Schallplatten and then eventually with New West Records. They are an extremely prolific band, having released 14 albums and a bunch of singles since their inception in 2012. ATW is currently touring the US doing a series of residencies in different major cities including SF, LA, NYC, Denver, and Austin. If you haven't seen or heard them I highly recommend you do. I hope you enjoy this little nod and wink to the stoner rock of my day (Train Kept A-Rollin' anyone?).
The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Andrew Guterman (Rick Estrin) on drums and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA and diabolically mixed and mastered by the Supreme Ruler of Greaseland, Christoffer "Kid" Andersen.
The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Andrew Guterman (Rick Estrin) on drums and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA and diabolically mixed and mastered by the Supreme Ruler of Greaseland, Christoffer "Kid" Andersen.
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