Douglas Avery

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Why do you always document the blues with a camera? That's what Douglas Avery, a well-known fashion, sports and music photographer from Los Angeles, asked himself. Douglas once learned to play the trumpet, was converted to the flute by Ian Anderson, sang in high school bands, developed an affinity for the blues harp, and jammed regularly on the Southern California scene. Now this is Avery's debut album - and I like it. Because first of all there is Avery himself, who sings his lyrics with laconic, tongue-in-cheek equanimity and blows a soulful, never exuberant harmonica. On the other hand, he is accompanied by a squad of seasoned LA blues veterans, above all Franck Goldwasser and Carl Sonny Leland, who know how to spread a wonderfully grooving front porch mood. play tips? "Jelly, Jelly" - an acoustic delta blues with beautiful slide guitar, the solo number "Leaving Trunk", and on the other end of the spectrum the soulful, blown-out "How Long Can This Last?"

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Roadhouse Album Review: Douglas Avery puts a lifetime of creativity into his excellent first album “Take My Rider”

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A few days ago, I realized that I had let another new album that I enjoyed slip through the cracks between the Roadhouse floorboards. Someday I’ll get them fixed.

So, my apologies to Douglas Avery for this delay in writing about his inspired debut album, “Take My Rider.”

Avery seems to be a very talented multitasker, since he has also earned substantial props as a surfer and as a photographer. This first album of finely tuned mostly original blues also shows him to be a creative songwriter and first-rate practitioner of the Mississippi saxophone.

12 Singles from Take My Rider Album in the California Top 50!