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NICK ALEXANDER
"LIL HOOCHIE"
NICK ALEXANDER
D E B U T A L B U M
BLUESBIRD TALENT AGENCY 2024
RELEASE DATE : APRIL 1, 2024
(USA)
Musicians:
Nicholas Alexander - guitar, vocals
Melvin Carlisle - drums
David Forte - bass
Brian Lupo - guitar
Roosevelt Purifoy Junior - organ
Souvigny - keyboards, guitar.
Derrick Tate - sax
Ryan Nyther - trumpet
Royce Harrington-Turner - trombone
Bryant Parke - backing vocals, percussion
Tracklist:
01 Intro 02:00
02 Popcorn 02:50
03 Dial Your Number 04:55
04 Outskirts Of Town 05:29
05 Moving To The Country 03:10
06 Soul Power 04:26
07 Mona Lisa Was A Man 04:44
08 I Believe To My Soul 06:58
09 I'm Tired 04:08
10 Make It Funky 03:31
Born in Chicago in 2001, son of bluesman Linsey Alexander, Nicholas Alexander is at 24 a safe bet for the future of blues music. The guitarist and singer constantly repeats the influence of his father on his music and spares no effort to preserve his legacy. But Nick does not want to be known only as a blues artist, his purpose is to go one step further and provide his music with all the other musical influences that have marked him, such as the soul of the sixties, the funk in the seventies or the hip-hop of the eighties. On this debut album he has been backed by a truly luxurious band made up of the best of the Chicago circuit including Brian Lupo on guitar, Roosvelt Purifoy on keyboards and
Nick Alexander - Popcorn
Nick Alexander - Mona Lisa Was a Man
L I N S E Y
A L E X A N D E R
the rhythm section formed by Melvin Carlisle on drums and David Forte on bass, all of them in a state of exultant grace completed by an unbeatable horn section. Being a debut album, "Lil Hoochie" shows a musician throwing himself into the void with extraordinary songs and unlimited projection, it's an unsurpassed letter of introduction from an artist who threatens to go as far as his intuition is capable of taking him and It's not risky to affirm that it may be very far in contemporary blues music.
Father
&
Son
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