Altered Five Blues Band - Ten Thousand Watts (2019)

The Altered Five Blues Band announces new album, Ten Thousand Watts, out September 6, 2109 via Blind Pig Records. Sure to be a wildly popular album, the Altered Five Blues Band recorded over four days in Nashville, TN, and produced by three-time Grammy winner, Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi.) The 12 tracks stir up a thunderstorm of original, roots-rockin’ music.

A 2018 Blues Music Award nominee, the Altered Five Blues Band makes music with a swaggering stomp of bruising, barrelhouse grit. According to Downbeat magazine, frontman Jeff Taylor “sings powerfully” and “Jeff Schroedl’s live-wire guitar reaches the high bar of mixed invention and fluidity.” Blues Bytes magazine declares the group features “the funkiest rhythm section outside of Memphis.”

The new album arrives on the heels of back-to-back award-winning records. Cryin’ Mercy won “Best Self- Released Album” at the International Blues Challenge in 2015 and Charmed & Dangerous scored Song of the Year at both the Independent Music Awards and Wisconsin Music Awards in 2018. Both albums reached the Top 5 in the iTunes blues store and hit #1 on the Roots Music Report Blues Album Chart. Guitar Worldmagazine called the song “Charmed & Dangerous” a “menacing, swampy blues.”

Jeff Taylor commented, “We couldn’t be more excited about the new record and are honored to have it released by Blind Pig. The Nashville sessions were amazing; this is another major milestone for our band and music.”

The album will be distributed worldwide by The Orchard on CD and digital formats. A pre-order will be available in August along with three singles. Complete track listing and other details to be revealed soon.

Altered Five Blues Band have five studio albums to their name, including Gotta Earn It (2012) and Bluesified (2008), both on Cold Wind Records. The group has performed at many renowned festivals and venues such as: Grolsch Blues Fest (Germany), W.C. Handy Blues Fest (Kentucky), Ann Arbor Blues Fest, King Biscuit Blues Fest, Baltic Blues Fest (Germany), Milwaukee Summerfest, Magic City Blues Fest (Montana), Fargo Blues Fest, B.B. King’s Blues Club (Memphis), Buddy Guy’s Legends (Chicago), and several appearances on local television. They will also return to Europe in the Fall of 2019 for shows in Switzerland.



Track List:
01. Right on, Right On
02. Too Mad to Make Up
03. Ten Thousand Watts
04. Mischief Man
05. Great Minds Drink Alike
06. Don’t Rock My Blues
07. Sweet Marie
08. Dollars & Demons
09. I Hate to Leave You (with a 6-Pack in the Fridge)
10. Let Me Do the Wrong Thing
11. Half of Nothing
12. Let Me Be Gone

JEFF TAYLOR Lead Vocals
JEFF SCHROEDL Guitar
MARK SOLVESON Bass
RAYMOND TEVICH Keyboards​
ALAN ARBER Drums

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