solo blues harmonica and vocals by Keith Dunn

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"Alone With The Blues" is an appropriate title as this entire album features voice and harmonica, in a solo, one musician playing alone, format. Harmonica players used this set-up in the past. But, deeTone records uses it here, for the first time, for a complete album. This makes "Alone With The Blues" unique.

Because of the album's solo format, Sonny Boy Williamson's solo, European recordings immediately come to mind. In fact, of the 14 songs on "Alone With The Blues" the sole cover is Keith Dunn's version of a song that Sonny Boy recorded for Chess Records, Willie Dixon's "Bring It On Home."

"Alone With The Blues" goes to the heart and soul of the blues with songwriting described as having, "...the political activism of J. B. Lenoir and the attitude and punch of Junior Wells..."

Keith's songs address social, economic and political issues as well as the day-to-day themes of life in the 21st century. Two of his songs, “Strange Things Are Happening” and “Need To Make A Dollar” have received songwriting awards.

A listen to "Deep In My Heart For You" reveals the time that Keith Dunn spent with the blues legend Jimmy Rogers; the harmonica intro lets us know that he also had his days with harmonica innovator, Big Walter Horton.

"Alone With The Blues" offers you plenty variation of time, rhythm and keys. There is a short song with work-song cadence, "California Dream", a song in the swing style, "Kool Struttin'" and the gospel-inflected "A Feeling Called The Blues". There are two harmonica solo pieces, "deeTone Dance" and "Myers, Below, Jacobs and Myers". "Trouble Is Going On" is a deep-blues, the type rarely heard these days, that Keith delivers in the key of Dm on a harmonica that he constructed himself.

Keith Dunn produced the album, recorded in one day, without overdubs. The sound is big, warm and personal. “Alone With The Blues” has the excitement, spontaneity, and passion found only in the classic blues recordings.

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