{"title":"Trudy Lynn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"royal-oak-blues-cafe","title":"Royal Oak Blues Cafe","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn Lee Audrey Nelms in Houston's Fifth Ward, \u003cstrong\u003eTrudy Lynn\u003c\/strong\u003e comes from strong musical stock: the late Al \"TNT\" Braggs, one of Houston's most electrifying R\u0026amp;B vocalists and a prolific songwriter for Bobby \"Blue\" Bland, was her cousin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a long and successful career, which included European releases for Ruf and Isabel, Lynn entered into another longstanding label relationship with Connor Ray Music. The late Jerry Lightfoot introduced her to label owner, harpist Steve Krase, and she was given the creative freedom to write new music while still recording select vintage covers, with dynamic results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer acclaimed \u003cem\u003eRoyal Oaks Blues Café\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) reached #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart and gets its long-awaited re-release. Trudy Lynn gives Steve Krase a starring role on \u003cem\u003eRoyal Oaks Blues Café\u003c\/em\u003e and he does indeed shine throughout the album. He offers subtle support, sometimes slipping in to accentuate her verses, then he takes center stage for slippery, supple solos that bring a bit of Chicago to Lynn's Texas blues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch casual bending of genre boundaries is one of the appealing things about Lynn's latter-stage career: she's absorbed all the shifts in soul-blues styles since the '60s, so she can slide between sounds with ease. There are rollicking roadhouse rockers like \"\u003cem\u003eRed Light\u003c\/em\u003e\" here but what gives this album such personality are the digressions into mellow, rolling soul (\"\u003cem\u003eFeel It\u003c\/em\u003e\"), funky R\u0026amp;B stomps (\"\u003cem\u003eDown in Memphis\u003c\/em\u003e\"), and even a sojourn into the Delta by way of Jimmy Reed (\"\u003cem\u003eWhip It to a Jelly\u003c\/em\u003e\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLynn is a master of every one of these sounds and so is Krase, so it's a pleasure to hear them enjoy each other's company.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Continental Blue Heaven","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50468820418891,"sku":"2016780","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_a525bab6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727352294"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/trudy-lynn.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}