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About Stranger In My House
Product Description Stranger in My House is an intense brew of American roots music with a strong dose of blues, R&B, New Orleans funk, acid-rock, swing and latin. Featuring the song-writing and the emotional guitar playing of Cyril Lance coupled with the incredibly soulful vocals of Grammy-Nominee Johnny Neel (Allman Brothers), Stranger in My House will keep you grooving from beginning to end. In many ways his artistic tribute to one of his most important inspirations, Muddy Waters, Lance has produced and arranged what most consider his best work yet. Gathering the talents of his closest friends from years on the road, Lance captures the intensity and emotion of these live performances. Starting with Johnny Neel whose experience is a who's who of southern rock and blues (Allman Brothers, Warren Haynes, Dicky Betts, Gov't Mule....), Boston-based Matt Jenson (Ronnie Earle, Johnny Adams...) burns up the Hammond B3 organ and piano, and Chris Carroll on bass and Kelly Pace on drums round out one of the finest blues rythm sections of the south (Bob Margolin, Skeeter Brandon, Pinetop Perkins, Rev. Billy C. Wurtz, Detroit Jr...). Lance demonstrates his considerable versatility and gutt-bucket approach on slide and electric guitars, lapsteel and acoustic guitar. If you're into the blues, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf; if you're into Otis Redding, Ray Charles; if you're into the Allman Brothers, Carlos Santana, Johnny Winter, Little Feat; if you're into Jimi Hendrix, Danny Gatton perhaps some Kenny Burrell -- you're sure to love this release. Review "...blown away on the first spin... Lance wades into swampy blues-rock that sizzles and smokes with astounding professionalism, passion." -- Blues Revue Magazine, June 2002 "...one of the best contemporary blues albums of the year. His virtuosity on guitar and lapsteel is undeniable..." -- Billboard Magazine, January, 2002 "...simply outstanding whether it's meaty, slashing slide guitar or spacey Hendrix-like phrases. one of the best blues-rock albums this year." -- RELIX Magazine, December 2002 "Truly amazing stuff all the way through. I'm quite simply overwhelmed... turns out to be one of my all-time favorites" -- Blues-Stikka Magazine (Norway), September 2002 About the Artist Cyril Lance discovered Muddy Waters accidentally as a kid growing up in Honolulu, Hawai'i. It was one of those moments that changed his musical outlook and subsequently his path. Muddy's emotional intensity and raw honesty has been a key inspiration in Lance's music since that day. In the mid-80's, Lance moved to Boston where he started playing professional. In Boston, Lance found an exciting and diverse musical community which proved to be the perfect environment for Lance to develop and explore his love of roots music. For the next eight years, Lance immersed himself in this scene playing in every type of band from folk, rock, blues, jazz, latin, reggae and celtic. While in Boston, Lance also studied part-time at the New England Conservatory. On Sundays, Lance would go to the famed 1369 Blues Jam, but it wasn't until moving south to the piedmont of North Carolina - an area rich in the traditions of southern blues - that Lance truly got exposed to the culture that blues music had come from. During the last years of the 90's, Lance toured nationally and internationally with zydeco-harmonica player Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos. While with Mel, Lance got more and more immersed with the zydeco and cajun traditions of Louisiana and developed his slide playing as a result. Lance got to perform and record with zydeco accordionist C.J. Chenier, son of Clifton Chenier, the king of zydeco. It was also while touring with Mel Melton, that Lance met and recorded with Johnny Neel. Lance continues to live in the piedmont of North Carolina and continues to write and perform music based out of the deep well of American roots music. He continually strives to produce honest and emotional music that is steeped in the traditio
