Blues barnstormers GA-20’s first full-length live LP, Live In Loveland is set for release on March 17, 2023. Featuring 11 rowdy, blistering performances (including five songs from 2022’s Crackdown, three from their 2019 debut Lonely Soul and three previously unrecorded tracks), Live In Loveland captures GA-20 feeding off the energy of the wall-to-wall crowd and delivering each song with raw emotion and body-shaking force. Check out “I Cry For You” off the album below…
Live In Loveland mixes band originals and vintage covers, from early electric blues and honky-tonk country to proto rock ‘n’ roll, all performed live with deep feeling and punk energy. The album was recorded direct-to-tape on a vintage Tascam 388 at Plaid Room Records in Loveland, Ohio, home of the famous Colemine record label. Produced by Stubbs and engineered by Colemine owner Terry Cole, the band blasts out of the gate playing Harold Burrages’ I Cry For You, before tearing into Little Walter’s obscure gem My Baby’s Sweeter. The previously unrecorded original Hold It One More Time proves to be an instant classic, sitting seamlessly next to the vintage covers on the album.
According to guitarist Matthew Stubbs (whose resume includes playing with blues legends Charlie Musselwhite and James Cotton, among others), “There is a special type of energy that is exchanged when we play in front of a live audience, and we definitely feed off of that and wanted to capture that. I love the power and energy of the best live blues albums. Historically, some of the most iconic blues and jazz records have been live ones. B.B. King’s Live At The Regal changed my life. So did Hound Dog Taylor’s Beware Of The Dog!, and Albert King’s Live Wire/Blues Power. We really wanted to continue that tradition and do one of our own.”
GA-20’s “Live in Loveland” LP will be released on vinyl, CD and digital/streaming platforms on March 17th via Karma Chief Records. Click here to pre-order.
Live in Loveland Tracklist:
1. I Cry For You
2. My Baby’s Sweeter
3. Lonely Soul
4. I Let Someone In
5. Dry Run
6. Double Gettin’
7. My Soul
8. Just Because
9. Hold It One More Time
10. Crackin’ Up
11. By My Lonesome
GA-20 2023 TOUR DATES
JAN 25 WED Dog Rose Brewing Company – St. Augustine, FL
JAN 26 THU Skipper’s Smokehouse – Tampa, FL
JAN 27 FRI The Angeles – Fort Lauderdale, FL
JAN 28 SAT Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise 2023 – Fort Lauderdale, FL
FEB 7 TUE Charleston Pour House, Charleston, SC
FEB 8 WED Hendershots Coffee – Athens, GA
FEB 9 THU Lyric Theatre – Blacksburg, VA
FEB 10 FRI Woodlands Tavern – Columbus, OH
FEB 11 SAT Cincinnati Winter Blues Experience 2023 – Mason, OH
FEB 18 THU Starlite – Southbridge, MA
FEB 23 THU Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club – Portsmouth, NH
FEB 24 FRI Brooklyn Made – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Kendra Morris and Abby Jeanne)
FEB 25 SAT The Met – Pawtucket, RI
MAR 4 SAT Mid Winter Blues Festival 2023 – Regina, SK, Canada
MAR 11 SAT Crossroads Music Series – North Andover, MA
MAR 12 SUN The Ridgefield Playhouse – Ridgefield, CT (opening for Mavis Staples)
APR 15 SAT Nectar Lounge, Seattle, WA
APR 19 WED Hopmonk Tavern – Sebastopol, CA
APR 20 THU Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA
APR 21 FRI Crest Theatre – Sacramento, CA
APR 23 SUN The Peppermint Club – West Hollywood, CA
MAY 26 FRI Boston Calling Festival 2023 – Allston, MA
JUN 1 THU Red Rooster 2023 – Euston, United Kingdom
JUN 24 SAT The Gree River Festival – Greenfield, MA
