The Frank Ace Blues Band - Get On Line, Baby (2000)
The Frank Ace Blues Band - Get On Line, Baby (2000)
MP3 320 kbps | 51 min 26 sec | 115.51 Mb
Label: Chueffa Records | Genre: Modern electric blues
When Frank Ace plays the blues on his guitar, it is a rich sound that is smooth and demonstrates his mastery of a technique that has become his recognizable signature. Catching the beat from Kenny Burrell's jazz, and Chet Atkins' country/western. As a child, Frank learned to play country/western under the unlikely tutoring of rodeo cowboys who came to his stepfather's boots and saddle shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He developed his love for the blues when he later lived with his grandparents. "Back then, my grandmother defined the blues for me, and I've never forgotten it," says the Arizona native. "You didn't have to have the words. Blues is a feeling; it comes from way down inside." When he attended Phoenix Union High School, he was making big bucks for a 17-year-old.the legendary James Brown, Ace creates hard, vigorous sustaining notes that magically flow into resonant bright hues. Brown's rendition of Sex Machine in the sixties influenced Ace's style and gave it a startling quality with unexpected twists and turns. Frank also developed a cachet all his own from the powerful input of the late Freddy King's blues,
Tracks:
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01. Get On Line, Baby
02. Be There For You
03. I've Got Love (I Ain't Got No Money)
04. I Gotta Wake Up
05. Turn Your Love Around
06. J.B. Red
07. Bury The Bone
08. 3 O'Clock Blues
09. Sick & Tired
10. Be There For You (Bonus Track)
11. Get On Line, Baby (Bonus Track)
Personnel:
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Frank Ace (vocals, guitar)
Bobby Smith (sax)
Greg Miller (drums)
Rodney Cunningham (bass guitar)
Mr Howard Collings (piano, harmoni