The Beatles, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Delta and Chicago Blues, Irish & English Folk, Roots Music, George Harrison, Ry Cooder, Otis Redding, Jeff Beck, Phil Manzanera, and most of all my Father.
I also like Richard Thompson, the ANALYST, Jet, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Natalie Merchant, June Tabor and the June Tabor Dancers, Coldplay, Eno, Dylan, The Chieftains, Howlin' Wolf, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Eminem, Americana, Espers, some Dub music, Laredos, Ralph Stanley, anything done honestly and well, also HEARING FROM YOU. Did I mention barbecue, corn bread, and watermelon?
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One of the best albums of the last 20 years, this hot 2008 release is a powerful combination of rock, power blues, and progressive roots music perhaps best described as Rockabluesic, with world-class guitars, powerful vocals, and rockin' cool melodies!
It explores issues of love and journeys of the mind.
Song List:
Baby's Like A Train
Who That Girl?
Rollin' Home
Changes
She Know How To Love Me
I Heard
On and On
I Could Say I Love You
Children of My Love
Sweet Peace, Sweet Love
The Mountain and The Valley
So Many Roads
Also included with the CD is an 8-panel insert w/lyrics and other pertinent or semi-pertinent information.
Sounds Like
ROCKABLUESIC!!!
WHAT ARE OTHERS SAYING ABOUT ROBERT STANLEY - THE ROADMAN?
"This business is full of CDs from bands that tout themselves as the “REAL DEAL”. I’m really tired of spending the cash to be constantly disappointed with yet another knockoff from great bands long gone.
This is the first CD I’ve purchased in a long, long time that was worth every penny. You just can’t find a CD with this state of craftsmanship anymore. His guitar playing and voice are extraordinary but coupled with his talents as a wordsmith and his awesome sense of arrangement and well, folks...it just doesn’t get any better.
That for me is the meaning of “Real Deal.” Worth every penny!"
Chip Muellemann - recording artist: Trevor, USA
"Robert Stanley's versatility on the guitar is notably impressive. This is blues with both feel and calculation, and it takes some wise and talented players to pull that off. Roadman's Hammer is a band that is up for the task, and they deliver the goods with rock and rhythm to spare....Robert Stanley rules!!!!" Herb Eimerman - recording artist: Lake Villa, USA
“I just listened to ‘Who That Girl’ and I can’t wipe the smile off my face! He never stops rockin’. I didn't want the song to end. His guitar licks smoke. If I still had a turntable the needle or grooves would be worn out on that song, glad I have a ‘repeat’ button on my CD player. I love it!” Anthony, The Roosters: Indianapolis, USA
"Yeah Roadman's Hammer...quality project from start to finish...unbelievable writing...guitar playing that can't be touched by anyone...and a voice you'll never forget...part Zep...part Beatles...part Badfinger...strong blues feel with rockin' cool melodies and great arrangements...turn it up...Lotsa Loud!!!" Eman - Under the Dome Studio: Chicago, USA
“The EMAN pushed The Roadman CD toward me and said matter of factly, ‘listen to this, you’ll like it.’ I took IT with me on a boring drive to North Chicago. First cut, Baby’s Like a Train, damn tasty and a rockin' tune! EMan’s words echoed in my ears, ‘if it’s too loud, you’re too old’. I turned it up to ‘11’...cut two, Who That Girl? Oh man the windows are about to implode and I look down at my speedo, I’m cruising at 85 in a 55 speed zone. North Chicago cops have no sense of humor and would never believe my reason for breaking the law, and ‘why are your ears bleeding!!!!’
So it goes Robert Stanley, I’ve never met you and I’ve never heard your guitar before, but man your CD is great!!! No wait GREAT!!!
EMan was right ‘listen to this, you’ll like it.’
” Al: Chicago, USA
"He is enigmatic, his guitar playing is at any given time as tasteful and restrained as it is raw and searing. He is a monumental talent, as sophisticated and acrobatic as any British guitar-hero and yet as pure and fun as a Mel Bay student sweating out his first three chords. Truly, Stanley plays as good as he wants to, and I have never seen anyone better at that, anywhere.
His vocals might bring to mind a '20-something' Robert Plant and Peter Gabriel.
And if the tools of his musicianship aren’t enough, his songwriting; he uses lyrics and melodies like a master painter uses brush-and-palette, or a surgeon uses a scalpel.
