Hey Everybody!! Lots of fun solo shows this month but coming in September and October, I'll be starting back up with, Henry Gray and Andy Cornett and Carol Fran will be there, too!  Also, stay tuned for the new Marty Christian Trio in October featuring Andy Cornett and Frank Kincel!  We're using Facebook a lot these days to stay in touch and pass on videos, music and reviews as they come so for those of you on Facebook,   please sign up as a fan here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marty-Christian/16553389220 and also for Henry Gray here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Henry-Gray/121419383888   OK - stay cool and hope...

"Henry Gray has been playing piano for over seven decades, recorded with Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Little Milton, Jr. Wells, Lazy Lester, and has more than 58 albums to his credit. He held down the piano stool in Howlin’ Wolf’s band from 1956 till 1968, and been credited as helping create that distinctive Chicago blues piano sound. Returning to Louisiana in ‘68, he became part of the swamp boogie scene. In recent years he’s received four W. C.Handy nominations, and been awarded the National Heritage Fellowship Award by the National Endowment of the Arts. He’s been a fixture at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festivals for the past 30 years. He’s joined on Times are Gettin’ Hard by the Cats, Brian “B.B” Bruce harmonica, Marty Christian guitar, Frank Kincel drums, Andy Cornett bass, and Jackie Bruce on tambourine and backup vocals. This project isn’t just another old blues musician pumping out some traditional blues; these cats have teeth and a bite...

just something I recorded today - a little guitar piece for a friend peace Friday Afternoon tune by Marty Christian

Gritty, down and dirty and definitely hurting, Underground Blues is everything that the blues should be. A largely stripped down recording of Marty Christian on guitar and vocal, he is joined by Andy Cornett and his harmonica on “Piney Wood Boogie.” Together they certainly punch above their weight. “Last Bus to Memphis” leaves you down and out; standing on the dusty road in the rising steam of summer heat. There are some real nice little guitar accents in this song that really set the mood. Steeped in traditional sound, “Never Find a True Love Again” and “Blackbird” both have an ageless quality. There is a lot of Louisiana soul in Christian’s delivery that can only come from life in the bayou absorbing experience from the masters that came before him. “Sentimental Blues” absolutely aches through each deliberate note. There is drama, confusion, conflict and resolve in the presentation of this track; it just feels so sincere. I like the clean, unfussy desperation in “What Kind of Fool...