Nature of the Beast by Curtis Paul Campbell

This album was recorded "Live" at Red Rooster Studios in Berkeley, California and is one of the finest improvisational crossover albums ever recorded. A breakout session of words and music, this recording is unlike any other, literally breaking down all of the barriers between Jazz, Blues and R & B. "These guys are so good they can take whatever it is your humming and turn it into a piece of art". This album is for true music listeners. It's for people who can pick apart the instruments and recognize what's being played on a recording. Bringing together the best producer (mixing engineer Larold Rebhun and the best mastering engineer possible (John Cuniberti) this album was mixed, remixed and mastered at the Plant Studios in Sausalito, California and at Glenwood Studios in Burbank, California. This album is considered a work of art. Seeing is believing. The Eclectic Beast Band is coming to a venue near you. Live in Concert Curt Campbell "brings it". His 12 Piece band is the real deal.

BIOGRAPHY

In 1976 while watching a USO Concert, in Subic Bay, the Philippines, Curt Campbell reached up into the air and caught a Marine Band Harmonica that was thrown off the stage, by the lead singer of the band. Having made a feeble attempt at playing the newfound instrument, Curt soon forgot about it. In 1990 having returned to the Philippines with his SEAL Platoon, Curt tells this story: "After coming in from the field, I was consolidating some special operations gear from one bag to the next, when much to my surprise the Harmonica fell out of a medical kit, where it had lodged itself, laying hidden for 14 years. Looking at the Harmonica in the palm of my hand I realized that this was an omen and that it was in my destiny to learn how to play". "I really taught myself to play the Blues. When I first started to play I didn't understand the dynamics of playing a Harmonica, nor did I read music. I discovered that I was naturally playing across the grain of the music, which is the nature of the Blues. Once I learned how to play I felt a deep connection in my soul like I had been playing all along. I was sure that I had played in a pre-existent state, or in a past life, as it made my spirit soar. I seemed to play the best when I was down and of course that's the spirit of the blues. One day I realized I couldn't get much better. I had hit a plateau. I figured that I was as good as I was going to get. I had written a lot of songs running down the beaches of Coronado, California, Tangalle, Sri Lanka and on the Island of Guam and I knew that it was time. I hired the best players in the San Francisco Bay Area and well rehearsed I went into Red Rooster Studios to record. This recording is what I'm about and It's what I'm giving back to the Universe. Curt is a retired Navy SEAL living in Long Beach, California. Fluent in Spanish he has recorded with members from Rueben Blades Band in Panama, and would like to take "The Eclectic Beast Band" on the road to places like Cuba, Northern Europe and the Middle East.

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