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#38 in Roots Music Report's "Top 200 Blues Albums of 2024"
Step back in time as the fellas fill the Juke Joint Chapel with their rendition of the haunting blues classic: How Long, How Long Blues. Originally recorded June 19, 1928 by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell in an Indianapolis hotel room, the song quickly became a million seller. Since then, it has been performed and recorded again and again by: BB King, Eric Clapton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lead Belly, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker and many others.
What’s life truly like for road warriors who motor the byways, piloting 18-wheel wagon trains across endless miles? Soul on the Road gives you a glimpse inside the windshield world of one such driver and his wearying companion – the unrelenting pavement. Buckle up as co-writers and performers Chris Wyze & Cary Hudson take you inside the Juke Joint Chapel and then onto the road for this unforgettable journey.
“Hard Work Don’t Pay,” the official music video, invites fans into the Juke Joint Chapel at the legendary Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Wyze & the Tellers crank it up with a deep dive into one of mankind’s familiar tales of woe – the sudden realization that “dang-it... hard work don’t pay!”
“Stuck in the Mud," the official music video, transports blues lovers to the legendary Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale, Mississippi, carrying them into the very heart of the Blues. This iconic location, steeped in musical history and culture, provides the perfect sensory backdrop for the band's blues swamper “Stuck in the Mud."
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