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Contact: Anita Price, Bad Daddy Records, 949-833-9905; anita@baddaddy.com
Craig Horton Wins East Bay Express "Best Blues Band"
He’ll Showcase His Talents at Biscuits and Blues, August 20
Newport Beach, California – August 7, 2008 - Bad Daddy Records announced today that singer, songwriter, guitarist Craig Horton received the “Best of the East Bay Award 2008” in the category of “Best Blues Band” by East Bay Express. Horton will display his exceptional talents at Biscuits & Blues in San Francisco on August 20, with performances at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
A 40-year veteran of the blues scene, the Chicago blues man will entertain fans with songs from his first solo effort, entitled “In My Spirit,” and his latest release, “Touch of the Bluesman.”
“In My Spirit” is straightforward Chicago blues, packed with guitar-driven shuffles, classic slow blues, memorable horn arrangements and gutsy vocals. The critically acclaimed CD features 12 heavy swingin’ classic blues tracks and epitomizes the Chicago blues sound.
Tunes from “Touch Of The Bluesman” display Horton’s versatility; with cuts ranging from ghetto swing blues to slow blues, with gospel and Latin influences.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at (415) 292-BLUES.
Biscuits and Blues is located at 401 Mason St., San Francisco.
For more information about Craig Horton, visit www.baddaddy.com.
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Bad Daddy Records to Release
Craig Horton’s “Touch Of The Bluesman”
Oakland, California – July 28, 2004 – On the heels of his critically acclaimed CD In My Spirit, Craig Horton releases his second solo effort, Touch Of The Bluesman, on Bad Daddy Records. Think of it as blues with an attitude.
“We’re excited about the release of Craig’s second solo CD. Touch Of The Bluesman is a product of Craig’s evolution as an artist. His music comes from his soul and you can hear it in every note,” said Jack McCullough, president of Bad Daddy Records. The CD is due on the street by mid August.
A select-city tour to celebrate the release of Touch Of The Bluesman gets kicked off with a CD release party at Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco on August 13. Other cities on the tour include Wichita, Kansas; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ogden, Utah; Indianapolis, Indiana; Osage Beach, Missouri; and Seattle, Washington. He heads back to his Bay Area home in early September to perform at two festivals – the Oakland Art and Soul Festival on September 4 and the Brownsville Blues Festival on September 5.
Produced by Bad Daddy Records and Rusty Zinn, Touch Of The Bluesman features 12 songs that showcase Horton’s deep, gutsy voice and unique delivery. The collection includes eleven original compositions and a unique interpretation of Percy Mayfield’s “Serves Me Right To Suffer.”
Touch Of The Bluesman displays Horton’s versatility, with cuts ranging from ghetto swing blues to slow blues. There are also gospel and Latin influences on selected tunes. A tune called “Elizabeth,” which Horton wrote, is a 50’s West Coast vibe -- slow blues with an uptown feel. In “Serves Me Right To Suffer,” Horton performs a relaxed, funky guitar solo. “Wanda Jean,” a song Horton penned in the early 50’s and waited fifty years to record, has a Latin feel, with some cool percussion. Gospel influence is heard in “Damn Money,” another composition by Horton in which he swings away on the guitar solo. In an instrumental called, “Burnin’,” a ghetto blues swing tune, Horton’s impromptu guitar solo illustrates why he was just named “2004 Blues Guitar Player of the Year” by The Bay Area Blues Society.
Other recent accolades include an award from Real Blues magazine naming him “2003 Top West Coast Performer” and an honor from The Bay Area Blues Society naming Craig and his band “2004 Blues Band of the Year.”
In a career that spans five decades, Craig is a pioneer of the blues genre. While he may remind blues aficionados of classic blues guitar pickers of the past, it’s not that he’s emulating them. It’s because he’s one of them. During the glory days of the Chicago blues scene, Horton opened at the Golden Dolphin with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. He’s also shared the stage with such legends as Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington and Freddie King.
Additional information regarding Craig Horton’s Touch Of The Bluesman and his tour, is available here.
Editors’ note: Downloadable photos of Craig Horton and the Touch Of The Bluesman cover are available here.
