Denise La Grassa - A Crossroads Communion

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2026
Time:35:02 
Size:80,6 MB 
Label:Deelagee Records 
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Big Bad Dream - 3:04
 2. These Vain Games - 4:08
 3. Who Will Mourn You - 4:03
 4. Boy the Blues Have Been Blue to Me - 3:43
 5. The Jesus Reel - 2:28
 6. I'll Play the Blues For You - 4:50
 7. Go Down Laughing Good - 3:55
 8. Joyride - 4:19
 9. Go Bad Mouth Yourself - 4:27

A Crossroads Communion is her boldest move yet—a rocking blues statement that honors the past while offering fresh sounds. The album was made possible through an award from the Illinois Arts Council Agency Creative Accelerator Fund. La Grassa handles vocals, organ, and lyrics, while co-writer John Kregor provides the music. Kregor also plays guitar on two tracks, alongside additional guitarists Alvin Santner and Stephen Ryan, who contributes slide guitar on four tracks. The rhythm section features Steven C. Manns on bass and vocals, and Timothy Walker on drums. Special guest Pierre Lacocque of Mississippi Heat plays harmonica on two tracks. The album is produced by Jim Gifford and engineered and mixed by Maxwell Mendeloff at Narwhal Studios in Chicago, Illinois.
The lone cover, “I’ll Play the Blues For You,” written by Jerry Beach and first recorded by Albert King in 1972, is delivered with raw emotion as La Grassa moans, “If you’re down and out, and you feel real hurt, come on over to the place where we live and all your lonliness we’ll try to soothe, I’ll play the blues for you. Don’t be afraid to come on in, you might run across some of your old friends, all your lonliness we gotta soothe, I’ll play the blues for you.”

A Crossroads Communion