Rockabluesic indeed. Great album!" Tom & Liz Rutledge: Chicago, USA
"This stuff just gets to me, every which way.
Raw, passionate and very polished.
Love it, Love it, Love it."
Jennie: Medstead, Hampshire, U.K.
WARNING: You are about to experience Rockabluesic! REQUIRED BY LAW to be PLAYED LOUD!!! You ain't heard nothing like this in one place.
roadman's hammer: 'A mythical tool called for by all [coal] miners who have difficulty in moving tubs along roadways: the cure for all their ills.'
Roadman's Hammer: 'One of the BEST albums in the last 20 years; The cure for all musical ills.'
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Robert Stanley, The Roadman, is an accomplished musician, songwriter, and performer. He is the driving force behind the eclectic style of his Hammer. His vocals range from powerful to tender; you feel that he’s lived what he’s singing, indeed his lyrics are drawn from the pages of his own life. Robert is also an exciting and innovative guitarist, fiery at times, passionate and tasteful always, with an undercurrent of blues.
Robert grew up in Chicago and became passionately interested in music at an early age. More than once, he was thrown out of the local clubs after sneaking in. As a teen, he became enamored with the blues as many of Chicago’s great bluesmen would visit a neighbor on summertime Sundays and enjoy an afternoon of music, ribs, and various forms of liquid refreshment.
“I never had any idea I'd be the lead guitarist."
Around that time, Robert’s parents bought him his first guitar and at the age of fifteen he began playing in a band. Robert describes his first experience with that band: "I never had any idea I'd be the lead guitarist, I was really afraid the others would laugh at me. After our first practice, the guys said, 'You're the lead player.' It turned out that, as bad as I was at the time, they were even worse!"
He showed a knack for writing music and, more and more, introduced his songs into his band’s repertoire. This was the pattern in all of his early bands and he began writing songs for the stable of bands of a small Chicago record label.
'He was losing control of his whole life.'
As a performer, Robert came to be known for his scorching vocals and guitar style, as well as his unpredictable stage antics. As time went on, he found his stage persona was becoming his identity and he was losing control of his whole life.
As he was searching for his true identity, a friend introduced him to the spiritual side of life and Robert found the answers and peace he’d been searching for. He also found that he could actually benefit people by way of his music and he spent years developing his ability to paint word-pictures with his lyrics that would communicate the love, power, and peace he finally had in his life.
He’s not afraid to experiment with his Rockabluesic style. You can hear influences of the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Roots music; even Appalachian, Irish, and English folk can find their way into his songs. He has assimilated all of this into a style that is distinctly The Roadman.
He trusts that you will enjoy his labor of love, 2008 release “Roadman’s Hammer.”
Good Morning Robert, Well, had a rip-roarin blast at the pub last night. Went for quiet pint, only to find a wholesome blues band taking up the stage, or most of the bar floor anyway. Very jolly time had by all, especially me.
Sun shining, but not that warm and very windy - could almost be Chicago !! Saving your sauce for a very nice bbq day.
Need to think up something personal for lady I work with. Double anniversary coming up. So round and about today,
Aw thank you for the well wishes last weekend...we had a great time playing Mitzi's...full house and an attentive crowd plus 2 other bands that were great to be supporting. My only problem is...gig withdrawal LOL...want to keep gigging... How are you? Did you go to work on Ol' Yella? - Pauline/Sleeps Six
You got a knack for saying just the right thing !!! Probably why I like your songs so much - Haven't talked for a bit. You doin' ok ?? Tell me what's up in your world just now, Luv, Luv, Luv is all you need... Jennie X : ) : ) : ) X
Hey Robert. Thanks for the add and the kind words. Loving the songs on here.. they're Great and varied!! Nice touch on the guitar!! You draw from a lot of influences.
Robert, Also hope we might meet up some day, just remember all the gnomes in my garden have names like the guys in your band !!! Would sign out with a cup of tea and fruit cake, but it's all nuts round here !!!
It is very nice to meet you and experience your heartfelt music! Thanks for the explanation of your inspiration for the words. That does make a difference in how one listens:)
Love your voice! Love your music!!
Yes, I am on the Gulf side of the state. The water is starting to heat up... 83 right off shore. Very hot right now... 93 and humid. We have a long way to go before it will be cool again...
Thanks so much for the leadup best wishes...definitely excited about the show coming up on Saturday! Hope you have a great weekend too Robert, will post back after the shindig...cheers - Pauline
