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About Orange Blossoms
Amazon.com There are no shortage of retro-soul outfits, but few with the 70s-style swampy swagger of this rural Florida-based act. Orange Blossoms,’ title cut might remind some folks of Jerry Garcia's work with Merle Saunders; with its thick Booker T soul groove and jam band feel. Some of the album’s tracks bring to mind the Allman Brothers, Delanie and Bonny, Dr. John, or the Black Crowes. Grey and Mofro’s earnest songs seem to come from a pre-ironic era before digital production and ringtones. Orange Blossoms is what most bar bands in the world think they sound like; but don’t. It’s down home, in the best sense, performed flawlessly, with an admirable disregard for fashion. --Mike McGonigal Product Description A masterpiece of soul-shaking music. JJ’s deep Southern roots and skill as a storyteller shine through, whether he’s rocking with gospel-tent fervor or slowly winding his raspy voice around a lyric of heartbreak and loss. "Rich, funky swamp gooves...celebrates life's most fundamental joys with unforced talent and deep feeling" -- NEW YORK TIMES Review Grey and Mofro fuse rock with plenty of soul and groove-heavy blues, and dirty, infectious funk. -- Relix Rich, funky swamp grooves...Grey is a singer-songwriter [who]celebrates life's most fundamental joys with unforced talent and deep feeling. -- The New York Times Smoldering Otis Redding-inspired ballads...full-bore blues-rock, down-home roots and country-soul... Grey's resonant vocals are potent and authoritative, mature beyond his age. -- Harp From the Artist Grey's songwriting influences are widespread. "I like people who tell their story," he says, naming Muddy Waters, Stevie Wonder, Tony Joe White, Jerry Reed, Otis Redding, Dr. John, Sly & The Family Stone, Van Morrison, Bill Withers and Dan Penn. What these writers and performers have in common is a love for simplicity and the ability to evoke complex emotions with a minimal number of words and notes. About the Artist Born and raised just outside of Jacksonville, Florida, JJ Grey comes from a long tradition of Southern musical storytellers and, like the best of the great Southern writers, he fills his songs with details that are at once vivid and personal, political and universal. His multi-textured music overflows with dynamic rhythms and thought-provoking lyrics. From raw funk to deep soul, blues and rock, JJ and his band Mofro deliver devastating live and recorded performances. Debuting in 2001 with BLACKWATER, following up in 2004 with LOCHLOOSA (both albums reissued by Alligator in 2007), Grey steadily built an intensely loyal following. In 2007, with his first Alligator release, COUNTRY GHETTO, Grey reached an even larger audience, doubling both his album sales and his concert attendance. Now, with his new album, ORANGE BLOSSOMS, JJ Grey takes another giant step forward. JJ Grey's songs blend front porch realism with the best musical and literary traditions of the South. Whether it is a narrative passed down to him from his grandmother or the tribulations of a childhood friend, Grey's ear for detail rings through in true storytelling fashion. His voice delivers with an unflinching strength that makes the personal universal and paints a vivid portrait of an exact time or place. Like his songs, Grey's rich, soulful vocals are forceful and commanding, seemingly wise and experienced beyond his years. In 2001 Grey's debut album, BLACKWATER, was released under the name Mofro (a name Grey conjured up while working at a local lumberyard). Soon thereafter JJ, along with guitarist Daryl Hance, hit the road hard (playing over 175 shows a year) with an ever-changing Mofro line-up. A National Public Radio feature in 2001 brought JJ's music to scores of new listeners, helping to open doors at press, radio and venues across the country. 2004's LOCHLOOSA brought Grey even more attention, as the band performed at the first Bonnaroo in 2005 and opened for Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, Galactic, B.B. King and Jeff Beck. Word of their live shows spread quickly, and offers to appear at festivals and concerts around the world increased. 2007 was a watershed year for Grey. The release of COUNTRY GHETTO brought widespread critical and popular acclaim, garnering piles of positive press with features running everywhere from The New York Times and USA Today, to Harp and Paste magazines. In addition to countless live in-studio performances at stations around the country, they appeared on National Public Radio's World Café, the syndicated program E-Town, and played live on the Paul Jones Show on BBC2 in the UK. JJ Grey & Mofro toured constantly in 2007. He and the band played over 160 dates headlining clubs and concert halls and performing at scores of festivals across the United States and Europe. Highlights include The Voodoo Music Experience, SXSW, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest, Wakarusa, Langerado, The Austin City Limits Festival and a Southeast run with the Allman Brothers. On Labor Day weeken
