Particularly because the music is so soulful, it really is the lyric and the singer that sells me the song. He was an exceptional singer, and I think we take it for granted because we focus so much on the guitar playing.
But if BB King had never played guitar, he could have had a career as a blues vocalist. If you look at all the greats-BB King, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf- amazing guitar players, and we tend to focus on that. People sometimes overlook how important the vocals are in blues music. Joe Bonamassa has said he wanted to push you as a singer with this album? Joanne Shaw Taylor - "If That Ain't A Reason" - Official Music Video It was interesting, but it doesn’t make for good music, so hence it became obvious: Why don’t I do this blues covers album that I’ve always wanted to do? The thing that put me off in the past was I didn’t think my voice was up to scratch for it, but after touring for as long as I have, my voice is in about as good a shape as it's going to be in, so I thought the timing was perfect. It’s really hard to write a song about life when your life is revolving around staying indoors and not shaking anybody’s hands. I tried, but I just couldn’t come up with anything that I particularly thought was interesting, I think partially because I wasn’t doing anything. I always had the idea of doing a blues cover album, then tie that in with Covid-one thing I wasn’t able to do in this time off was write. It’s really hard to do, particularly if you look at that more traditional stuff-"Stormy Monday," "Smokestack Lightning." It’s about finding a really clever hook and a good groove and going with it, and I’ve never been very good at that. I don’t think any of my material, although influenced by blues, would be considered a blues song. I’ve always considered myself a blues guitarist and maybe more of a blues/soul singer, but I’ve always been very honest about the fact that I don’t think I can write blues songs. It was something I always wanted to do, to be honest.
Where did the idea come from to make The Blues Album? Everyone there was awesome, but when Joe and Roy suggested we put it out with them, it just made too much sense for me to pass up working with my two best friends." "I never saw myself signing to a major label, but it fell in my lap, and it was the right timing. "I was previously with Sony," says Shaw Taylor. Recorded at Ocean Way in Nashville and Bonamassa’s Nerdville West, The Blues Album marks Shaw Taylor’s first release for KBTA (Keeping The Blues Alive), the record label run by Bonamassa and his manager Roy Wiseman. Simply titled The Blues Album, the record sees Taylor working with her friend Joe Bonamassa, who serves as producer alongside Josh Smith. Apart from taking the chance to relax and watch The Sopranos from start to finish, Taylor used the time to realize her long-held ambition of recording an album of songs from the blues canon. We were on the last flight out of London that they allowed US resident non-citizens on, so I just made it back by the skin of my teeth," she says. "We were on tour in the UK and halfway through got shut down.
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