Currently available on NOLA BLUE RECORDS:
BENNY TURNER
40 years after losing him, Benny's newest CD, My Brother's Blues, pays tribute to his big brother and best friend, Freddie King.
"Album-length tributes to blues greats of decades past are nothing new, but this collection is truly special. It's one legendary brother paying tribute to another, who just happens to be one of the greatest bluesmen of all time. Freddie and Benny paid their dues on the road together at a time when simply traveling from one gig to the next could prove perilous to life and limb, and they emerged victorious, creating blues for the ages." - Bill Dahl
"Album-length tributes to blues greats of decades past are nothing new, but this collection is truly special. It's one legendary brother paying tribute to another, who just happens to be one of the greatest bluesmen of all time. Freddie and Benny paid their dues on the road together at a time when simply traveling from one gig to the next could prove perilous to life and limb, and they emerged victorious, creating blues for the ages." - Bill Dahl
when she's gone is in loving memory of Ella Mae, the mother who raised two blues legends - Benny and big brother Freddie King.
when she's gone was nominated for Best Traditional Blues CD in the 2016 Independent Blues Awards and was also nominated for Best Soul Blues Album in the 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards.
Benny's CD, Journey, contains all original music, including family treasures passed down to him as a boy (“My Mother’s Blues” honoring Ella Mae (King) Turner, and “My Uncle’s Blues (Fannie Mae)” honoring his uncle Leon King). Pulling from a lifetime of doo-wop, R&B, gospel, soul, and blues influences, and seasoned with dashes of humor and strife, Benny has created a musical gumbo with something sure to satisfy everyone who listens. "Breakin' News" was a blues song finalist in the 2015 International Songwriting Competition.
BILLY PRICE
Alive and Strange is a scorching set recorded live with the Billy Price Band in front of a sold-out hometown crowd. It is Price's 15th career recording featuring Price with his superb horn-driven Billy Price Band performing an eclectic array of blues, R&B, soul, and funk songs written by icons of these genres including William Bell, Percy Mayfield, James Brown, and Magic Sam.
