NEW VIDEOS OF DEVIL DOWN ARTISTS
Kenny Brown at the 2011 North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic
TURCHI in preparation for their Summer 2012 "Keep on Drinking" Tour:
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Two hit-singles: "Be Alright" and "Dr. Recommended (Satisfaction Guaranteed) featuring Luther Dickinson (NM Allstars)
Dr. Recommended (Satisfaction Guaranteed) by DevilDownRecords
Be Alright by DevilDownRecords
"The spiritual flame passed from Fred McDowell to RL Burnside to Kenny Brown now lights up the guitar band of Turchi. With an assist from likewise rowdy North Mississippi Allstar Luther Dickinson, the crunch and slide of the blues trio assures that the kudzu boogie will long continue." --Dennis Rozanski, (Blues Rag)
“...Then comes Turchi with another representation of the northern Mississippi sound... In "Do for You," an up-tempo toe-tapper, Turchi's vocals are reminiscent of Bob Dylan. Yes, I know. I'm not supposed to compare anyone to Bob Dylan, but it's not just the sound, it's also the storytelling quality that brings Bob Dylan to mind. ... In an interesting twist in the next song, Turchi sounds a lot like a young Mick Jagger. In fact, this song sounds a lot like what The Rolling Stones did in the early days… With songs that range from classic blues and slow burners ("Don't Let the Devil Ride") to up-tempo gems "Keep on Drinking", this album has everything a blues fan could want. ” --Gary Schwind - Examiner
“Turchi has done a masterful job of presenting his own music... I highly recommend this recording to anyone who likes the pure blues in an unadulterated form done by modern musicians.”
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PREVIOUS RELEASES
Little Joe Ayers, "Backatchya"
Don't Leave Me Baby by DevilDownRecords
"Ayers does a remarkable job transferring the hypnotic and danceable elements of this predominantly electric blues style to his acoustic guitar and stomping foot...Backatchya reminds us that this is dance music and not a museum piece." --Performer Magazine
"Ayers effectively evokes Kimbrough’s stark, hypnotic style on such selections as Don’t Leave Me Baby, I’m Sorry and Anywhere I Go as well as covering his mentor’s Do the Romp and Keep Your Hands off Her. Covers of Howlin’ Wolf’s I Asked for Water and 44 fit the program nicely, as do Ayers’ interpretations of Muddy Waters on Two Trains Running, John Lee Hooker on Got My Eyes on You and Junior Parker on Feel Alright...Ayers is still young enough—he was born in Lamar, Mississippi in 1944—to be a powerful performer, making this is one of those releases that begs the question why it took so long for someone to make his first recording. Let’s hope it won’t be his last." --Living Blues
""Don't Leave Me Baby," "I'm Sorry," "40 Train," "Keep Your Hands Off Her," "Two Trains Running," ".44," and "I Asked for Water" are just a handful of the songs on Backatchya's tracklisting. It is a truly great the whole way through, though. And it is a must have for any country blues enthusiast. After all, Little Joe Ayers is the real deal. He is the blues....I have to admit that I appreciate Devil Down Records' efforts in releasing such material, especially since labels like Fat Possum, who almost singlehandly popularized Hill Country blues among the newer generations, are no longer concerning themselves with the blues in any way at all. Personally, I can't wait to see what comes next from Devil Down. " --The Examiner
Kenny Brown, "Can't Stay Long"
06 Gotta Boogie by DevilDownRecords
"Without a doubt, this is one for any discerning blues enthusiast's collection, with such great songs as "Ms. Maybelle," "Walkin' Blues," "Skinny Woman," "Alice Mae," "Jesus on the Mainline," "When You Got a Good Friend," "Prodigal Son," and "Leavin' Town."
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"Can't Stay Long is the first album to really deliver Mr. Brown's live thing intact. It stands as both Kenny Brown/ North Mississippi Hill country Blues compendium and companion. Maybe Kenny can't stay long but this album will." --Deep Blues
Various Artists, "North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Vol. II"
05 Big Mama's Door by DevilDownRecords
"Chapel Hill-based Devil Down Records has thrown down the gauntlet again, challenging audiences to take a bite out of North Mississippi blues and daring them to see if that blues won’t bite back. The compilation from last year’s Hill Country Picnic in Potts Camp, MS., has a smattering of this and a hefty helping of that — some boogie-woogie here, some hill stomping there, almost equal parts white and black. On the whole it’s electric and loud, though with one quiet, acoustic exception. Among all this diversity there is at least one unifying theme, and that is that all songs and artists show the indelible mark of the Mississippi hills." --The Daily Tarheel
"...All in all, perfect picnic music: fire up the grill, grab a beer, crank it up." --Comment from CDBaby
North Mississippi Allstars Duo, "Live in the Hills"
09 My Babe- Station Blues- Glory, Glory by DevilDownRecords
"This is a damn fine live recording, spotlighting the brothers Dickinson’s talents, Luther’s booming, bluesy vocals, bad-ass guitar playing and Cody’s booming drumming...you will want to add this gem to your collection." --Atlanta Examiner
Mississippi Fred McDowell, "Come and Found You Gone"
15 Come And Found You Gone by DevilDownRecords
"It is, above all, an evocation of a humble night in which listeners are invited to participate in an integral and enriching grasp of the Blues. We get all of the fundamental ingredients: the pain, the fear, the anguish; alternatively all the fun, humor, and abandon to be found in the Blues. This record is a friendly and highly respectful homage to a person whose status resides in a pantheon reserved for only the finest and most revered Blues artists of all time." --Boogie Woogie Flu
"18 tracks, 55 minutes. Essential. It would be simple enough to summarize the importance of this disc by saying discoveries of this nature just don’t come along very often, but that would hardly do justice to the shimmering beauty and down-home brilliance of Mississippi Fred McDowell’s music, nor would it carry anywhere near the superlatives due this amazing document." --Big Road Blues