"Follow the musical journey that takes place as far north as St. George Street, Toronto and as far south as the streets of Máximo Gómez, Cuba and Nochistlan de Zacatecas, Mexico, then east to Brooklyn, New York and all the way west to the LA dreamlands. Tales of broken hearts and loving Elusive Babes.
Listen to The Adventures of Bo Segovia (title track); Bo Segovia, who, at age fifteen rides and fights with Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution, escapes into Texas, rides the rails to Chicago, and ends his odyssey in LA. Do you wanna Ghost Dance under Buffalo Skies? And when I'm feeling a kind of Isolation Blues, I'll pick up and play my guitar because the Blues Keep Thrillin' Me and the Spirit of Muddy Waters always keeps me searchin' and searchin' and searchin'."
Music and lyrics are composed by Bo's grandson, guitarist Ramon Taranco, the Cuban-born Mexican-American raised in Canada who recorded this, his 2nd CD of original songs over a 6-year period while living in New York City. Ramon and his Havana Blues Revue take you on a musical ride - in the tradition of the old big band and R&B revues where one band and band leader backs and features a variety of singers.
“The Adventures of Bo Segovia” includes 2 songs with Native Indian themes, “Buffalo Skies” and “Ghost Dance.” “Buffalo Skies” is a spontaneous outpouring inspired by Ramon’s fascination with the ghost dance and the odyssey of the Plains Indians. Its Shoshone and Sioux imagery and its New Orleans Funk rhythms make it an interesting musical and lyrical marriage. “Ghost Dance” is a song about materialism versus the spiritual. It has an Afro-Blues feel and a dazzling Middle Eastern violin solo. The title song, “The Adventures of Bo Segovia” tells the true life story of Ramon’s grandfather who fought with Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution, escaped into Texas, rode the rails to Chicago, and eventually settled in Los Angeles. “Babes Elusive” is a funk-soul-reggae ballad. “Isolation Blues” has a jazz feel that cuts into a latin-rhumba groove. “Spirit of Muddy Waters,” “Blues Keep Thrillin’ Me” and “St. George Street Overture” are blues-oriented.
The vocalists and instrumentalists are among the finest in New York City’s music scene. Vocalists: Denosh Bennett, Eddie Bobe, Craig Derry, Danny Frazier, Marchelle Jackson, Eunique Mack, Ramon Taranco & Lee Williams. On drums & percussion, Eddie Bobe, John Jenkins, Danny Sadownick & Ernesto Simpson; on harmonica, William Galison; on tenor sax & clarinet, Craig Handy; on organ, Greg Lewis & Danny Mixon; on violin, Samir Shukry; on electric bass, Essiet Okon Essiet, Buster Hemphill & Harvie S.; & on guitars, Ramon Taranco."
