Will Wilde – Blues Is Still Alive Review

Released by: Vizztone Label Group

Release Date: Out Now!!!

Genre: Blues

Links: https://www.willharmonicawilde.com/

Tracklist:

Blues Is Still Alive
Wild Man
Don’t Play With Fire
Gypsy Woman
Trouble of That Girl
Stole My Love
Girl’s Got Soul
Learn How to Love
Broken Dream Blues
Don’t Trust Me

As soon as the opening song and titletrack Blues Is Still Alive of the new album of the British singer/songwriter/harmonicaplayer WILL WILDE is blasting through the speakers, it is clear that we are dealing here with a sensational album. Will has got a fantastic -so called picture perfect blues- voice and he plays the harmonica very well, while on this first song on the CD the lead guitarwork is done by heavy blues rock God WALTER TROUT. Anyway, Will comes out of the beautiful area of Brighton in the UK, and he has already released 4 studio albums and 1 live album in the past 15 years. Sadly I have not heard his earlier work, but hopefully I am able to do so soon, because his new album Blues Is Still Alive is a major league heavy blues record that takes the best of everything the Blues genre has brought us the past 100 years.

In fact, he takes the best of GARY MOORE, BB KING, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, WALTER TROUT, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND, LAURENCE JONES, JOE BONAMASSA, MUDDY WATERS, etc. etc., melts it all together and gives it a melodic accessible and memorable approach due to his amazing strong voice and his harmonica playing works as well as a guitar would do. The guitarwork is handled by BOBBY HARRISON, keys by GREG COULSON, STEVE RUSHTON is the drummer and on bass we can find RUSSELL CARR. Furthermore we can also hear some backing singers, of whom we know Will’s sister DANI WILDE, another blues performer we reviewed some time ago. Anyway, there is enough diversity going on here to keep you entertained from start to finish, and thanks to Will’s strong vocal skills and his superb harmonica playing, it’s a joy to listen to both the uptempo rockers such as the fantastic Don’t Play With Fire and Trouble Of That Girl as well as the calmer material like the beautiful Gypsy Woman and Broken Dreams Blues. Will has released a sensational CD that should easily end up high in the yearly best of charts!

Hopefully we will also see him live on stage someday soon, because he deserves a lot of attention in the blues rock world and beyond. Culemburg Blues Festival would make a wise decision to get him on this year’s line up! Meanwhile, check out more information on Will and his whereabouts while checking out his site at: https://www.willharmonicawilde.com/  

Written by: Gabor Kleinbloesem

Ratings: Gabor   9/10

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