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Unapologetically rooted in the British Blues-Rock boom of the late 60's and 70s, steeped in the tradition of Leslie West's Mountain, The Jeff Beck Group and early Led Zeppelin, Blues Karloff explore the outer reaches of the sounds that shaped this musical era. Their blistering interpretations of Blues anthems introduce a distinctive contemporary flavor to the genre. On their debut album "Ready For Judgement Day," which was released in October 2014, the band saluted some of the Blues legends that every member of Blues Karloff had been listening to since childhood. The album featured songs by Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters; vintage Blues gems revisited, like the British Blues-Rock greats such as The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things, Savoy Brown, John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac did back in the sixties and seventies. The album was all about the influences; Black and White, British and American, that shaped the musical tastes of the band members in their youth. Blues Karloff then road-tested material for their second album, which they started recording in February, and finished early September 2015. The band again revisited and remodeled both classic and lesser-known tracks by the likes of Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Bobby Womack, and Tom Hambridge (who has been referred to as "The White Willie Dixon" by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Buddy Guy). They also recorded their version of "Looking Tired" a great Jagger-Richards Blues number which the Rolling Stones originally recorded in 1965 during the sessions for the "Out of Our Heads" album at RCA Studios in Hollywood, but which until today remains officially unreleased. The remainder of the tracks on "Light And Shade" are songs written by various members of the band themselves, sensing the need to gradually carve out their own identity as well as demonstrating their developing skills as tunesmiths.

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Sales Points

• For fans of Led Zeppelin, Mountain, Jeff Beck Group, Cactus, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds

Press Quotes

An entertaining and brightly produced selection that offers takes of familiar classics. Just the ticket if frenzied Blues is required.

     —Gareth Hays , R2 Magazine

It starts off at a pace that would have you gasping for breath and I found them so reminiscent of the Sensational Alex Harvey band that I couldn't get the image out of my head. The whole album is a winner.

     —Tom Walker, Blues Matters Magazine

This is some powerful stuff - a fine new find! Alfie Falckenbach on vocals reminds me of Alex Harvey on keeping his voice on the edge of insanity but still delivering. Shorty Van Camp is a powerful guitarist who never tries to outshine the songs.

     —Andy Snipper, Music News