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Ladell McLin

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Ladell McLin is an American blues musician, songwriter, actor and record producer.

"If you haven’t yet heard of Ladell McLin, you will.” - Real Blues Magazine.

Life

Born in Chicago, Illinois to parents Marsha McLin and Lamont Braswell. Ladell’s father happens to be a magnificent musician, drummer and music composer coming from the doo-wop and the roots of the South Side Chicago singer bands like the The Chi-Lites, The Dells, Curtis Mayfield. Marshall Thompson from the Chi-lights is the cousin of Mr. Braswell.

Ladell McLin older brother from his father Andrea Cotton one of the most profound Chicago blues drummers.  At age 16 he started touring with Wilie Dixon, played with Junior Wells, A.C. Reed and many others. Young Ladell would follow his older brother around at 11 years old at Teresa’s Lounge in Chicago and The Checkerboard Lounge.

This is where Ladell McLin learned to play the blues. During this time on the south side of Chicago 99% of the audience and musicians were black. So, McLin got to learn from the legends like Lefty Dizz, Junior Wells, Johny Dollar and Eddie Butler.

The guitar became Ladell's first true love, and by age 19 he was hired to play with Eddie Burks. He went on to perform at blues venues throughout the Midwest, at Buddy Guy's Legends. And learned onstage from the best in the business: Koko Taylor, John Primer, and Buddy Guy himself.[1]

Musical career

Ladell Mclin emeritus of that scene, he has showcased his talents countless times in performance with Eddie Burks, Wayne Baker Brooks, Fernando Jones, Stan Skibby including four appearances at the world famous Apollo Theater and with Carlos Santana, B.B. King, and Robert Randolph at the renowned Montreaux Music Festival and Son's D' Hiver Festival in Paris.[2][3][4]

Since then there have been critical artistic collaborations with Buddy Miles, Vernon Reid, Paul Schafer, John Primer from Muddy Waters's band, James Blood Ulmar, DMC of Run-DMC and many others.

Ladell McLin has an extraordinary way of reminding listeners of the profound influence that the blues has had on various genres of music as well as our society as a whole.[5] This ability was not lost on French director, Michel Viotte, who hand-picked Ladell to be the focus of his documentary on the influence of the blues in American culture. ln 2010, "Mythical Roads: The Blues Highway with Ladell McLin": part 1,2 (TV Series documentary) was released on Channel France 5, a two-part saga following Ladell as he traced the history of blues along legendary Highway 61.[6] [7][8] The documentary continues to air regularly in France, Germany, Switzerland and all throuout the world.

With three studio albums under his belt, Stand Out is the debut studio album by American bluesman, it was released in 2005, by Gigantic Music.[9] [10] He has collaborated with Grammy Winner and Music Director, Swiss Chris, as well as Rap guru, D.M.C. of the legendary group Run D.M.C., to create a masterwork that will portray the evolution of rock & roll from the blues to today. [11] His second sophomore album l AM KlNG is a nod to his indigenous Chicago Blues roots.[12] The anticipated studio album was released in 2014, on a French label Aztec Music.

Ladell Mclin has recorded a new albums set to be released soon including new songs produce and recorded by Neil Conti and on Bass Jim Dimond Ghetto Recorders Archived 2017-05-01 at the Wayback Machine records, the Album is called ButterFly and Sands. Also Ladell has recorded and produce his new band Magenta with Panama Harris and to be released in 2022.

Musical style

Ladell McLin has been described as a true artist that possesses the ability to transcend the bounds of conventional music through his muse, the blues.[13] Music blazes through Ladell McLin’s veins. This guitar mastermind who has been described by critics as “a cross between Lenny Kravitz, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix”, is rocking the foundations of music world with a trademark style and edgy sound that are unmistakably his own.[14] Ladell McLin has been characterized as one of the last in an illustrative line of artists who were said to have defined the sound of electrified blues.[15]

Discography

Albums:

  • 2003: Ladell Mclin & the Lazy Americans – Live at the Bamboo Room (Download-Album)
  • 2004: Stand Out (Gigantic Music)
  • 2014: I am King (Aztec music)

Compilation Contributions:

  • 2006: Stand Out on Relix–February 2006 (Supplement to Relix Magazine)

Filmography

  • 2011: The Blues Highway: Part 1[16]
  • 2011: The Blues Highway: Part 2[17]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Oliveira, Jose. "Chatting with blues musician Ladell McLin". Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Ladell Mclin Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  3. ↑ Jazz, All About (2011-08-10). "Montreux Jazz Festival: Montreux, Switzerland, July 3-5, 2011 article @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  4. ↑ "Festival Sons d'Hiver, la sélection en vidéos". Les Inrocks (in français). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  5. ↑ Cigainero, Jake (2015-04-07). "Creating Guitars for Gypsy Jazz". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  6. ↑ "The Road of Blues (Part 2)". www.theepochtimes.com. 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  7. ↑ "Échappées belles", Wikipédia (in français), 2022-10-17, retrieved 2022-10-25
  8. ↑ admin (2010-03-07). "Blues puissance France 5". Soul Bag (in français). Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  9. ↑ Ladell Mclin - Stand Out, retrieved 2022-10-25
  10. ↑ "Lightning blues lives in Ladell McLin | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  11. ↑ Richardson, Lynda (2002-12-26). "PUBLIC LIVES; Making Sure Jazz Musicians Don't Get the Blues". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  12. ↑ Ladell Mclin - I am King (in français), retrieved 2022-10-25
  13. ↑ "Pablo Blaqk and Ladell McLin perform tonight at the Shrine in Harlem, no cover charge". HarlemGal Inc. 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  14. ↑ Oliveira, Jose. "Chatting with blues musician Ladell McLin". Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  15. ↑ "Art Deco Weekend". www.artdecoweekendmusic.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  16. ↑ Viotte, Michel (2011-01-29), The Blues Highway: Part 1, Mythical Roads, retrieved 2022-10-25
  17. ↑ Viotte, Michel (2011-02-12), The Blues Highway: Part 2, Mythical Roads, retrieved 2022-10-25


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