Dark Road

Dark Road

Editorial Reviews
<"b00000jlbv5020"> Hal horowitz from Blues Revue, Issue Number 52, November 1999
“Dark Road” a burnished, scintillating disc--certainly one of the finest debuts from a contemporary female blues singer this year."

<"b00000jlbv5019"> John Lee Hooker from his home in 1999 after listening to
Cathy Lemons--she got it! Now that's the real blues! Funky!

<"b00000jlbv4999"> Album Description
Cathy Lemons is one of the greatest white, young, blues female vocalists to hit the scene since Janis Joplin. She sings straight from the heart--and she sings with her own voice and style. When she sings a song--it becomes her story--about her life--and that is what the blues is all about! Dark Road offers five originals and 9 covers--blues classics played with spare style and taste. Accompanying her on this debut CD is her long-time partner Johnny Ace on bass, Steve Freund (Sunnyland Slim's guitarists for 10 years), David Maxwell (currently the pianist with James Cotton), Tommy Castro (the up and coming blues star from San Francisco) and Rusty Zinn (Kim Wilson's guitarist and WC Handy Award Winner) with drums played by Kevin Coggins. "Dark Road" is a exellent CD in the way that it blends strong Texas rythmic influences with Chicago-styled lead configurations! Hailed by critics from every major blues publication, Cathy Lemons is on her way to becoming one ! of the most well respected blues vocalists on the scene today!