| Lynnette Morgan & The Blackwater Valley Boys |
| Lynette and the ‘Boys have been travelling
their music for a few years now to audiences all over the world. Previously
as members of the famous Tennessee Rhythm Riders, Lynette, Phil and
Willy gained the utmost respect for their enthusiastic and authentic
portrayal of the music they so dearly love. Two years after the ‘Riders,
with the addition of Jim, on fiddle and Al Saxby on “Dog House”
Bass, Lynette Morgan & The Blackwater Valley Boys have become
an even more raw and authentic outfit playing their blend of Hillbilly,
Western Swing, Rockabilly and “Ol’ Time Country”
with even more enthusiasm ! Willy and Lynette have become an almost inseperable music partnership. Their song writing has developed to well and truly capture their thoughts, feelings and humours. Their harmonies are their own but they still capture the skill of their hero’s, The Delmore Brothers, The Louvin Brothers and The Maddox Bros & Rose, to name just a few. And what about the way they play ? Lynette’s rhythm playing and Willy’s lead guitar and mandolin licks make you just wan’na move, while their charisma is infectious. You watch them, you listen to them and you laugh with them – you just don’t dare take your eyes off them! Al and Jim just keep it together, just as it should be. Both fiddles have to be played right. Not too much, not too little, just right. Jim’s jumpy little feels get the hairs on the back of your kneck swingin’ in time while Al’s Bass gets your heart beatin’ the right beat ! Phil, well he’s the Steel Guitarist and a damn good one too. With his own style picked out from many great players like Noel Boggs, Jerry Byrd and Bud Duncan, he plays it old with feelin’. And, to keep it cool, all “seven feet one of pure muscle and fun (his words, not mine)” sings too ! Lynette and her ‘Boys certainly know how to do it – no drums, no keyboards, no added power, just played the way they want it, the right way ! And what about The Blackwater Valley ? Easy answer really. Deep in the heart of Southern England, on the Hampshire and Surrey border is some of the most beautiful country this world has to offer. Lynette & The ‘Boys live their. An inspirational home full of any type of music played by al types of people. Rom Bluegrass to Jazz and Hillbilly to Punk, it’s all going on. They are proud of where they come from. They live their, they leave their, they come back – Road Signs and Middle Lines, here we go again !! |
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ETCD3020 - Lynnette Morgan &
The Blackwater Valley Boys - Road Signs & Middle Lines
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| Track Listing
: 1. Road Signs & Middle Lines 2. Hello Baby 3. How Long 4. I Wonder if I Can Lose The Blues 5. South 6. Poor Boy 7. Don’t You Lie To Me |
8. Hungry For Love 9. Woah Boy 10. Love & Leave You 11. I Love You So Much 12. Texas Blues 13. Peach Pickin’ 14. Blackwater Rag |
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Performers on the above tracks are :
Lynette Morgan on vocals and playing Rhythm Guitar, Willy Briggs playing Lead Guitar, Phil Morgan playing Steel Guitar, Al Saxby playing Bass Fiddle, Jim Morrison playing “Sweet” Fiddle and Randy Richter playing piano, except tracks 2, 9 & 13 where Willy Briggs takes the Vocals. On tracks 7 and 10, Lynette and Willy share vocals. On track 6 Phil Morgan sings for you and Randy plays “Cash” Rhythm. On track 10 Phil plays “Cash” Rhythm and on track 11 Randy plays acoustic lead Guitar.
All tracks were recorded and engineered totally live and with no overdubbing by Liam Watson at Toerag Studios, Glyn Road, Hackney, London except track 1, which was recorded with our good friend Boz Boorer at The House of Boz Studios, Hampstead, London.
