arlt, andreas
all-time favorites

'All-Time Favorites' - an appreciation of his personal heroes, freshly packaged - features the art of traditional style guitar playing. Such an album has been requested by his fans, over and over again. The co-founder and guitar player with B.B. & The Blues Shacks is widely regarded one of Europe's leading blues stylists. Early on, Andreas developed an interest in the blues. 'After I had studied the music of my heroes like Ronnie Earl, Anson Funderburgh, Jimmy Vaughan, or Junior Watson and Alex Schultz night after night, it occurred to me that these guys must have learned from somebody, somewhere. Thus I dug deeper and deeper into the blues, and I came across names like Lockwood, Tucker, Buddy Guy, the three Kings, and many swing and jump blues guitar players.' He is backed by a stellar group of players, and the album was recorded with a line-up similar to the band formats that originators like Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, or Pee Wee Crayton used. 'All-Time Favorites' will be taking you on a moving, intoxicating, and fascinating musical journey through the world of electric blues. You will hear tips to big names in blues history; but you will also discover material from rather unknown or even obscure recordings and guitar players that were long forgotten. The recordings, arranged by Andreas Arlt, and Tom Müller (horns), come with a contemporary, powerful and pleasant mix, and sound. - Digipak w/ 16-page booklet, song comments and liner notes by Dave Specter.