The new release from Stacy Jones, Whiskey, Wine & Water, is a pumping concoction of blues and Southern rock led by Jones’s muscular and soaring vocals.
Jones hails from Washington State. She has twice won the Best Female Vocalist award from the Washington Blues Society. Her voice compares with Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi. That’s how well she sings.
Whiskey, Wine & Water (released on March 27, 2015) was produced by Jones and Floyd Reitsma (Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews) and recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, WA. This collection of twelve homespun, original songs about love, lost love, whiskey drinking and life on the road is engaging. Key tracks for me are “Can’t Do Nothin’ Right” (about mucking up and forgiveness), “Dreams” (her father co-wrote this one before she was born), “Hole In My Sole” (inspired by the passing of the great JJ Cale), “4 Days More” (about hope and excitement) and “To Be Loved”.
With her fourth studio album, Jones shows off her country, folk and Americana roots while having her cowboy boots well entrenched in dusty blues and soul. Jones has shared the stage with Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite and has made appearances at SXSW (South-By-Southwest in Austin, TX), Chicago Blues Festival and Beale St. Memphis during the International Blues Challenge.
Her talent is awaiting the next level of recognition and I suspect it won’t be that long.
Whiskey, Wine & Water Track Listing
1. Can’t Do Nothing Right
2. You and Me, Tonight
3. Dreams
4. Hole In My Sole
5. Whiskey, Wine & Water
6. 4 Days More
7. To Be Loved
8. Momma
9. Keep On Keepin’ On
10. Lost Lovers Waltz
11. San Antonio
12. Waiting
Whiskey, Wine & Water Credits
Stacy Jones – Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Piano, Hammond B3, ukulele, percussion.
Kevin Sutton – Vocals ,Electric Guitars,c ornet
Rick J Bowen – Drums, percussion, Vocals
Tom Jones – Bass
special guests:
Mark Riley -Guitar
Sean Denton – Guitar
Jon Perry- Fiddle