Release: Immediately
Contact:
Victoria Bowman
Bad Daddy Records
949-833-9905
vb@baddaddy.com
Melinda Fraser
McCullough Communications & Marketing
949-833-1135
mf@mcculloughmarcom.com
A downloadable photo of Horton’s "In My Spirit" CD cover is available here.
Blues Man Craig Horton to Appear at
Blues Estafette 2002 in Holland
Oakland, California—October 29, 2002— Bad Daddy Records announced today that singer, songwriter, guitarist Craig Horton will perform at Blues Estafette 2002 in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands on Saturday, November 16, 2002.
The event, to be held at Utrecht's Vredenburg Music Centrum, is Europe’s premier blues event. The annual event attracts worldwide blues lovers.
The blues acts at the Estafette are "roots" blues and R&B performers who play in an original style or performers who take their cultural heritage seriously and do not "rock up" the music.
The show runs from 3:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m., on two stages. The large concert hall holds three thousand, while the more intimate small room holds four hundred.
This is Horton’s first performance in Europe since 1987 when he played with the Mississippi Delta Blues Band. A 40-year veteran of the blues scene, the Chicago blues man will entertain Estafette fans with songs from his first solo CD. Released last summer, ‘In My Spirit’ was recently named by U.S.-based Living Blues magazine as the best debut CD for 2001.
The collection includes "Ridin’ in My Jaguar" and "Midnight Shuffle," tunes originally recorded with Bill Warren and Jump Jackson in 1962. The songs were recut as solo performances on the CD produced by Bad Daddy Records and Rusty Zinn.
Horton’s sound has been compared to T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Freddie King and Wayne Bennett, but after four decades of playing blues, jazz, R&B and rock ‘n roll, Horton is his own man.
He has performed with such greats as Chuck Berry, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, The Dells and Muddy Waters, among many others. His accomplishments are critically acclaimed, earning the Oakland-based blues man recognition by the Bay Area Blues Society for his contribution to West Coast Blues.
Tickets for Blues Estafette 2002 are available by phone internationally at 011-31-30-231-4544 or by fax at 011-31-30-231-6522. For more information about Craig Horton and his debut CD, In My Spirit, visit www.baddaddy.com.
Living Blues Magazine names Craig Horton’s
In My Spirit as Best Debut CD for 2001
Newport Beach, California—July 8, 2002—Bad Daddy Records announced today that Living Blues Magazine named Craig Horton’s In My Spirit as Best Debut CD for 2001.
In reviewing the CD, Jim DeKoster of Living Blues said, "Horton’s vocals are confident and assertive and his guitar work is inventive." The CD was judged by the magazine’s reviewers and writers. All debut blues CDs released in 2001 were judged against Horton's.
"We’re really gratified to have been given this honor by one of the industry’s premier authorities on the blues genre," said Jack McCullough, president of Bad Daddy Records and executive producer of In My Spirit. "I’m truly proud to be associated with Craig and his phenomenal work on this CD."
Also produced by Rusty Zinn, In My Spirit features 12 songs that reflect the heavy swingin’, hard shufflin’ classic blues sounds of Chicago and the South. The critically acclaimed CD is straightforward Chicago blues, packed with guitar-driven shuffles, classic slow blues, memorable horn arrangements and gutsy vocals.
Released last summer, the collection includes "Ridin’ in My Jaguar" and "Midnight Shuffle," tunes originally recorded with Bill Warren and Jump Jackson in 1962. The songs were recut as solo performances on the CD.
In My Spirit highlights include collaborations with special guests Franck Goldwasser, formerly known as Paris Slim in Bay Area blues circles, top-caliber keyboard player and songwriter Jim Pugh, and talented bassist Henry Oden.
A gifted songwriter, singer and guitarist, Horton began his career more than four decades ago. His background includes gigs with the legendary Little Walter’s Band, The Dells, Count Bassie, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Freddie King. A multifaceted style that blends jazz, R & B and R & R with the blues have earned him recognition from the Bay Area Blues Society for his contribution to West Coast Blues.
For more information about Craig Horton and his debut CD, In My Spirit, visit www.baddaddy.com.
Editors’ note: Downloadable photo of CD cover is available here.
