29.03.2012.

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OLI BROWN - Here I Am (2012)

So here he is. The great white hope of British guitar. The young man blues sensation. The rock 'n' roll alchemist who fires a bullet-belt of influences into the mix. The heart-on-sleeve songwriter who bleeds onto the lyric sheet and solos like his soul is hard-wired to his fingers. The mover, shaker and rule-breaker, who drags the dusty conventions of the blues into the millennium by the hair. But if you thought you knew the real Oli Brown, you don't know the half of it. Please allow him to introduce himself. Three albums into his career, Here I Am finds Oli letting down the barriers, showing his cards, turning the spotlight on himself and defying you to turn off your stereo. "The new album is called Here I Am," he explains, "because I'm saying, 'this is me'. People know when something isn't believable. I'm just trying to be honest." Here I Am is the sound of an artist on the crest of a wave. When Oli hit the studio in Nottingham after a triumphant 2011, he had the plaudits of fans, press, peers and heroes ringing in his ears, a truck-load of trophies and a huge weight of expectation. Most 22-year-olds would have felt pressure, but with his dream team around him - drummer/producer Wayne Proctor and bassist Scott Barnes - Oli rode the red light and chased down 12 classic songs to hand over to Magic Garden Mastering's Brian Lucey (fresh from The Black Keys' El Camino album). - rufrecords.de

TRACKS: 01. Here I Am 02. Thinking About Her 03. Manic Bloom 04. All We Had To Give 05. You Can Only Blame Yourself 06. Start It Again 07. Devil In Me 08. I Love You More You'll Ever Know 09. Remedy 10. Mr. Wilson 11. Like A Father 12. Solid Ground