Blues traditionalist, country revivalist, Jon LaDeau is taking Brooklyn to the genres usually reserved for Austin, Chicago and New Orleans. This is a truly down home American style, presented with grit… irony-free. His latest record sticks to these styles with glee as LaDeau’s guitar work shreds like a latter-day Stevie Ray Vaughn. At times, his voice recalls the George Harrison from ‘All Things Must Pass,’ a rocker who still understands the roots of his sound. Tracks like ‘Lucille’ and ‘Grapple’ especially carry with them the railroad grooves of delta blues under jackhammer guitar licks. See him when he plays his ongoing residency at Way Station in Prospect Heights on November 30th. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)
