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fter exploring slicker production techniques on his last album ‘Soho Strays’ Canadian, now adopted Aussie bluesman Wolf Mail decided to go back to basics for his latest album ‘Above the Influence’ and the results are astounding. Mail will be in Newcastle next month as part of an extensive 20-date national tour which kicked off this month. “We’re actually right in the thick of it right now – the new album seems to be getting a very good reception which is fantastic,’ Mail told TE. The Montreal-born, California-raised Blues-rocker has arrived at a blues guitar style all his own, sparked initially by idol Elmore James and polished on thousands of stages in more than twenty countries during a nomadic career spanning 27 years. Mail said that the main focus of the album was to bring everything back to its roots – creating as much of a live feel in the studio as possible and relying on very few overdubs. “This album was all about trying to get back to the rawness of the blues – I
found that my last album [Soho Strays’] was maybe a little bit too polished and produced. ‘Above the Influence’ was more about getting back to the roots.” Given that he is perhaps more at home on the road than off, it should come as no surprise that the new batch of songs were well worn in by the time it came time to record. “For me, it’s all about taking the new songs out and playing them as much as possible on the road so we went on a tour of Europe last year and then headed into a studio in the Netherlands to record it,” he said. “While this kind of music really does need to be spontaneous in order for it to truly work, knowing the songs really well going into recording is a definite advantage because then you are able to experiment with the structures a bit more.” Catch Wolf Mail at Lizotte’s Lambton on Thursday, October 17.
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