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BluesMan

In 1975 Ben and Phil and Funky John AKA Inspector Lloyd signed with Fresh Air Records. This track was to be their debut single 'Whenever You're Ready'. 
The original tapes were lost to the mists of time this is a brand-new cover version to mark the 50th Anniversary. The guys are still in touch so, who knows, maybe they will come back for a world tour next year?

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Whenever You're Ready - Blues/Rock

Closely related to "Cross Road Blues " but is not the Robert Johnson classic rather a new, original blues composition by Benny Sutton.
Guitar aficionados, if you want to skip to the good stuff, there are two guitar solos… 
•	@ 1 minute 6 seconds 
•	@ 2 minutes 30 seconds
It's a 16 bar in A - great to jam along to if you too are a guitarist.

Down, Down, Down

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Disclaimer, this track has nothing to do with the Blues original (by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960, also famously performed by the Doors on their debut album).
The term ‘backdoor man’ in a blues context refers to extramarital (and other) affairs conducted by sneaking in the back door whilst the husband’s away - though in a modern context could refer to backdoor virgins. Hey, whatever floats your boat!
There’s a guitar solo that will leave you with a nosebleed at 50 seconds on this one! I had to sit down and have a cuppa after playing it!

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Backdoor Man

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Say My Name

This instrumental track, whilst a 12 bar, is also rooted in the style of smooth jazz blues that Larry Carlton did in the 80’s.
A very clean-tone guitar plays the ‘head’ and follows with a funky lower register solo (1 minute) before moving on to a psychedelic synth solo (2 minutes) and the Cotswold Horns play us out (3 minutes). 
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Steely Jam Blues

This has nothing to do with Born Under a Bad Sign, the famous Albert Lee album or the Cream track of the same name (by Booker T. Jones, William Bell).
This is about a gambler who is such a loser he needs to say bad twice to express his luck!

Born Under A Bad, Bad Sign

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Cold Coffee and Cigarettes is a Blues groove with electric piano and organ. It features two lead guitars on the solo and slips into some harmony guitar parts in places.
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Cold Coffee And Cigarettes

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Bad Girl Blues is a 60’s psychedelic blues complete with sitar and modal melodies. 
The lyric celebrates all those bad girls out there who keep you on your toes by rocking your world!
The anarchic guitar solo (1 minute 20) is very 1960’s, setting up a chromatic synth solo before a reprise.
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Bad Girls

Warning: Restricted content - contains foul language and reference to drug abuse

Cocaine

Good Old Fashioned Rock And Roll

Company Man

A blues played on a GIbson j-45 acoustic guitar in DADGAD tuning using piezo pickup and applying slight ping pong delay
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Gambling Man

16 bar blues in D major featuring slide guitar tuned to open G
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Twelve Steps Blues

Miss Marlene by BluesMan

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I'm different! I play melodies - even when improvising!  
I'm really not interested in impressing other musicians. I'm creating music for everyone.
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ABOUT ME
I play the music I like to listen to. 
As a guitarist I like to think I have my own style.
Harmony, and the groove is what I'm chasing, hopefully with a tasteful, nuanced, and distinctive presentation. 
I don't have a genre as such. I could sort of call myself a smooth Jazz 'n' Blues guitar 'thang' but in reality every track crosses over multiple strands of R&B/Jazz/Funk/Pop. Don't be put off by my use of the "J" word. Jazz to me is anything unpredictable and I'm nothing if not contemporary. 
Rhythm playing is as much a part of my "game" as lead soloing. I love the Funk!
My main instrument is guitar. I play a 1973 Ovation Breadwinner, an Ibanez nylon stringed and a Yamaha keyboard loaded with Keyscape. Unless stated I play all the other instruments too (mostly Bass), and sequence MIDI and arrange/produce. 

MY JOURNEY
I was signed with Fresh Air records and EMI in the 1980's creating Jazz/funk dance tracks but things were just as challenging then as they are now for musicians so I got a 'proper job' for 20 years! During all that time my guitar was in the loft! I rediscovered music in 2010 and Soundcloud in 2014.


MY SOUNDCLOUD
I am grateful to Soundcloud listeners who take the time to press |>Play - and especially if you give me some feedback :-)
I hope what you hear will draw you in sufficiently to explore on my own website. Nearly all my original stuff (6 albums worth) are on www.BennySutton.com and all are downloadable.
Please don't follow me in hope of getting to get an automatic follow back. I don't do that because I only follow the smallest number of people I can keep track of. I'll have a look at your page but will only follow back if you are really of interest to me. See my follow list, you'll discover some very talented artistes, many of whom I have been lucky to Collab. Soundcloud really is the place to find the real innovators these days - not the music industry approved channels, especially MTV!
If you want to get my attention, send me a PM.