Popa Chubby I'd Rather be Blind

Over the course of his career, Popa Chubby hasn't exactly grown. Instead, he's found his formula and he's sticking to it, thank you, no matter what anybody else might say. That's probably why he didn't quite cut it as a major-label artist – there is a market for his competent, muscular blues-rock, just not a large one….

Popa Chubby plays loud blues-rock, plain and simple. The songs on this 1999 outing are almost all originals from his pen, with Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long" and Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary" being the only covers aboard…..

For this concert recorded at the festival Nancy Jazz Pulsation October 13, 2012, you find many accents of Jimmy Hendrix (A magnificent Hey Joe, and much more, but everything is transcended with this guitar virtuoso. Popa Chubby? A genius guitarist, and ye fast. Otherwise, it is a style in itself of great music in the fresh air fed from the Bronx. The source is the blues, with the power of rock. Everything revolves around the guitar with great sound, and on this basis, Popa Chubby goes very far, carried by every jazz and soul influences.