Elvin Bishop
"A good time romp...raucous blues with high-energy soloing, mixtures of careening slide and razoredged bursts, all delivered with unflagging enthusiasm and wit." – ROLLING STONE
On the title track of his new album, "Can’t Even Do Wrong Right," legendary blues guitarist, songwriter and singer Elvin Bishop spins a tale of a not-too-smart criminal getting caught by his own foolish missteps. The shaggy dog story, fueled by Bishop’s down-home delivery and deep blues slide guitar, is an affirmation of the Chicago Sun-Times’ ebullient praise: “It’s impossible not to like Bishop. He’s always singing something lowbrow and uplifting.” With his buoyant and deceptively loose-sounding ensemble behind him, he’s also playing some of the most spirited and distinctive blues slide guitar today.
"Can’t Even Do Wrong Right," with hilariously spot-on cover art by musician/artist Paul Thorn, finds Bishop firing on all cylinders and having fun while doing it. Fueled by his stellar road band, Bishop has created another highlight in a career chock full of them. Five of the songs are Bishop originals, including "Let Your Woman Have Her Way," on which Bishop’s friend Mickey Thomas sings the lead (this is the first time Thomas, the ex-Jefferson Starship singer, has recorded with Bishop since he provided vocals on Bishop’s classic hit "Fooled Around And Fell In Love"). An outstanding instrumental version of Jimmy Reed’s "Honest I Do" harkens back to Elvin’s childhood: this was the very first blues song he heard coming from Nashville’s WLAC, the late night R&B 50,000-watt powerhouse radio station, beaming all the way to his Oklahoma home. In the 1950s in Oklahoma, everything was racially separated except the radio (“They couldn’t segregate the airwaves,” Bishop recalls). With the addition of his GRAMMY® Award-winning pal Charlie Musselwhite on "Old School" and "No More Doggin’," "Can’t Even Do Wrong Right" hits its target at every turn. The album is sure to find a place in the hearts and ears of his many longtime fans, and will open the door to scores of those just joining Elvin’s neverending party.
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