L’album, ideale continuazione di Basement Blues, prosegue la ricerca di Fabrizio Poggi nei suoi archivi, aggiungendo brani registrati per l’occasione. Accanto a materiale d’archivio dal vivo in compagnia del fratello di blues Guy Davis e in studio, ci sono anche alcuni brani registrati per quest’album in cui coprotagonisti assoluti sono le voci di Shar White, da anni al fianco di Eric Clapton, le chitarre di Enrico Polverari e una grande canzone di e con Hubert Dorigatti. Lo spirito di Healing Blues è racchiuso nelle parole che, seguendo il messaggio del grande John Lee Hooker, Fabrizio ha aggiunto al testo originale di “The Blues Is Alright”: Il blues è un miracolo, è guarigione, è una medicina che calma la tua anima, il blues è la madre e la radice. Non importa dove tu sia nato, la lingua che parli, il colore della tua pelle: il blues è per tutti. It’s time to heal. E’ tempo di guarire.
LINEUPS, WRITERS & MUSICIANS
1. I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME (Traditional) with Shar White
new version 2024 unreleased
Shar White vocals / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica / Enrico Polverari guitar / Stefano Spina organ / Francesco Marcheselli oboe
2. PILGRIM (Fabrizio Poggi)
outtake from The breath of freedom, 2015
Fabrizio Poggi vocals, harmonica, accordion, mandolin / Enrico Polverari guitar / Tino Cappelletti bass / Stefano Resca drums, tambourine / Stefano Spina piano
3. SONG FOR ANGELINA (Fabrizio Poggi) with Guy Davis
recorded live at Angelina and Fabrizio’s home in 2017 for Angelina’s birthday Guy Davis vocals, guitar / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica
4. YOU GOTTA MOVE TAKE 2 (Rev. Gary Davis) with Enrico Polverari
outtake from The breath of freedom, 2015
Fabrizio Poggi vocals, harmonica / Enrico Polverari guitar
5. SONNY AND BROWNIE’S LAST TRAIN (Guy Davis) with Guy Davis
live in USA, 2018 from Rik Palieri’s Song Writers Notebook TV program
Guy Davis vocals, guitar / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica
6. AMAZING GRACE (Traditional) with Shar White
new version 2024 unreleased
Shar White vocals / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica / Enrico Polverari guitar / Stefano Spina bass, organ
7. WALK ON (Ruth and Brownie Mcghee) with Guy Davis
live in USA, 2018
Guy Davis vocals, guitar / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica
8. MR. SLOWHAND (Volker Kinast, Hubert Dorigatti) with Hubert Dorigatti
alternate take from Hubert Dorigatti’s Mephisto, 2018
Hubert Dorigatti vocals, guitar / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica / Max Castlunger percussions / Laura Willeit back vocals
9. THE BLUES IS ALRIGHT (Little Milton additional words by Fabrizio Poggi)
outtake from Spaghetti Juke Joint, 2014
Fabrizio Poggi vocals, harmonica / Enrico Polverari acoustic guitar / Stefano Spina bass, drums / Claudio Noseda organ
10. EVERY LIFE MATTERS (Enrico Pesce / Fabrizio Poggi) with Shar White
new version 2024 unreleased
Shar White vocals / Fabrizio Poggi harmonica / Enrico Polverari guitar / Stefano Spina bass, drums, organ
Produced by Fabrizio Poggi with Stefano Spina and Angelina Megassini
Edited, mixed and mastered by Stefano Spina
Logistics and organization Angelina Megassini
Front cover picture: Riccardo Piccirillo
Shar White with Fabrizio Poggi’s picture by Angelina Megassini
Fabrizio Poggi’s booklet picture by Roberto Cifarelli
Graphics: Manuela Huber
Shar Sharon White courtesy of Wednesbury Music
Please visit Guy Davis website: www.guydavis.com
Sonny And Brownie’s Last Trainproduced by Rik Palieri’s Song Writers Notebook (in part) with facilities provided by Media Factory in Burlington, Vermont. mediafactory.org
Fabrizio Poggi wears The Blues Foundation hat
Fabrizio Poggi plays Hohner Harmonicas
In loving memory of Paolo Caru’ (1941 – 2024)