Tribute CD Press Release

FROM THE DESK OF MAGNOLIA RECORDING COMPANY!

Magnolia Recording Company is pleased to announce the September 28, 2010 release of Tom Feldmann & the Get-Rites’ new album Tribute: the gospel sides of Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Fred McDowell, Charley Patton, Washington Phillips, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Wilkins, Booker White, Dock Reed and Son House.

“After fourteen years of original compositions,” says Tom Feldmann, “I felt it was time to pay tribute to my roots.”

Minnesota native Tom Feldmann picked up the guitar at age 17 after hearing the pioneers of acoustic blues and states, “John Lee Hooker taught me how to strum, and Muddy Waters taught me how to slide.” But it is evident, based on Feldmann’s own work, that Jesus Christ gives him reason to sing, so it comes as no surprise that he chose to pay homage to a remnant of the artists that shaped him musically through the gospel sides they recorded.

Though rooted in traditional music, Tom Feldmann is not a traditionalist and Tribute is no mere carbon copy of the original recordings, a fact he attributes to the contribution of band mates Jed Staack (drums), Paul Liebenow (upright bass), and Jed Germond (pedal steel), who have played an integral role in creating their own unique brand of gospel blues-roots Americana that has been praised by Dirty Linen, Blues Revue, Blues Matters, fRoots, and other leading publications.

Recorded in Analog at Underwood Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Feldmann’s longtime record producer, Mark Thomas Stockert (Brian Setzer, Danny Michel), added just the right touch by bringing in the warmth of 2-inch tape to Feldmann & the Get-Rites’ modern backwoods blues sound. The result is one heck of an old school, slide guitar glory fest that classic and contemporary blues and gospel music fans will surely delight in.

"It is my intention," continues Feldmann, "to help preserve this musical heritage for future generations."

Tom Feldmann will be touring solo in promotion of Tribute, carrying on the tradition of solo acoustic blues by standing poised as a positive voice with songs of hope in a time when negativity bombards us continually. In the words of the great Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Now is the needed time.”

For more about Tom Feldmann & the Get-Rites, visit tomfeldmann.com.

For press-related inquiries or to set up an interview with Tom Feldmann, contact info@magnoliarecording.com