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Blues Collection Featured Artist:

Eric McFadden

"Drinking redeye gin and / snakeblood wine / graveyard dust mixed with / turpentine". Doesn't that say it all? This smoldering and soulful first track, Eric McFadden's "Devil Moon", throbs with the loneliness and passion of a lonely desert night. McFadden's compelling riffs and dusky voice keep this song motivated till the very end - though that wailing bass-driven breakdown in the middle doesn't hurt, either.

Eric McFadden is a desert man. Despite extensive touring with his bands The Eric McFadden Trio and Stockholm Syndrome, his heart remains inextricably tied to Taos. "We play all over the world, but there are just certain things you can't get in any other places." Like green chile? "Of course," he laughs, "that goes without saying. But there are other things. Things you can't quite put your finger on."

While living in San Francisco, McFadden recruited Double Bass virtuoso James Whiton, whose funk-laden upright slap-bass (!) carries that breakdown on "Devil Moon", and drummer Paulo Baldi to round out the Eric McFadden Trio, or EMT. Baldi has been the drummer for Cake as well as a staple Bay-Area percussionist for years, playing (along with McFadden) with Mr. George "P-Funk" Clinton.

The Trio stops through Taos whenever they're able, as it's the only place Eric McFadden considers his home. Maybe that's why his guitar work carries with it something so familiar, like a hot wind under a desert moon.

• Find out more at ericmcfadden.com

• Listen to a sample of the track Devil Moon

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Track Listing:
Click track for mp3 sample and artist info:
 
1. Eric McFadden - Devil Moon
2. The Rue Barbs - To Good To Let It Go
3. Sara K. - Turned My Upside Down
4. Alex Maryol - Take These Blues Away
5. John Carey - They Call Me The Doctor
6. The Hoodoos - Crazy Little Dancin' Queen
7. Adrienne Braswell - Scrawny Little White Girl
8. The O-Tones - Sad But True
9. Jason Daniello - Work Out West
10. Leap of Freight - Thinkin' Blues
11. Wildsang - Well Without Water
12. Cullen Winter - The Usual

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