Results for "Rick Vito"

Rick Vito

Slidemaster

By Rick Vito

Label: Momojo Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Vegas Jump; Steal Away; The Big Beat; The Danger Zone; Red Hot Baby; Albatross; Soul Shadows; Slide The Blues; A Change Is Gonna Come; River Of Blues; The Supernatural; The Lords Prayer.

Rick Vito: Slidemaster

by Scott Gudell
June 23, 2026

Rick Vito is truly a top slide guitarist / USA and he has consistently been a top gun for decades. Vito, as with other State side sliders, including Duane Allman and Ry Cooder plus Brits such as Peter Green and Jeff Beck, were awed by domestic blues guitar master's including Elmore James, Robert Johnson and many ...

Rick Vito And Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Guy Davis: Blues Brothers Indeed

by Doug Collette
March 29, 2026

Not all blues musicians play blues material exclusively. In fact, some of the most notable practitioners in the genre enhance their reputations by traveling far afield for eclectic selections that freshen their fundamental point(s) of reference. Rick Vito's Slidemaster is just such an effort, while by contrast, the triumvirate of Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart and ...

Cadillac Man

By Rick Vito

Label: Nola Blue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Love Crazy Baby; It's Two A.M.; Cadillac Man; Little Sheba; Bo In Paradise; Gone Like A Cool Breeze; Crying At Midnight; Barbeque'n Baby; Just Another Day; River's Calling; You Can't Stop A Guitar; Sliding Into Blue.

The Blues Period: The First Decade of Nola Blue Records, 2014-2024

by Scott Gudell
May 4, 2024

Start with a degree in Business Administration and Management and you might just wind up running and owning a record company. Sounds like a long shot but that's what happened to Sallie Bengtson in 2014 when her passion for all things blues--especially if it has something to do with New Orleans--inspired her to visit the city. ...

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac: A Green Sun Sets On The Blue Horizon

by Scott Gudell
July 17, 2021

There are times when the stars align in a dramatic and symbiotic way. Although Mick Fleetwood had talked about a tribute concert to honor friend and British blues slide guitar giant Peter Green for years, Fleetwood was tenacious and succeeded in bringing together an all-star roster of close to 20 musicians on February 25, 2020, days ...