So what happens when someone comes along who plays with that kind of intensity, whose command of the guitar goes beyond chops to something deeper in the soul, who is so tied to his beloved instrument that he's been known to sleep with it and cover it in roses - and on top of all that, he's from Chicago too?
Here's what should happen: Everyone should stop whatever they're doing and listen to Ladell McLin, an astonishing and soulful guitarist, singer, and songwriter who plays with a conviction that's become all too rare since guitar gods walked the earth.
Produced by fast-rising studio ace Brian Devine, his debut studio album,Stand Out, brings McLin to the highest level of guitar. From lightning runs and razor-sharp hooks to siren-like wails that shatter into eruptions of passionate dissonance, he draws inspiration from his heroes and blasts it back with a furious, personal eloquence. His time is now…
"..For the under-30 audience, this will be the door-opener for journeys into Blues...and I feel compelled to say, ..Thank you..."
- Real Blues Magazine
"Yes, Ladell's music bears a striking resemblance to that of Jimi Hendrix, and no, there is nothing wrong with that"
- Amsterdam News
"I played Ladell McLin's album, Stand Out, in its entirety on my radio show, Wake Up And Rock, yesterday morning on KPFT in Huston. I started it at 5:00am and thought I was going to lean back and enjoy listening to it all the way through again, but my listening pleasure was interrupted repeatedly by listeners calling in to thank me for playing an entire album of such coll music!"
- Laura Slavin, KPFT radio
And hey - I’ve got some more Northern Cal shows coming up. Hope you’ll be able to come to one or two of ‘em. I’d love to see you there.
Th 9/20 - Blackwater Café, Stockton Fri 9/21 - Queen Bean, Modesto Sat 10/6 - Fat Cat Music House, Modesto (contact me for free tix!) Sun 10/14 - Blackwater Café, Stockton Tue 10/16 - MAMA Awards, Modesto Th 10/18 - State Theater of Modesto Th 10/25 - Red Vic Sessions, San Francisco
"There are many paths to enlightenment.
Be sure to take the one with a heart."
- Lao Tzu
Hello my friend,
I thought today in sharing with you some images
and things of my simple daily life.
Those are some of my little babies, and my way of living.
:)
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I wish you all good simple things in life,
as a path of happiness.
May you have a beautiful weekend
Many Blessings and love,
Your friend,
**RaK**
"It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content."
-~Meister Eckhart
Our life begins to change in magical ways when we open to the experience of life AS IT IS. With acceptance, we stop fighting what is happening. And this creates space, an opening for new relationships to unfold.
Explore unconditionally saying yes to the facts of life. Accept your past and where you are now. Unconditional acceptance is unconditional love and this is healing.
"Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater."
-** Nicholas Evans
Blessings to you friend ,
Wherever you are,
I wish you all good things
Your friend,
**RaK**
