Greyhound George Band - Get Up And Walk! (2021) [CD Rip]

Greyhound George heard this sentence in the seventies from the blues veteran champion Jack Dupree, who had benevolently observed the first musical attempts of the young Bielefeld blues scene.
Since then, George has studied and interpreted the blues in all its forms and forms, but he has never forgotten this phrase. His own blues translates normal life into music. With all due respect for the old masters of traditional blues, he always allows modern and very unique elements to flow into his music and lyrics.
For many years he has relied primarily on his own material for his concerts and recordings. His guitar playing and not least his songwriting have already earned Greyhound George some recognition in the international blues world. The biggest of these was probably the entry into the finals of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis / Tennessee.
"Get Up And Walk" is a very personal album that could only have been created in 2020/21. An album whose songs tell of lockdown, existential fears, overused relationships and the now-especially-party atmosphere. Musically, the lines between blues, jazz and soul, between Memphis, New Orleans and Bielefeld, are blurred.
"Get Up And Walk" is an album by someone who grew up musically in the seventies. That was a time when a good song intro could be as long as today's single and a track without an extensive guitar or organ solo was not taken seriously. You can hear all of these musical roots, but “Get Up And Walk” is not a retro sound, but a versatile and multi-layered modern blues album.
The band, of which the "Bluesnews" once wrote that they play "so tightly that no sheet of paper fits in between", consists again of the tried and tested rhythm section with Wolfgang Lohmann on bass and Detlev Schütte on drums. In addition, this time Dieter Kozak plays organ and piano. George's long-time colleague Andy Grünert plays the blues harp.
For some titles, the band is reinforced by a three-person wind section, consisting of Jens Buschenlange on trumpet, Matthias Günther on sax and Michael Meyer on trombone.
The next generation of German blues musicians is represented by Bad Temper Joe, who can be heard on two tracks as singer and guitarist.