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John Clifton’s rst solo album, Let Yourself Go, is packed with fresh blues and blues-hybrid music that will delight his loyal fans as well as new converts in the States and around the world. Here the Californian follows his own creative route while making strong connections with the classic Chicago and West Coast blues styles, and also referencing 1950s r&b, rockabilly and other honest-sounding strains of early rock ’n’ roll. Fresno-based Clifton--a condent singer, a world-class harmonica player, ARTIST: John Clifton perceptive songwriter and a meticulous album producer--gets down to TITLE: Let Yourself Go business on a strong program of original songs and carefully chosen FORMAT: CD covers. Joining Clifton and his regular sidekicks—guitarist Scott Abeyta LABEL: Rip Cat Records and drummer John Shafer—is a simpatico group of other stellar musicians, RELEASE DATE: October 186, 2015 including special guests Rusty Zinn, Kid Ramos, Roger Perry and his brother Bill Clifton on soulful, expertly played guitars and Bob Welsh on CATALOG NUMBER: RIC 1502 rollicking piano. UPC NUMBER: 888295314565 Once a founding member and mainstay of Central Valley California’s TRACK LISTING popular MoFo Party Band, Clifton knows that his passionate music travels 1) Let Yourself Go (3:01) well. He has toured Europe many times since 1989, just recently (in late 2015) showing up with his crackerjack band at top festivals and venues in 2) The Gamble (2:27) Poland and Denmark. Not only a favorite of European audiences, Clifton 3) Beer Joint (4:19) has performed as far aeld as blues outposts Mexico, New Zealand and the 4) Would You Understand (3:19) Fiji Islands. 5) Big John (3:16) On the new album, Clifton’s compelling music nds its essence in time- 6) Anytime Is Cool (3:20) traveling-explorations into the rich blues, r&b, soul and rockabilly of 7) Dig Yourself (2:30) several decades ago. For example, his thrilling Chicago and West Coast 8) Have Your Way Baby (2:05) harmonica stylings, along with a 1960s r&b vibe, inform the title track, from 9) Buddy Buddy Friends (1:57) the soundtrack of the 1968 Elvis Presley movie Speedway. “Beer Joint” may 10) Garbage Day (5:16) be his self-penned homage to Chicago blues instrumentals of the glory 11) Tell Me Baby (3:49) days yet the creative impulses pushing his outstanding harmonica and 12) Every Time You Come Around guitar solos by Abeyta and his brother Bill Clifton are of the present with nary a trace of musty nostalgia. Similarly, Clifton and company update (3:27) Titus Turner’s 1960s bluesy rhumba “Big John from Mississippi” with a 13) Big Man In A Little Town (2:18) sparkling newfound pleasure that extends to their treatment of soul-rocker MUSICIANS: “Dig Yourself,” a 1962 r&b hit for Les Cooper, and on to other album tracks. Indeed, Clifton’s expressive abilities as a lead singer and harmonica player John Clifton: Vocals, Harmonica are impressive. It’s obvious why he has held his own onstage in the fast Guitars: Rusty Zinn, Bob Welsh, Kid company of Lazy Lester, Billy Boy Arnold, James Cotton and other notables. Ramos, Roger Perry, Scott Abeyta, It’s clear, too, that his gifts as a rst-rate global bluesman are well displayed Bill Clifton throughout Let Yourself Go. Bass: Mike Turturro, Jake Finney, Matt Moulton Drums: Marty Dotson, John Shafer For more about John, and to check for a Piano & Organ: Barktek Szopinsky, show in your area, please visit Bob Welsh Background Vocals: Mystique Available on: iTunes, Amazon.com Steward, Mike Miller, Ed Burke, Alex and ne recordstores near you. Ayala, Debbi Ruud, Roger Perry Distributed by: City Hall Reords Rip Cat Contact Info: Scott Abeyta / phone (714) 423-5525 / email [email protected] .

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