Fans of jump, swing and boogie, rejoice: You have a new artist to play.
Gus Spenos is a bluesman with the shouting style of some of the all-time
greats who also has serious sax chops (and the day job of being a top
neurologist in Indianapolis). On his second album, "It’s Lovin’ I Guarantee,"
Spenos and his band prove they know how to lay down tracks that make
listeners want to move and groove to the music.
On a set that mixes classic-sounding originals such as the title track with
a varied selection of carefully chosen tunes from the past, Spenos teams
with ten-time trombonist of the year Wycliffe Gordon, legendary drummer
Cecil Brooks III, and a selection of other veteran performers, including two
ex-Raelette backing vocalists on five songs. A swinging, energetic
combination of tunes, the album, due March 1, is the follow-up to Spenos'
highly acclaimed "If You Were Gold Baby," released in 2016. Spenos
plays finger-snapping, horn-heavy R&B with a touch of jazz on the album's
thirteen tracks, accompanied by his all-star lineup of performers.
Filled with tight arrangements and cool-blowing sax, "It’s Lovin’ I
Guarantee" will set listeners free and thrill their auditory cortexes. The album
“jumps the blues” to a degree that may well resurrect the dearly departed!
TRACK LIST
1. IT’S LOVIN’ I GUARANTEE 3:27
2. SHE WALKED RIGHT IN 4:01
3. HUSH BABY DON’T YOU CRY 3:06
4. FOOL’S BLUES 3:28
5. EVERY TIC’S GOT A TOC 3:22
6. BLIND BOY 3:39
7. LIVIN’ IS A CRIME 4:34
8. LIL’ DOG (INSTRUMENTAL) 3:15
9. I’M GONE 3:32
10. HAVE MERCY BABY 3:21
11. HEY GIRL 3:24
12. KIND LOVIN’ DADDY 3:31
13. GOT MYSELF A DIAMOND 4:35
MUSICIANS
Gus Spenos tenor sax/solos/vocals
Wycliffe Gordon trombone/solos; Corey Wilcox trombone
Freddie Hendrix trumpet/solos; Tatum Greenblatt trumpet
Walter Blanding tenor sax; Bruce Williams alto sax/solos
Jason Marshall baritone sax/solos; Chris Burger upright bass
Cecil Brooks III drums; Brad Williams guitar/solos
Collin DeJoseph piano; Wincey Terry Bryant backup vocals
Audrey Shakir backup vocals
Renee Collins Georges backup vocals
CONTACT
GUS SPENOS
gspenos@gmail.com
FRANK ROSZAK, KBA Awardee 2014
www.frankroszakpromotions.com
froszak2003@yahoo.com
(818) 679-7636
