Solomon King
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- Solomon King: New American Bluesman
Back in the day of the old American Dream, Solomon lived in Detroit City and worked at the big automobile dream factory. But the promise of fulfilling that big dream quickly faded into the assembly line Blues. Mind-numbing monotonous hours, and a daily grind of soul-destroying work, eased only by lots of booze, broads, and the never-ending Friday night cocaine Blues. Reflecting on those times, he says, "There was a lot of hurting going on. It's too hazy to remember. But one thing was constant. I always had the Blues. Well, truth is the Blues always had me. We were joined at the hip."
Then the layoffs hit. The great auto dream factories began closing down. Out of work, Solomon tossed his trusty acoustic guitar into the trunk of a Ford Maverick and headed west. He managed to dodge some occasional scrapes with the law along the way and when he ran out of road found himself in L.A. Different town, different dream, same factory—The Hollywood Creedo of "Hurry up and wait". The endless hours of unemployment and nothing to do drove Solomon to playing his guitar and "writing songs about what I knew best—the Blues."
Solomon continued honing his craft jamming with Blues musicians and hanging out in their circles. Then one day an electric guitar uttered a sweet whisper promising to take his music to new heights. The plea was so urgent that he abandoned his acoustic guitar for a '57 Goldtop. Then he took one more step—maybe more of a leap of faith than a step. To honor the royal lineage of the great electric Blues guitarists like B. B. King, Freddie King and Albert King, another King was added to the list, Solomon King: New American Bluesman.
With his non-compromising approach to his music, Solomon King quickly garnered international attention in 2008 as "Jack Me Up" and "Frankie & Johnny," both from "Under the Sun" CD, were featured on two episodes of HBO's Golden Globe winning True Blood series. 2009 brought a Grammy entrant nomination as "Under the Sun" was considered for Best Contemporary Blues Album. As 2010 makes its half way mark, the music of Solomon King is played on broadcast radio stations across the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and even South America.
To hear Solomon King is to carry on the tradition of the American Dream. It's like a piece of broken concrete was uprooted from the wreckage of the old Motor City dream factory and transplanted into the soul of the New American Dream factory: Hollywood, CA. So wake up and begin the dream again. Welcome to the New American Blues of Solomon King.
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- http://www.solomonkingmusic.com
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