When Jason Ricci & New Blood launched Rocket Number 9, their debut release for Eclecto Groove Records, they turned the blues world on their respective ear with a visionary and sonically bombastic recording that created... more » a legion of new fans and spent a total of 7 weeks on the Billboard Blues Charts peaking at #4. Done With The Devil is easily Ricci & New Blood's most ambitious project yet. An album filled with a diverse array of instrumentation that includes chromatic, diatonic, chord and polyphonia harmonicas; tuba, bass harmonica, electric and upright bass; electric, acoustic and dobro guitars; Hammond B-3 and various percussion, plus additional special guests including ace blues guitarist Shawn Kellerman.« less
When Jason Ricci & New Blood launched Rocket Number 9, their debut release for Eclecto Groove Records, they turned the blues world on their respective ear with a visionary and sonically bombastic recording that created a legion of new fans and spent a total of 7 weeks on the Billboard Blues Charts peaking at #4. Done With The Devil is easily Ricci & New Blood's most ambitious project yet. An album filled with a diverse array of instrumentation that includes chromatic, diatonic, chord and polyphonia harmonicas; tuba, bass harmonica, electric and upright bass; electric, acoustic and dobro guitars; Hammond B-3 and various percussion, plus additional special guests including ace blues guitarist Shawn Kellerman.
Explicitly wonderful, but where did the bogus 'Explicit' lab
Wade T. Smith | Cambridge, MA United States | 04/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"We got us a real star here, backed by a solid constellation of players. Jason Ricci is young, too damn young to be playing the way he plays, it seems. On every cut, he's out there ramping up the band. Gorgeous breath work, with a fiery rip up the scale I'm thinkin' Musselwhite smiles at. Real nice album. Terrific swing of tunes, and none of them 'Explicit'. Where the hell did that label come from, Amazon? This is blues around the corner from jazz, off the bus from new orleans, after having passed through Chicago, New York, and parts of that area of town your mother told you to stay away from. Luscious stuff. Might make you blind."
Must Have Must See
K. Doyle | Everett Wa | 08/02/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I just saw Jason in concert at the Mt Baker Blues Festival...He knocked everybodys socks off!
His CD's at the festival sold out so fast I'm having order them now.I always considered myself a gutiar girl but after hearing and seeing Jason play the harmonica I might have to reconsider.So Definitly order the CD and if you ever get a chance to see him live, by all meeans DO IT!"
No reason to miss this brilliant musician's work
Huilin Xu | 06/10/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have heard a couple of songs from this CD in youtube. Jason Ricci's music is really fantastic and experimental. I am gonna buy this CD for myself now and recommend it to all friends."
Jason Ricci and New Blood: Gotta See 'em Live
F. Dower | West Virginia | 10/14/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Hang on to your hat and your hair! Jason and the boys will just blow you away. I've had the great fortune to see them three times in the last few years, and he and the band just keep getting better and better. Until you actually see Jason create this incredible sound with his array of harps, you really can't appreciate his incredible talent. Buy the album and tickets to the next show within 300 miles. You won't regret it."