...still in love with the Blues [Limited Edition]

[Machine Translation] This album was released in 2024 and became a big hit. It was created by Takashi "Hotoke" Nagai and Junji Yamagishi of the West Road Blues Band, a pioneering blues band in Japan. The long-awaited LP version will be released this fall! The two songs not included on the CD are performed by Masaki Ueda of South to South, who led the Kansai blues/R&B scene, and the two songs included on the CD make for a total of four songs on the album, making it no exaggeration to say that they are members of the band. The album is simple, and no one, including guest Masaki Ueda, gets involved in the performance, and each song ends with a bang. The audience was filled with gratitude for their love of the blues and the simplicity with which they conveyed their thoughts and feelings. We hope you will feel their blues, which they have been loving for half a century. Naoyuki Uchida (LITTLE TEMPO, OKI DUB AINU BAND, etc.), who is well known for his recent work with Blues the Butcher, the band Nagai is currently a member of, recorded and mixed the album.

2024年発表され大きな話題となった、日本のブルースの草分け的バンド、ウエスト・ロード・ブルース・バンドの永井"ホトケ"隆と山岸潤史の2人で創り上げたアルバム。今秋待望のLP盤が発売! CD未収録の2曲は、共に関西ブルース/R&Bシーンを牽引したサウス・トゥ・サウスの上田正樹が参加。CDにも収録された2曲を加え、全4曲参加と、もはやメンバーといっても過言では無い、ファン垂涎の内容となっている。とにかくシンプルに、ゲストの上田正樹を含め、誰も出しゃばらず、一曲一曲が終わっていく。ブルーズを愛し、その想いをシンプルに伝えてくれる彼らに感謝の気持ちがこみ上げてくる。半世紀にわたりBluesを愛し続けてきた彼らのブルーズを感じてほしい。録音&ミックスは、現在、永井が在籍するバンド、ブルーズ・ザ・ブッチャーの近作でおなじみの内田直之 (LITTLE TEMPO、OKI DUB AINU BAND等)が担当。