Big Lonesome Radio

Biography

Nominated for 2 W.C. Handy awards. "The kind of record that can reassure your faith that the blues is a still vital and thriving music... a stunning set of traditional blues played with utter authenticity, grit and passion." Mark Lemhouse’s debut release delivers string-strangling, gut-rocking blues ecstasy. Lemhouse reaches into a wicked toolbox — containing resonator chainsaw, electric tube-amp machete, and bottleneck auger — to uproot blues tradition with a vandal’s glee. Recorded to analog...

Nominated for 2 W.C. Handy awards. "The kind of record that can reassure your faith that the blues is a still vital and thriving music... a stunning set of traditional blues played with utter authenticity, grit and passion." Mark Lemhouse’s debut release delivers string-strangling, gut-rocking blues ecstasy. Lemhouse reaches into a wicked toolbox — containing resonator chainsaw, electric tube-amp machete, and bottleneck auger — to uproot blues tradition with a vandal’s glee. Recorded to analog tape with vintage mics at Easley/McCain Studios in Memphis, Big Lonesome Radio has a gritty feel that’s more akin to a Howlin’ Wolf or Jimmy Reed than a young man playing the blues in the 21st century has a right to sound. Melding together influences from Delta blues, Piedmont rag-style forms, and North Mississippi trance blues, Lemhouse’s notes come across like crackling radio transmissions from a time gone by. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.