Don’t Let the Devil In

Les Copeland

This album marks Les’s Earwig Music label debut. It showcases Les’s fine finger picking, melodic sensibility and chordal finesse, and his wry...

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  • Les Copeland started his professional career as a country blues guy with a bottleneck stuck on one finger. By adding material by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and rock ‘n’ roller Chuck Berry to his repertoire, Les developed great versatility and chops. From down-home Delta to uptown Chicago blues, Les can improvise anything. Primarily self-taught, his unique sound has developed out of a rich mixture of influences including blues, jazz, Spanish flamenco, pop and classical music.

    This album marks Les’s Earwig Music label debut. It showcases Les’s fine finger picking, melodic sensibility and chordal finesse, and his wry and ironic lyrical observations about everyday people. Blues legend Honeyboy Edwards, with whom Les has toured in Canada for 14 years, guests on guitar on two tracks, and Honeyboy’s manager Michael Frank plays harmonica on three tracks. This cd is a healthy dose of Americana roots and blues, done Les’s inimitable way.

    1. That Needing Time 3:31
    2. Ry Cooder 3:13
    3. What’s Your Name 2:48
    4. Distant Train 4:05
    5. Riding The Sky Train 1:54
    6. Silently 2:57
    7. Anna Lee 4:13
    8. Long Lost Love 3:59
    9. Ginseng Girl 2:27
    10. How’s That Drummer 5:08
    11. I’m The Little One 2:10
    12. Everyday People 4:15
    13. Wet Paper Bag 4:21
    14. Don’t Let the Devil In 5:00
    15. Crying For An Angel 5:11
  • Release Date: May 18, 2010

    Musicians
    Les Copeland – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
    David “Honeyboy” Edwards – 2nd guitar on 7 & 10
    Michael Frank – harmonica on 3, 6, 14
    All songs written and arranged by
    Leslie Stuart Copeland, published by Earwig
    Music Company, Inc. and Leslie Stuart Copeland,
    except track 7 written by Robert Lee McCullum
    published by Arc Music Corporation
    Tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 12 recorded at
    Groove Recording, Vernon, British
    Columbia, Canada, August 19, 2008
    Greg Wenger and John Newton, engineers
    Track 15 recorded at Groove Recording,
    Vernon, British Columbia, Canada,
    March 31, 2010, Greg Wenger, engineer
    Tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 recorded
    at Big Drum Media, Prince Albert,
    British Columbia, Canada August 17, 2009
    Barry Mihilewitz, engineer,
    Jason Moon, assistant engineer
    All tracks mastered at
    JBG Audio, Palatine, IL by Jim Godsey

    Photos by Suzanne Swanson
    Design by Al Brandtner

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Genre: Blues