New Project: Roosevelt and Ira Lee, with Preacher Boy - August 17, 2007
I recently launched a new project with Preacher Boy called Roosevelt and Ira Lee. We have some live recordings, new photos by Amy Marinelli, and additional information up on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/rooseveltandiralee
Stop by and have a listen. Here's an intro....
Much like the two characters they've borrowed from the swamps of Tony Joe White's funky imagination for their own musical moniker, Preach and Will were "ponderin' on what they gonna do" one night, when they stumbled smack dab into the idea for Roosevelt & Ira Lee. Two voices, two guitars, two songwriters, one sound. One deep, rough, wild, swampy sound, drawing on two lifetimes worth of immersion in Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues, Chicago Blues, Roots & Blues, Soul Blues, Jazz Blues, Bluegrass, and all the good and groovy sounding things brewed up in the holy mojo night of Blues America.
This is Roosevelt & Ira Lee, the musical offspring of Christopher "Preacher Boy" Watkins and Will Scott, two singer-songwriter musicianers whose roots run deep, and are deeply intertwined. Between them they’ve released 6 albums, 2 EPs, received 1 Gold Record, played in 17 countries around the world and in nearly every state in the U.S. They have garnered critical acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, Blues Revue, The New York Press, Sing Out!, Mojo, Melody Maker, Blues Access, and more. Their songs, both together and independently, have been featured in multiple films, on many compilations, and have been covered by numerous other artists.
If you like your Blues to sound like a mash of Tony Joe White, Captain Beefheart, Son House, Johnny Shines, Tom Waits, Chris Whitley, Bukka White, Junior Kimbrough, Dave Van Ronk, Kelly Joe Phelps, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Dr. John, John Hammond, Howlin' Wolf, R.L. Burnside, Bob Dylan, The Band, Wilson Picket, Otis Redding, Townes Van Zandt, Taj Mahal, Robert Pete Williams, Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, and Charley Patton, then turn up the heat on the pot-still and prepare to get your ears sloppy drunk on a bonded bottle of Roosevelt & Ira Lee.
Stop by and have a listen. Here's an intro....
Much like the two characters they've borrowed from the swamps of Tony Joe White's funky imagination for their own musical moniker, Preach and Will were "ponderin' on what they gonna do" one night, when they stumbled smack dab into the idea for Roosevelt & Ira Lee. Two voices, two guitars, two songwriters, one sound. One deep, rough, wild, swampy sound, drawing on two lifetimes worth of immersion in Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk Blues, Chicago Blues, Roots & Blues, Soul Blues, Jazz Blues, Bluegrass, and all the good and groovy sounding things brewed up in the holy mojo night of Blues America.
This is Roosevelt & Ira Lee, the musical offspring of Christopher "Preacher Boy" Watkins and Will Scott, two singer-songwriter musicianers whose roots run deep, and are deeply intertwined. Between them they’ve released 6 albums, 2 EPs, received 1 Gold Record, played in 17 countries around the world and in nearly every state in the U.S. They have garnered critical acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, Blues Revue, The New York Press, Sing Out!, Mojo, Melody Maker, Blues Access, and more. Their songs, both together and independently, have been featured in multiple films, on many compilations, and have been covered by numerous other artists.
If you like your Blues to sound like a mash of Tony Joe White, Captain Beefheart, Son House, Johnny Shines, Tom Waits, Chris Whitley, Bukka White, Junior Kimbrough, Dave Van Ronk, Kelly Joe Phelps, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Dr. John, John Hammond, Howlin' Wolf, R.L. Burnside, Bob Dylan, The Band, Wilson Picket, Otis Redding, Townes Van Zandt, Taj Mahal, Robert Pete Williams, Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, and Charley Patton, then turn up the heat on the pot-still and prepare to get your ears sloppy drunk on a bonded bottle of Roosevelt & Ira Lee.
