Breezy Rodio - So Close to It

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2015
Time:66:37 
Size:153,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released
Styles:Blues/Chicago Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer - 4:40
 2. So Close to It - 4:29
 3. Just About to Lose Your Clown (feat. Chris Foreman) - 2:32
 4. Walking With My Baby (feat. Billy Branch) - 4:54
 5. Sneakin' Around - 3:55
 6. Time to Come Back Home - 3:50
 7. Too Lazy - 3:18
 8. Mary - 4:52
 9. The Day I Met You (feat. Carl Weathersby & Joe Barr) - 6:51
10. I Can't Get Enough of You - 2:53
11. Please Accept My Love (feat. Chris Foreman) - 6:04
12. I Win Some More (feat. Lurrie Bell) - 5:11
13. One Broken Heart for Sale (feat. Chris Foreman) - 3:45
14. How Much Can a Poor Man Take - 4:26
15. Evil Hearted Woman - 4:53

By any standard, Breezy Rodio’s blues odyssey has encompassed quite a few  more miles than that of most upandcoming musicians now riding the  competitive Chicago circuit. In 2007 Rodio joined the band of guitarist Linsey Alexander, known as “The Hoochie Man” to his many devoted fans. Breezy soon advanced to a bandleading role with Alexander’s outfit, the guitarist working on his 2010 CD If You Ain’t Got It as well as Linsey’s two acclaimed  Delmark albums, 2012’s Been There Done That and his most recent release in  2014, Come Back Baby. But Rodio found time to do his own thing too, cutting his 2011 debut album Playing My Game Too with a stellar supporting cast that included guest  guitarists Lurrie Bell, Rockin’ Johnny, and Dave Herrero and bassist Bob Stroger along with Alexander and  Guy King. In 2015 Breezy releases his second album, So Close to It. The album obtained very favorable reviews from all corners of the map. It reached the number two spot nationwide in the Chicago Blues category on the Roots Music Report, the number one independent music chart in the world. On So Close To It, Breezy reaffirms his crisp, clean mastery of electric blues  guitar, displaying a keen sense of tradition and proving himself a convincing  vocalist as well. He’s invited another cadre of Chicago’s top blues luminaries to join him, led by harpist extraordinaire Billy Branch, searing guitarist Bell, and  two-fisted pianist Ariyo. Hammond B3 master Chris Foreman is on board too,  along with jazz mainstays Art Davis and Bill Overton on trumpet and saxophone  respectively. He toured Japan three times, playing clubs and festivals, then embarked on several tours of South America, two tours of Europe, plus jaunts to Canada and Mexico.

So Close to It