Big Shanty

Big Shanty - 01/26/07... #1 for 5 weeks .. on .. BLUES CRITIC Chart......16 weeks in the top 10......... Nominated...... "Best Blues Song Of The Year" .....and..... "Best New Artist Debut of the Year" ............................................................ .................................. ............................................................ ............................................................ .......... REVIEW: Big Shanty “ Ride With The Wind” Reviewed By Blues Critic gave it Four Stars(****)........................... Is Big Shanty "the white Jimi Hendrix" with a Neil Young grunge aesthetic? He certainly is on the anti-war diatribe "Killing Fields". A loping drum beat from Scott Robertson, wild guitar by Liz Melendez and Hendrix-like vocals by Shanty. There's even a great video of the song out there in cyberspace. "Ride With The Wind" combines 60s Rock, Delta Blues with funky beats. Adding "alternative beats", often lazily dubbed Hip Hop, was a success for R.L. Burnside & Fat Possom Records, but Shanty's use of funky drumming is fully integrated with the song rather than feeling like a remix. In a sense he's a Bluesier version of Beck (or perhaps the other way around). Just as good is the title cut, featuring Shanty's rapid fire phrasing, squealing guitar and a trancelike rhythm. "Whisky Woman" owes a debt to the Beatles' "Come Together", which ripped a portion of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". The opener, "Know What I'm Saying", uses a Delta Blues riff & Blues harmonica for what is essentially a booty shaker. Despite the eclecticism, Shanty is Blues at heart. "Born Up In Trouble" may be the "Born Under A Bad Sign" of our day. This is truly alternative music. Review by Dylann DeAnna for "Blues Critic". ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................. UK ROCK Magazine wrote.............. . . BIG SHANTY Ride with the Wind (King Mojo) THE continued rise of the blues bopper in clubs seems stuck in the fifties and sixties when DJs seem quite prepared to accept later recordings in jive and rockabilly. Rockin’ blues continues, though, and track one of this self-titled collection from this stout Fender toter entitled Born Up in Trouble sounds ideal dance floor material with its insistent beat. American Big Shanty plays principally slide guitar on 100 per cent originals, some of which have socially aware lyrics that are worth a listen but not a dance. As his name suggests, Big Shanty has a big voice, and no doubt a big personality, but we are almost certain the title is NOT a reference to flatulent bikers. ............................................................ ....................................................Check Out Big Shanty's Video "KILLING FIELDS". . ............................................................ .. .. width="425" height="350" ..