EDDIE 9V, a Georgia native, has made a name for himself in the blues & jazz world with his powerful, raw-groove guitar and impressive retro-soul sounds.
The musician, known for his innovative & enthralling guitar work and celebrative songwriting, delivers passionate, groovy music and remarkable technical skills.
The Atlanta musician releases his album Saratoga this month via Ruf Records. We had an early listen.
The title track, Saratoga, has velvety grooves, hints of bluesy funkiness, and clusters of glossy-polished vocals that come super-accentuated by drifts of exquisitely amorous guitar and ravishing organ notes…. Superlative!
canoodling organ, kvetching rhythms, a bucket-load of eyebrow-raising good-time jazz guitar, and jampacked with sequined feels…
Halo (pronounced by the artist as Hey Low) comes ready-packed with the most amazing power-groove we’ve heard in a long while, accompanied by canoodling organ, kvetching rhythms, a bucket-load of eyebrow-raising good-time jazz guitar, and all jampacked with sequined feels.
Love Moves Slow is humpy as a gator’s tail wagging in the saltmarsh, but comes smooth as polished leather on a glossed-saddle. With tenderhearted rhythms and splendacious vocals (the emotion in Eddie’s voice feels naked as a jaybird)— this is a besotted song of infatuated love and over-beguilement!
The Road to Nowhere is like a resurrected Orbison, bathed in tears, pouring his soul into a glass of memories in some knocked-out honky-tonk bar in downtown Memphis. If you enjoyed the early sounds of The Everly Brothers and Buddy Knox, and you still love to glide across ballroom floors to rockabilly waltzes, this song is for you. Delicious!
The new album dovetails with Eddie’s November + December UK Tour where he will support Robert Jon & The Wreck at Oxford, Academy 2 (Nov 30) and Nottingham, Rock City (Dec 1), followed by headline UK club shows Newcastle, Cluny 2 (Dec 2), Edinburgh, The Caves (Dec 3), London, The Black Heart (Dec 4), and Manchester, Retro Bar (Dec 5).
Tickets for all shows are available from www.alttickets.com/eddie-9v-tickets or www.eddie9volt.com/tour
Saratoga album link here: https://save-it.cc/ruf-records/saratogaalbum
Words: © Neil Mach
Photos: © Cameron Flaisch
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