CHICAGO, IL. (Sleeping Dog Records) - Sleeping Dog Records is pleased to announce the release of Sharon Lewis & Under The Gun's debut effort: 'Everything Is Gonna Be Alright'.
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Chicago blues vocalist Sharon Lewis (Texas Fire) meets blues/rock journeymen Under the Gun. Building on standard blues traditions, they touch upon every established blues fusion (Blues/Rock, Jazz, Country, R&B) and invent a few along the way. Good singing (Koko Taylor, Etta James), good playing (Vaughan, King, Hendrix) - and some of the most well-crafted original compositions of any genre.
Sharon Lewis is one of modern blues' most dynamic and fiery live performers. Her style is fresh and contemporary, while building from a solid foundation of standard Delta, Texas and Chicago blues stylings. Her music also incorporates elements of rock, jazz, and gospel. Ms Lewis has recorded on the Delmark label with Johnny B. Moore as one of the 'Women of Blues Chicago' (unreleased), with Carl Wyatt ('Living In Exile: Singing The Blues') on Blue Road Records, Luxembourg, and completed two major international tours. Ms Lewis received a Chicago Reader 'Critic's Choice' commendation in September 2002.
Together and apart, Sharon Lewis and the various members of Under the Gun have opened for or performed with a wide range of artists including Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Denise LaSalle, Robben Ford, Coco Montoya, Billy Branch, Melvin Taylor, Sugar Blue, War, the Divinyls, Robin Trower, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Dion Payton, Michael Coleman, Dushon Mosley, and the Creative Arts Collective among many others.
They've played all of Chicago's major Blues clubs, including Kingston Mines, Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa's, Blue Chicago, Famous Dave's (now Isaac Hayes), B.L.U.E.S., Pop's Highwood, Slice of Chicago, and Orazio's. They've also covered most of Chicago's better known rock clubs as well as New York (Cat Club, CBGB's), Memphis (BB King's club) Florida, Texas and most of the Midwest. They've also performed across the country at various festivals and events Sleeping Dog Records is an internet-based local record label providing the best in new recorded music from the hottest of today's artists. What began as a labor of love, to bring blues back to a broader audience, has since branched out to include a broad range of musical styles and genres.
The CD 'Everything Is Gonna Be Alright' is available for purchase online at WWW.SleepingDogRecords.com and also via CDBaby.
