Fred Hostetler - Blues Back Pages

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2025
Time: 46:05 
Size: 106,2 MB 
Label: Self-Released
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Hey Corporate Vandals - 3:22
 2. Your Mind Is on Vacation - 4:14
 3. Taming the Wolf - 7:12
 4. Deep Deep Well - 5:05
 5. Orphan Blues - 3:08
 6. Shelter from the Storm - 4:00
 7. Ain’t No Sunshine - 3:24
 8. What’s Ahead and What’s Behind - 3:53
 9. Rain on My Window Pane - 4:12
10. New Man - 4:00
11. You Found Me - 3:31

Fred Hostetler kicks off 2025 with the new single ‘Your Mind Is On Vacation’. The classic Mose Allison tune gets a fresh but simple blues-rock arrangement and the lyric “Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime” resonates in this present era ofmindless chatter. “Your Mind Is On Vacation’ Release Date: Thursday, March 13 on Mukthiland Records.    Using additional lyrics including “talking trash,” Hostetler furtherdescribes the displeasure with this type of individual before breaking out of the song entirely and into the comfort of good time rockin’ blues, a la his former band, Blue By Nature. The artist turned to northern Indiana musician friends from his youth, Tim Heist onharmonica and Eric Troyer on piano, to create a band feel that would include their bluesroots. This single will be included on Hostetler’s forthcoming album ‘Blues Back Pages’ scheduledfor release April 2025.   “When I accidentally came across the blues song ‘Your Mind Is On Vacation’ (and your mouth is working overtime) on YouTube, I knew it was important to do my own rendition,” says Hostetler. “I immediately heard it in a different way, a fresh approach using multiple blues genres and finally spinning off into a groove reminiscent of Blue By Nature and a relief from the ‘yakety yak’. So, there you go. Something a little bit different to enjoy. It’s a song that is perhaps a sign of the times, about someone who values himself above all others. An interesting side note is that many in the blues community attribute the title to a phrase first used by legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy.

Blues Back Pages