Grrr Records
GRD 3561
UPC |
2011
BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED
-TRACK LISTING-
1. Unemployment Blues
2. Loading Dock
3. Opportunity Dance
4. The Protest Vocals – Ami Moss
5. Street Talk
6. Cardboard Box Harmonica – Joe Filisko
7. Repurposed
8. Urban Hobo
9. Poverty Blues Harmonica – Joe Filisko
10. Hold Me
11. Live Your Life For A Change
12. What You Did
Companies, etc.
Recorded At – Tone Zone Recording
Credits
Engineer – Roger Heiss
Lead Vocals [Vocals], Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion – Glenn Kaiser
Producer – Glenn Kaiser, Tom Cameron
About Glenn Kaiser
Glenn Kaiser has been a musician since the late '60s. In 1971, he joined the group that would later become Resurrection (Rez) Band. Glenn fronted the hard rock Rez Band for more than 25 years before setting out on his own to pursue other musical avenues. In 1999 he formed the blues rock trio Glenn Kaiser Band (GKB) with former Rez bassist Roy Montroy and drummer Ed Bialach. Glenn's solo career is centered around the blues, especially with handmade cigar box guitars and other "found object" instruments, but also with lapsteel, acoustic and electric guitars and harmonica.
His extensive discography - 35 recordings to date - includes projects of rock 'n' roll, R&B, worship, American roots and, the thread through it all, blues. In 2012, Glenn and blues harmonica great Joe Filisko recorded their live concert at the final Cornerstone Festival (Glenn Kaiser and Joe Filisko Live) and continue to share the stage when schedules allow. His 2011 project Cardboard Box was inspired by the plight of Chicago's homeless and the symbolic use of found-object instruments like cigar box guitars as trash-to-treasure. Its proceeds continue to benefit a northside homeless shelter, CCO.
On his most recent studio project of traditional blues, Long Way from My Home, the handmade cigar box and “diddley bow” guitars are even more prominent, and the back porch reminiscence strong. The recording is essentially one-man blues, though Joe Filisko features stealthily on four tracks with harmonica, and accurately represents what one will get when Glenn performs solo - subtly brilliant blues.