Crazy Kind of Life

Descrizione Il forte seguito dell'acclamato "Fire It Up", "Crazy Kind Of Life" del 2001 stabilisce inoltre Bill Perry come uno dei più forti praticanti del blues rock urbano e dai bordi rigidi. Richie Havens, collaboratore di lunga data di Bill, è presente su una grande copertina di "No Expectations" dei Rolling Stones L'artista Bill Perry ranks among the best of a new generation of blues performers. He's a stunning guitar master, or, as Guitar One put it, a "six-string superman more powerful than a locomotive." He's also an intense, highly expressive singer and a superb songwriter. His music reflects his New York City sensibility - passionate and somewhat menacing. Born and raised in the Hudson River town of Chester, New York, Bill was presented his first guitar at the age of five. "Right away," he says, "I could play the theme from 'Batman.'" Like Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, Perry's parental heritage is half Afro-American and half American Indian, and he grew up in a household surrounded by gospel and blues music. "My father used to listen to Jimmy Smith and B.B. King, and my grandmother played organ in church, so I was always around this kind of music." Eventually Bill gravitated to the rock sounds of the 60's. His favorite guitarists were Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, and Johnny Winter. It was his discovery of their sources of inspiration that led him back to the blues. Perry took his cues from Albert Collins, B.B. King, and his personal favorite, Freddie King. To this day, when Bill is not gigging or in the studio, he listens to Freddie King. "I love traditional blues and I listen to it at home a lot. But to play the really classic old blues stuff wouldn't be natural for me, because I don't come from that. I liked Johnny Winter and Eric Clapton because they turned blues around in their own way and made it popular. That's what I'm trying to do." Although Perry's guitar style is influenced by his early favorites, he has always sought to develop his own technique, which combines effortless fluidity and incredible attack. "Albert Collins was one of the best of the contemporary blues players who had this really distinctive style. You'd know within three notes, 'Oh, that's Albert Collins.' I think it's the right thing to do, to do something different with the blues, to keep the music evolving." As for Bill's voice, a distinctive, deep rasp full of grit and gravel, it is particularly suited to the blues, convincingly conveying the drama and emotion that are so essential to the music. As the Atlantic City Press put it, "Perry's voice sounds like it's been soaked in the smoke and whiskey of a thousand taprooms." He puts considerable effort into his phrasing of lyrics and also has the rather unique ability to sing while playing guitar solos.

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