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Ras Smaila

Title: True Story

Label: Dixiefrog

Cat No:DFGCD8546
Format:CD

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Although Ras Smaila is steeped in the blues, the influences on his new album "True Story" also draw from Rock, Afro-beat, Funk and Soul. The album features 14 striking new tracks: eleven written by Ras himself, plus a startling version of Jimi Hendrix's "Stone Free", a heartfelt reworking of Robert Johnson's "Cross Road" and a labour of love interpretation of "Zombie" by Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The title-track is inspired by a photo of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X actually shaking hands, also reproduced on the cover.

Ras Smaila released his first album "Black Man's Blues" in France in 1999. In August 2000 he headlined at the "Great British R&B Festival" in Colne, Lancashire; appeared at the Notting Hill Carnival; recorded a live session at BBC Pebble Mill, broadcast in November 2000 on the Paul Jones Blues Programme on BBC Radio 2. All leading to steady sales of the first album (BPCD 003) which continues to sell and is still available from Discovery.

In May, Ras Smaila will headline a nationwide Dixiefrog "World of Blues" tour of France. Then he will be touring Senegal, and is looking to build on his loyal UK following by touring here with his band later this year.

Track Listing for True Story
01. True story
02. Stone free
03. Don't want
04. Zombie
05. Vie boug a lage
06. Old uncle Tom is gone
07. Up rooted
08. See no evil
09. Cross road
10. Tribute to Mama
11. Love unit
12. Funking blues
13. Funky stimulation
14. Nothing else to offer

Reviews

Juke Blues - Short Cut Moodie

Fast, funky guitar, boasts a wonderful horn section and spills over with exuberance.

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