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BLUES SHOCK
[Blind Pig Records, 2014]
"Blues Shock is aptly named, combining things you’d expect and things you most certainly
would not from a modern blues recording ― but somehow, perhaps only through
Branch’s steely force of will (well, and his spit-flinging harp), it all
works." NickDeRiso in Something Else Reviews

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BLUES SHOCK SONGS

1. SON OF THE BLUES
by Sterling Plumpp, Billy Branch, Viper Music obo Billy Branch Music, BMI

2. CRAZY MIXED UP WORLD
by Willie Dixon, Arc Music, Hoochie Coochie Music,
BMI

3. BLUES SHOCK
by Billy Branch, Viper Music obo Billy Branch Music, BMI

4. DOG HOUSE
by Bobby Bryant

5. FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION
by Shorty Long

6. GOING TO SEE MISS GERRI ONE MORE TIME
by Billy Branch, Viper Music obo Billy Branch Music, BMI

7. BACK ALLEY CAT
by Sumito Ariyoshi

  8. BOOM BOOM
by John Lee Hooker, Conrad Music, BMI

9. SLOW MOE
by Billy Branch, Viper Music obo Billy Branch Music, BMI

10. BABY LET ME BUTTER YOUR CORN
by Billy Branch, Viper Music obo Billy Branch Music, BMI

11. SONG FOR MY MOTHER
by Billy Branch &   Minoru Maruyama

PRODUCTION CREW

Produced by Billy Branch

Proudction assistant – Rosa Enrico

Executive producer – Peter Crawford

Co-produced,  recorded and mixed by Jack LeTourneau and

Mastered by Blaise Barton at Joyride Studios, Chicago IL

BLUES SHOCK PERSONNEL
Billy Branch – harmonica, lead vocals except track 9, shared vocal track 4
Dan Carelli – guitar
Sumito Arioshi – piano throughout, organ track 4
Nick Charles – bass except tracks 6 & 7
Moses Rutues Jr – drums except tracks 6 and 10, lead vocals track 9
Ronnie Baker Brooks – guitar, shared vocals track 4
Johnny Iguana – Hammond B3 track 6
Justin Jon Kopp- upright bass track 7
Billy Dickens – bass track 6
Andrew “Blaze” Thomas – drums tracks 6 and 10
Bill McFarland – Horn arrangements
The Chicago Horns tracks 1, 2, & 10
     Bill McFarland – trombone ·
      Hank Ford – tenor sax
      Kenny Anderson – trumpet
Mae Koen, Nanette Frank, Diana Madison aka Nadima – background
vocals tracks 3, 5, 6, and 10
Mae Koen & Nanette Frank– vocal arrangements
Pricilla McDonald – “Nagging Woman” track 9
Mello Cello – cello track 6
Anne Harris – violins track 6
Oggie Merced – congas track 1
James “Pie” Cowan – congas tracks 1 & 5, tambourine track 5
Peter Vale – bongos track 5
Eduardo Barrera Arambarri – cover art
Tony Mangiullo of Rosa’s Lounge - Cover Photo