Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

  • 流派:Blues 蓝调
  • 语种:英语
  • 发行时间:2014-02-24
  • 类型:录音室专辑

简介

'Unfinished Business' is the hotly anticipated new album by blues guitarist, Mick Simpson, and the follow up to his successful albums 'Hard Road' and 'Cruel World'. Mick returns with 14 tracks of soaring blues guitar, driving rock anthems, upbeat country blues and melodic rock. Includes a diverse range of blues and rock styles Influenced by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson, BB King and Mark Knopfler. In the early 1980's Mick worked as a session guitarist and was spotted by Elkie Brooks who asked him to tour in her band. BBC Radio One's Tommy Vance spoke to Mick backstage after a gig and as a result he played some of Mick's Instrumental tracks on his ‘Friday Night Rock Show’. In the mid 1990's Mick worked with John Parr of 'St Elmo's Fire' fame, featuring on his album 'Man With A Vision'. A number of tracks from the album have featured on smash hit films, such as 'Running Man' with Arnold Schwarzenegger and 'Three Men And A Baby' with Tom Selleck. Mick then toured with ex Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's 'Rhythm Kings' and in 2004 his original track 'A Father's Son' won the International Songwriters Award sponsored by the Brits Trust. The track received major TV and radio airplay along with Mick's song 'Looking Through My Eyes' which was released to raise money and awareness of Autism. In June 2005 Mick guested at the 80th birthday of blues legend BB King at his blues bar in New York. He has also played alongside other guitar heroes such as Gary Moore and Snowy White. In 2010 Mick released his long awaited debut solo album ‘Hard Road’ on the Mad Ears Productions label. The album received support from Paul Jones (BBC Radio 2), and was play listed on the U.S. Blues Radio Network. One of the tracks from the album, ‘Sometimes I Get So Lonely’, was nominated for best original song at the 2011 British Blues Awards (The Kevin Thorpe Memorial Award).

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