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Demanding To Be Next by Preacher Boy
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fave it Folk Blues | Acoustic Blues
13 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Feb 2006
on Coast Road Records
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Acoustic Americana-Blues
Editorial review
Preacher Boy might be a young white boy singing the blues, but think Tom Waits and Captain Beefheart more than Led Zeppelin and Bad Company, and throw in some Townes Van Zandt and Gillian Welch as well. For his fifth album, Preacher Boy (known to his mother by the decidedly less bluesy moniker Christopher Watkins) for the first time performs in a strictly solo and acoustic setting: just his agreeably smoky voice and vintage National slide guitar. Waits and Beefheart come immediately to mind because of Watkins' fearlessness when it comes to bending melodies to suit his own whim, not to mention the husky low register of his singing voice. But he's not really out to warp or subvert the blues, as shown by reverential but idiosyncratic readings of standards like Son House's "Death Letter" and Skip James' "Nehemiah James." Watkins understands that the idea is not to mimic one's influences, but to put them in the service of something new. That "old wine in a new bottle" context makes Demanding to Be Next Preacher Boy's best album yet. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Artist: Preacher Boy
Current Release: "Demanding To Be Next"
Record Label: Coast Road Records
Musical Style: Acoustic Americana-Blues. Preacher Boy performs solo on vintage National Steel Guitar, and other vintage acoustic instruments.
Hometown: Rocky Point, New York
Points of Note: "Demanding To Be Next" is Preacher Boy's fifth album, and his first solo acoustic disc. His previous releases are featured in The Rolling Stone Jazz and Blues Album Guide. He has toured all over the US and Europe as a solo artist, including opening for Grammy-winning multi-platinum artist Eagle-Eye Cherry in 17 countries. Preacher Boy's lyrics and guitar playing can be heard on Eagle-Eye's new album Sub Rosa, as well as on his previous release Living in the Present Future, including the international hit "Long Way Around." Preacher Boy's vocals are also featured on the song "An Area Big Enough To Do It In" by Prophet Omega, from the Queer Eye For The Straight Guy soundtrack on Capitol Records.
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