CastelarBlues: CD - Buddy Whittington - Six String Svengali (2011)

CD - BUDDY WHITTINGTON
SIX STRING SVENGALI

2011 album from Texan Blues guitarist/singer who is best known for replacing Coco Montoya in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1993. All songs written by Buddy Whittington.A lifelong Texan, Buddy Whittington 'entered the arena' on December 28, 1956, in Fort Worth, and became enamored of the electric guitar like countless kids of his vintage shortly thereafter, who were mesmerized at the reality that 'you plucked a string...'here', and the sound came out...'over THERE.' A succession of fledgling musical efforts with varying degrees of success ensued, culminating in an offer by John Mayall to join The Bluesbreakers in 1993."The band I was in at the time, 'The Sidemen', had a good friend in Mr. Jerry Thompson, who these days is President of Promoterline Inc., but back then was managing the Dallas Alley complex, where he would book us as the opening act on any number of outdoor events and shows, and we were booked as the opener for a Bluesbreakers' show.... Mr. Mayall asked me for my contact info, we stayed loosely in touch for the next two years, and when then-Bluesbreakers guitarist Coco Montoya decided it was time to hit the highway on his own, I 'received the call' and appeared on countless Mayall shows and recordings worldwide for the 15 years between 1993 and 2008, at which time the existing Bluesbreakers were 'kicked out of the nest' and the band was reformed by Mayall."

Band
Buddy Whittington - Guitar,Vocal
Wayne Six - Bass
Mike Gage - Drums

Tracks
1-Back When the Beano Was Boss
2-Deadwood and Wire
3-My World Revolves Around You
4-Ain't Got the Scratch
5-I Had to Go and See Alice
6-Fender Champ

7-Six String Romance
8-Texas Trios
9-The Put On Song
10-For Crystal Beach
11-While We're Here