Jeff Turmes, musician, guitarist, artist. en-us http://www.jeffturmes.com/ http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=17 Last October, when I was on the Legendary Blues Cruise with Mavis Staples and band, I was interviewed by Eric Wrisley for the e-zine BluesWax. It's out now (www.blueswax.com)... a fairly wide-ranging interview. Eric basically let me run my mouth about whatever came into my head. We talk about songwriting, bass playing, Blind Willie Johnson, Cormac McCarthy, and Ohio. You can find it under "Blues Bytes" as"Sittin' in with Jeff Turmes". The article itself is titled "I've Come To Love The Challenge Of Writing Simply", which I find somewhat grandiose (did I actually say that?), but log on and read it anyway.
-- Posted by JeffTurmes 2010-01-21 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=17 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=16 February 16, 2010 will be the release date for Jeff's new CD, "Five Horses, Four Riders", comprised of thirteen original songs. "Five Horses" is produced by Jeff, engineered by Peter Malick at Chessvolt Studios (Norah Jones, Otis Spann), mixed and mastered by John Whynot (Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn, Blue Rodeo), and features an array of brilliant Los Angeles-based musicians including Rick Holmstrom (guitar), Stephen Hodges, Don Heffington, and Steve Mugalian (drums), and Janiva Magness and Donny Gerrard (backing vocals). Jeff sings and plays acoustic and electric guitars, bass, banjo, saxophone, bass clarinet and dumpster. "Five Horses" traverses the country between acoustic folk and raw electric blues, and Jeff's singing and writing achieve new heights. In addition, the CD packaging features his photographs and distinctive artwork. "Five Horses, Four Riders" is coming. Be ready. Posted by JeffTurmes -- Posted by JeffTurmes 2010-01-08 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=16 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=15 November of last year saw Jeff in studio with the gorgeous-sounding Canadian duo Twilight Hotel and veteran engineer John Whynot (who, incidentally, mixed and mastered Jeff's "Five Horses, Four Riders".). Jeff played electric and acoustic bass, banjo, and saxophones. The record will come out on Corazong Records; release date unknown. Last year also saw Jeff appear on Amy Allison's "Sheffield Streets" (Urban Myth). Jeff played saxophone and bass clarinet and wrote a horn arrangement for the song "The Needle Skips". Don Heffington produced (and engineered, and played drums. Nice work, Don. And 2009 also saw the release of Tommy Castro's "Hard Believer" (Alligator Records), on which Tommy covered Jeff's "The Trouble With Soul", and Jake LaBotz's "I'm A Crow" (Charnel House), on which Jeff played electric and acoustic bass, saxophone and bass clarinet. -- Posted by JeffTurmes 2010-01-08 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=15 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=14 Jeff was in the studio recently contributing to an upcoming Alligator Records release by the peerless blues vocalist Janiva Magness. Jeff played bass and/or guitar and baritone sax on several tracks and contributed two original songs. It will be Janiva's second Alligator release. Jeff played on and brought two songs to her previous record, "What Love Will Do" (2008). -- Posted by JeffTurmes 2010-01-08 http://www.jeffturmes.com/news.php?id=14