Micki Free – Turquoise Blue (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:47 minutes | 740 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
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Heralded by Carlos Santana and Billy Gibbons, among many others, Grammy-winning blues-rock guitarist Micki Free announces a February 4, 2022, release date for his new album, “Turquoise Blue“, on the Dark Idol Music label, distributed by Burnside Distribution / The Orchard / Sony. Free’s mastery of tone is showcased on the new albums 13 originals, plus a scintillating cover of Jimi Hendrix’s classic “All Along the Watchtower.” The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Ken Riley at Rio Grande Studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Special guests on Turquoise Blue include Gary Clark Jr., Steve Stevens, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Cindy Blackman Santana. Free teases the album’s release with his debut single, “Bye 2020,” on November 12, featuring additional guitar pyrotechnics from long-time Billy Idol six-stringer Steve Stevens.
“I wrote Turquoise Blue over the period of time when Covid first broke out and we were advised to remain at home,” Free recalls. “Interacting with my peers was just not an option. The songs are a direct testament of how I felt during that crazy time. Take my song, ‘Bye 2020;’ it tells exactly how I felt that year, with the dying, the masks, the quarantine, the protests, the fake news, the misinformation…. I just wanted to say, ‘Bye 2020!’ I enlisted my good buddy Steve Stevens from Billy Idol to lay down the first guitar solo and I did the second solo.
“I get my mojo from the classic greats—the masters of blues-rock and even classic rock,” Micki Free declares, “but everything I play comes from my own heart, and with Turquoise Blue, I feel like I’m really getting to the core of what I do in a way I hope people will connect with, because making music is about a connection so strong that it transcends language.”
Tracklist:
01. Micki Free – Bye 2020 (03:28)
02. Micki Free – Judicator Blues (03:43)
03. Micki Free – World on Fire (04:48)
04. Micki Free – Woman (02:51)
05. Micki Free – Low Ridin 420 (03:40)
06. Micki Free – Spring Fever (05:14)
07. Micki Free – Come Home Big Mama (05:06)
08. Micki Free – Invitation Love (04:50)
09. Micki Free – Heavy Mercy (04:21)
10. Micki Free – All Along the Watchtower (03:48)
11. Micki Free – My Big Regret (04:50)
12. Micki Free – Heaven or Heroin (03:27)
13. Micki Free – Ring of Fire (03:44)
14. Micki Free – Blue Memories (05:50)
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