Vance Kelly - How Can I Miss You, When You Won't Leave (2017)

This is a mix of Blues, R&B and Soul!! All songs on the CD are brand new!!
Guitarist Vance Kelly, a stalwart on Chicago's south side for some years, has been making occasional forays north and west, including a torrid appearance at last year's Blues Festival. His repertoire ranges from 12-bar Chicago-blues chestnuts to funky soul and R & B to contemporary postfunk aggression; he's also been experimenting with a rough but promising jump-blues swing. Joyriding in the Subway (Wolf 1995), is funky, street-slick, and passionate. The evocative title tune has all the lusty abandon of hard-living urban youth; "Who Called the Dog Pound" evokes the roots of Chicago blues with its Delta-tinged, fingerpicked descending chord structure, slow-grinding shuffle, and playfully macho story line; "I Can't Win From Losing," a lighthearted lover's complaint, is given substance by the righteous funk of the arrangement and the straight-ahead playing of Kelly and his band. And "I Got a Blues Attitude"--with its echoes of James Brown, the late Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and other funk masters--is an anthem for a new generation of blues artists. ~David Whiteis

Tracklist:

1. All About Life (3:16)
2. Biscuits, Eggs, And Sausage (4:39)
3. Get Home To My Baby (3:27)
4. How Can I Miss You, When You Won't Leave (2:47)
5. Meet You In The Spring (2:46)
6. Rumble Through Your Drawers (3:56)
7. Moving On (2:47)
8. Count On Me (3:02)
9. Don't Give My Love Away (4:12)
10. Do It Right (3:43)
11. Back On Track (3:39)
12. Sticker Than You (3:07)
13. Come On (4:50)
14. Jamming In The Studio (3:34)