IL BLUES

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A Real Fine Day was reviewed in the Italian Blues Magazine Il Blues. A few paragraphs from the review:
“His strenght is clearly the slide and the bottleneck techniques which contribute to make him a very dynamic player and a versatile composer.

This cd is a great combination of “well done” funk arrangements which are electric and to the point (ie Body Mind & Soul and Squeeze Me In), while also having a nice contrast with some more classic Delta patterns such as in the beautiful “My Mind Gets To Wandering” or in the last track ” A Real Fine Day”.

The best moment on the CD is “New Day Dawning”, the first song in which he impresses with his slide acoustic virtuosity and its hypnotic and unstoppable groove.”

Grazie!

Bruce Iglauer

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Received a nice letter today from Bruce Iglauer, owner of the legendary Alligator Records, about A Real Fine Day. Of “Squeeze Me In”, he said “good groove and I like the funky breakdown… I like the attitude”
He really liked the solo acoustic song “My Mind Gets To Wanderin”. Regarding my original instrumental, “The Friz”, he said, “fun instrumental with nods to Freddie King, Lonnie Mack and maybe Roy Buchanan. Made me smile! And then some wild slide too. Nicely done.” Of “Mellow Down Easy”, he said “Nicely laid back version.”
About my cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “No Place To Go”, “not easy to cover Wolf. Nice dirty guitar tone and I’m thankful that you didn’t try for Wolf’s voice. I didn’t expect to enjoy this but I did. Very enjoyable gritty solo.” “Sun Worlds, Moon Worlds..” a “tasteful instrumental” and “A Real Fine Day” -“some sweet slide”.
Thanks Bruce. Coming from you, that means alot!

Metronome

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Metronome, the venerable Boston area music magazine, has this to say about A Real Fine Day: “Nomad proves to be adept at all facets of blues that include acoustic, electric, psychedelic and funky…In control of every note, Mark Nomad delivers a satisfyin’ collection of tunes on A Real Fine Day that’s specifically aimed for a wide audience of music lovers and blues aficionados. Good stuff.”

A Real Fine Day

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Big news! My brand new album, A Real Fine Day, was just released on Blue Star Records. I’m proud of this one. Sturgis Cunningham and Dale Monette on drums and Peter King and John O’Boyle on bass, all did a great job with these songs. It’s a true musical journey. I hope you’ll take it and have a real fine day!

Don Odell’s Legends

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We were honored to appear on a recent episode of Don Odell’s Legends television show. It lives up to its name and has featured a number of terrific blues and roots artists over the years such as Joe Louis Walker, Guitar Shorty, Pat Travers and The Royal Southern Brotherhood which includes Devon Allman, Cryil Neville and Mike Zito.

Please go to the Video page to view an interview I did with Art Tipaldi, Editor of Blues Revue magazine and to individual songs that feature Peter King on bass, Sturgis Cunningham on drums and special guest Tom Orszulak on tenor sax. Please enjoy!

“The Song”

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“The Song” is a television show devoted to songwriters, composers and lyricists. To view an acoustic performance and interview with Mark Nomad please visit:

http://vp.telvue.com/preview?id=T01668&video=136977