In 35 years of career, Mr HARDEARLY has shared the stage with many internationally renowned artists such as ZZ Top, Status Quo, Bernard Allison, Les Commitments, Joe Louis Walker, Ten Years After, Georgia Sattelites, Andy J Forest, Van Wilks, Fred Chapellier, to name a few.
His new album "Redemption & bad habits" brings yet another dimension to his discographic and musical achievements, a maturity that he has achieved by traveling the roads, with more than 1500 concerts across Europe, which places him today among the essential blues artists in France!
Redemption & bad habits, Mr H's 6th studio opus is the one that most resembles him, allowing him to assert his place among the best French guitarists!
His rocking voice brings the extra touch to highlight the quality of this album released on February 9, 2024, still with the REBEL MUSIC label and a SOCADISC distribution.
The 15 tracks that compose it trace the news that we all live, that concerning his addictions of all kinds for example with "Bad sign, Before you make me going mad, Tightrope", the depression due to the loss of a loved one (Sure you're still around, I ain't got nothing but the Blues) but also the problems of relationship (Sending all my love, Good with my lady, I'll be killing you or Just got ten stones left from Le Havre) or the current economic crisis (Double bum, Looking for love) without forgetting some instrumental firecrackers of which he has the secret (Redemption & bad habits, The miracle (Tribute to Jeff Beck)).
This new album is a turning point in his career, much more accomplished than the 5 previous ones, reflection of 18 years of work that brought him a very personal sensitivity that raises him today among the greatest guitarists/singers of French blues.
But, rest assured! His White Urban Blues (Blues Urbain) remains more relevant than ever …
Mr Hardearly: an artist to (re)discover on stage too…….
At fifteen, Mr Hardearly took the path of truancy, his first guitar on his back, which he would tame by listening to legendary guitarists like J. Winter, J. Hendrix, S.R. Vaughan and Jeff Beck. He then recorded his first demos on a 4-track.
This very young Parisian Titi discovered England during language stays, and scoured the streets of London and Brighton in search of a Clapton vinyl or an effects pedal. The die was cast! Our young man became a guitar virtuoso and an esteemed sound engineer: Mr H plays music imbued with British Blues marked by the spirit of the great masters of the genre.
He plays throughout Europe, and in the wake of his previous CD Still alive & well (released at the end of 2009 and acclaimed by the specialist press), Mr H produces "White Urban Blues", a powerful album with energetic and chiseled guitars of which he has the secret.
Author and composer of 12 tracks on the album, Mr H explores the meanders of the so-called Devil's music, from the most roots to the most modern, from Muddy Waters to JL Walker, and mixes with this singular and explosive universe a subtle blend of power and softness, sublimated by his Stratocaster which screams on some tracks and cries on others.
Mr H's blues draws on his life, his daily life as a city dweller far from the cotton fields of origins. The sound of "White Urban Blues" is energetic, modern, and since you can never be better served than by yourself, Mr H recorded it in his El Grotto studio with its vintage decor, which he created about twenty years ago and in which Mauro Serri, Ron Smith, Juju Child, Slim Batteux, etc. have recorded, among others.
On stage and in the studio, Mr H is accompanied by a soul & groove bass/drums rhythm section that has been following him for several years now.
At the start of the 2016 school year, Mr H released the album X-perienced, a reflection of these 3 years of incessant touring (more than 250 dates since 2013), recorded live at the El Grotto studio and which sets the bar even higher than the previous album with more accomplished and more mature compositions. The album contains more than an hour of Blues (15 tracks including 2 instrumentals and 2 covers) in a guitar register that the greatest masters of the style would not deny with lyrics firmly anchored in the reality and daily life of our time. The programmers are not mistaken either since the group already has dates planned until 2023.
In 2018 the group celebrates its 10th anniversary with the release of the 4th album "I'm a Bluesman" on which Fred Chapellier records some burning solos. The 12 tracks of this opus are firmly anchored in the music of the devil and resonate to the sound of the maestro's Stratocaster. The tone is set: Blues, Blues, Blues !!!!!
The compositions follow one another with equal happiness as well as the 2 covers (Deep Purple and Junior Wells) that this CD contains. Also released is a Live album (One more from the road), an excellent reflection of the energy that the group has on stage.
In 2021, the album "Mean Blues" was released, recorded during the Covid health crisis with themes still rooted in current events but also more serious subjects such as drug addiction, suicide, the destruction of our planet or the mistreatment of women. We also discover some rather Funky compositions, with brass, a style in which the maestro had not ventured since his Live DVD in 2010. The guitars continue to cry and move us throughout the very inspired solos of the virtuoso guitarist. Mean Blues, a strong, intense and punchy album!!!!
His new album "Redemption & bad habits" (2024) brings yet another dimension to his discographic and musical achievements, a maturity that he has achieved by traveling the roads, with more than 1000 concerts across Europe, which places him today among the essential blues artists in France!
Redemption & bad habits, Mr H's 6th studio opus is the one that most resembles him, allowing him to assert his place among the best French guitarists!
The 15 tracks that compose it trace the news that we all live, that concerning his addictions of all kinds for example with "Bad sign, Before you make me going mad, Tightrope", the depression due to the loss of a loved one (Sure you're still around, I ain't got nothing but the Blues) but also the problems of couple (Sending all my love, Good with my lady, I'll be killing you or Just got ten stones left from Le Havre) or the current economic crisis (Double bum, Looking for love) without forgetting some instrumental firecrackers of which he has the secret (Redemption & bad habits, The miracle (Tribute to Jeff Beck)).
This new album is a turning point in his career, much more accomplished than the 5 previous ones, reflection of 18 years of work which brought him a very personal sensitivity that will touch the lovers of authentic Blues.
These three never leave the stage and the "Redemption Tour 2024" has already started, impatient as they are to share their new compositions with their audience.
Don't miss them! It is in concert that they give their full dimension.
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Tracklist:
01. Heart & Soul 02:54
02. Alive 03:54
03. True Friend 03:40
04. Fool For Your Loving 04:47
05. Toxic 07:09
06. Charlie's Shuffle 03:49
07. I Got News 03:04
08. Time Is On My Side 05:01
09. X-Perienced 03:30
10. Sweet Emotion 04:17
11. Sonnie 05:32
12. Fever 03:12
13. Soldier Of Fortune 03:07
14. Don't Let Me Down 04:28
15. The Brown 03:46
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