TELARC BLUES

ERIC BIBB   Get Onboard

Cat. No: CD83675     Format: CD    
Barcode: 089408367526   Release Date: 21 April

The acclaimed blues/roots guitarist and songwriter Eric Bibb has produced his finest set of recordings to date in the new album, ‘Get Onboard’.
Recorded in Nashville and completed in Stockholm, the album features Bonnie Raitt and Ruthie Foster as guest performers.

‘Get Onboard’ has been in the works since recording began in Nashville in May 2007. Eric is joined by a stellar line-up of musicians headed up by Bonnie Raitt (slide guitar on “If Our Hearts Ain’t In It”) and including a duet (“Conversation”) with Ruthie Foster. The Nashville band included producer Glen Scott on keyboards and backing vocals, Tommy Sims (Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Clarkson, Eric Clapton) on guitar, bass and backing vocals, Lemar Carter on drums (Carrie Underwood, Joss Stone, India.Arie) and other Nashville musical luminaries. Producer Glen Scott then took the tracks back to Stockholm to complete with his own ‘house’ musicians – many of whom appeared on ‘Diamond Days’.

Eric describes his latest creation as follows “My new album ‘Get Onboard’ is, without a doubt one of the most exciting projects of my career. It’s a further exploration into the place where blues meets gospel and soul.”

The release will be supported by the ‘GET ONBOARD WORLD TOUR 2008’ which includes tour dates in the UK in May and June (see below for details). Bibb’s touring band will feature renowned players such as Danny Thompson & Trevor Hutchinson (Waterboys & Lúnasa) sharing stand-up bass duties, and Bibb perennial, drummer Larry Crockett. New York-based, Yana Bibb (Eric’s daughter) will join the band on backing vocals.

Eric Bibb’s 2006 release “Diamond Days” has sold over 10,000 copies in the UK and we confidently expect the new album to exceed that total.

Personnel:

Eric Bibb – (guitar, vocals), Bonnie Raitt – (slide guitar – 5), Ruthie Foster – (vocals – 9), Tommy Sims – (electric bass & guitar), Chuck Anthony – (electric guitar), Glen Scott – (keyboards, tambourine), Staffan Findin – (trombone), Andreas Andersson – (saxophone), Peter Lindhamre – (trumpet), Jenny Bohman – (harmonica), Staffan Astner – (slide guitar), Orville Johnson – (mandolin), Chuck Campbell – (pedal steel), Janne Robertson, Javier Solis, Lemar Carter – (drums), and others

Tracks:

1. Spirit I Am

2. The Promised Land

3. New Beale Street Blues

4. Get Onboard

5. If Our Hearts Ain’t In It (feat. Bonnie Raitt)

6. Pockets

7. River Blues

8. Deep In My Soul

9. Conversation (feat. Ruthie Foster)

10. God’s Kingdom

11. Step By Step

12. Stayed On Freedom

Eric Bibb

UK Tour May/June/July/August 2008

MAY 2008

• Mon 26^th Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

• Tues 27th Dublin  Vicar Street

• Thurs 29th Belfast  Errigle Inn

• Fri 30^th Letterkenny, Eire An Grianán Theatre

• Sat 31^st Birmingham Town Hall

JUNE 2008

• Sun 1^st Sheffield Memorial Hall

• Thurs 5^th Treorci  Parc and Dare Theatre

• Fri 6^th Worcester Huntingdon Hall

• Sat 7^th Frome  Cheese and Grain

• Sun 8^th Bath  Theatre Royal

• Mon 9^th London Cadogan Hall 

• Wed 11^th Southampton The Brook

• Thurs 12th Milton Keynes The Stables

• Fri 13^th Holmfirth Picture Drome

• Sat 14^th Edinburgh Queens Hall 

• Sun.15^th Gateshead The Sage

• Mon 16^th Newark The Palace Theatre

• Thu 26^th Coventry Warwick Arts Centre

• Sat 28^th Glastonbury Jazz/World Stage

JULY 2008

• Sat 5^th Cornbury Festival (Nr. Oxford)

• Wed. 16^th Larmer Tree Festival Salisbury

AUGUST 2008

• Sat 2^nd-Sun 3^rd Cambridge Folk Festival

Eric will be performing highlights from his new album: “Get Onboard