Release: Immediately
Contact: Jack McCullough
Bad Daddy Records
949-833-9905
mccullough@baddaddy.com
Blues Man Craig Horton to Appear at Rasselas on Filmore
Newport Beach, California–February 21, 2002–Serious blues buffs won’t want to miss Craig Horton’s live performance at San Francisco’s Rasselas on Filmore, at 9:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 9, 2002. Known for his gutsy voice and unique delivery, the Chicago blues man will regale fans with tunes from "In My Spirit," his first solo effort.
Called "one of the year’s best debut discs" by Jim deKoster of Living Blues Magazine, the solo debut features 12 songs that reflect the heavy swingin’, hard shufflin’ classic blues sounds of Chicago and the South. In October 2001, the critically acclaimed CD made # 18 on the Living Blues Radio Chart.
The collection includes "Ridin’ in My Jaguar" and "Midnight Shuffle," tunes originally recorded with Bill Warren and Jump Jackson in 1962. The songs were recut as solo performances on the CD produced by Bad Daddy Records and Rusty Zinn.
Other "In My Spirit" highlights include collaborations with special guests Franck Goldwasser, formerly known as Paris Slim in Bay Area blues circles, top-calibre keyboard player and songwriter Jim Pugh, and talented bassist Henry Oden.
"Craig Horton sweats the blues naturally, he’s the real thing," enthused Dusty Parnell of the Idaho Press of the gifted songwriter, singer and guitarist.
"I always play without a net," Horton explains, reflecting on a career that began over four decades ago, that has included gigs with the legendary Little Walter’s Band, The Dells, Count Bassie, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Freddie King. A multifaceted style that blends jazz, R & B and R & R with the blues have earned him recognition from the Bay Area Blues Society for his contribution to West Coast Blues.
Rasselas on Filmore is at 1534 Filmore Street in San Francisco. For more information about the performance, call 415-346-8696 or visit www.baddaddy.com.
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Contact:
Christine Vitale
415-665-3091
cv@christinevitale.com
or
Jack McCullough
Bad Daddy Records
949-833-9905
mccullough@baddaddy.com
Bad Daddy Records to Release
Craig Horton’s First Solo Effort, "In My Spirit"
Newport Beach, California–July 30, 2001–For four decades he’s been a key player on the backbone of the blues scene–a gifted songwriter, singer and guitarist known for his gutsy voice and expressive delivery. Now, Craig Horton fans will be able to hear the talented Chicago blues man fly solo on "In My Spirit," due on the street by mid-August.
Produced by Bad Daddy Records and Rusty Zinn, Horton’s solo debut features 12 songs that reflect the heavy swingin’, hard shufflin’ classic blues sounds of Chicago and the South. The collection includes "Ridin’ in My Jaguar" and "Midnight Shuffle," tunes originally recorded with Bill Warren and Jump Jackson in 1962. The songs have been recut as solo performances by the critically acclaimed musician.
Other "In My Spirit" highlights include collaborations with special guests Franck Goldwasser, formerly known as Paris Slim in Bay Area blues circles, top-calibre keyboard player and songwriter Jim Pugh, and talented bassist Henry Oden.
About Horton’s artistry, blues great Joe Louis Walker enthused, "A great musician, great singer, great band leader." Originally inspired by such icons as Johnny Ace, Ray Charles, Willie Dixon and B.B. King, that artistry flourished on road gigs with a veritable "Who’s Who" of the blues.
Over the years, Horton has performed with such legends as Highway QCs, Goose Tatum and The Harlem Road Kings, and the Ink Spots. In the late ’50s he played guitar in the legendary Little Walter’s Band and was a touring member of The Dells.
During the heyday of the Chicago blues scene, he opened at the Golden Dolphin with Count Bassie and Duke Ellington. He has shared stages with Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Dinah Washington, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Freddie King. During the ’80s, he toured Europe as lead vocalist and lead guitarist for Sam Myers and The Mississippi Delta Blues Band.
The Bay Area Blues Society has recognized Horton for his contribution to West Coast blues, lauding him for outstanding achievement. "In My Spirit" reflects the diverse range of that achievement, with a multifaceted style that captures the true essence of "The Man" behind the blues.
For more information about Craig Horton’s "In My Spirit" or Bad Daddy Records, click here on the Web, or call 949-833-9905. A downloadable photo is available here.
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