Posts Tagged ‘chicago’

21 May
2010

Acoustified / Electrified, Chainsaw Dupont

Release Date: May 21, 2010

Producer: Steve “MrBiG” Pasek

Raw. The word is sometimes mistakenly substituted for “loud” or “raucous” or “rough”, but those are only approximations that don’t fully appreciate what raw really is. Raw is the uncooked, unpretentious, unplanned, improvised joy of existence in the moment, and these recordings exemplify the best of it, recorded during sets which were famous/infamous in their own way, but which were so stripped down that there was no possibility of pretense.

The acoustic set that comprises the first part of this CD is almost legendary now. It’s a short dinnertime acoustic set that became known as the “warm Christmas” set

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10 Mar
2010

The Real Guitar Hero, Chainsaw Dupont

Release Date: March 26, 2010

Producer: Steve “MrBiG” Pasek

Eleven hyper-charged tracks recorded live during the Chicago Blues Tour in 2007, “the Real Guitar Hero” makes a strong case for Chainsaw Dupont’s talent. This performance is a tour de force of guitar squeals, crunches, and twang which demonstrate exactly how exciting a Chainsaw show can be for guitar fans. It also includes a live version of a previously-unrecorded track, “Heaven Eyes” — a slow blues, a dying art that has few practitioners as skilled as Dupont. Rhythmic variations include a sturdy blues shuffle, funk-blues, blues-rock, and a mambo as well, all backed by the Chain Gang Horns, which put in an epic performance

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3 Jan
2010

Downloadable Promo, Chainsaw Dupont

Click the link to get one-sheets, bios, and press clips for the latest releases

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3 Jan
2010

Downloadable Photos, Chainsaw Dupont

Click here to download a variety of promo photos in zipped file (19.6MB). When the window pops up, select “save [&hellip

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