1. Long Slow Blues - 5:26
2. Hallowed Ground - 3:50
3. I Need a Car - 4:41
4. Late Starter - 4:13
5. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - 4:06
6. Did Somebody Make a Fool of You - 4:03
7. Love Nor Money - 5:45
8. Tough Love - 4:52
9. Crossroads Blues - 3:27
10. Sanctified Love - 5:53
11. Going Down Slow - 8:05

Guy Tortora - Guitar, Vocals
Brendan Canty - Bass
Neil Littman - Drums
Janos Bajtala – Keyboards

From 2002. This is definitely not an album of run-of-the- mill blues, and made a good first impression on the UK scene. This CD contains many fine songs, inc. I Need A Car, one of Guy’s originals (and often requested at acoustic performances) played solo on bottleneck guitar; also an outstanding solo interpretation of the Motown classic I Heard It Through The Grapevine, and a sideways look at Robert Johnson’s Crossroads Blues played solo on electric slide. --- guytortora.com

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01. Big Wheel (5:00)
02. Rag Mama Rag (3:33)
03. Too Much Stuff (4:06)
04. Miss You So (6:35)
05. That's Against The Law (3:34)
06. Willie Dixon (6:13)
07. Quittin' Time (3:32)
08. Viola Lee Blues (4:07)
09. Wayfaring Stranger (5:24)
10. Prodigal Song (5:46)

The newest release from Guy is available from November 2011. Original songs on the album include the opening track Big Wheel where a wistful National guitar gets you heading down the highway. Miss You So is a tense and terse blues, That's Against the Law makes a little nod in the direction of Johnny Cash and Bobby Zimmerman, Willie Dixon is dedicated to the great Chicago bluesman -- and Hero of the Blues -- and is reminiscent of Lowell George and Little Feat, Quitting' Time is a working man's blues, and the heartfelt Prodigal |Song deals with clearing out the house of a parent who has recently passed away. Covers include songs from The Band, Eric Bibb, Canon's Jug Stompers, and the American country spiritual Wayfaring Stranger. "A master songsmith . . . file it under Tortoriana!" -------Ashwyn Smythe , Blues Matters!, guytortora.com

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1. Living On Credit - 5:06
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine - 3:43
3. Like It That Way - 5:12
4. Cotton Was King - 5:14
5. God Don't Change - 4:36
6. Super Blue - 5:34
7. Mama's Tired - 4:58
8. White Boy Blues (Song For J.R.) - 5:45
9. People Get Ready - 4:30
10. My Town – 5:15
11. Wayfaring_Stranger - 5:24
12. Don't Do It - 5:17

Born & raised in Pasadena, California, Guy Tortora is now settled in London, in the UK. He was began playing guitar from the age of 11, and started playing and performing in bands from junior high and high school days in Pasadena, and later around Southern California, soaking up the rich influences of the incredible music scene there in the 60's and 70's when he also travelled widely across the USA and Canada.

What he does as a songwriter and performer is what people like to call Americana these days -- a hard term to define as it seems to mean different things depending on who you're talking to. But if to you it means original songs, well constructed and well performed, in some of the various musical idioms that originated in the USA -- blues, jazz, folk and roots -- and also interpreting the work of other writers in these genres with depth and feeling, then you should check out his work if you haven't already.

Over the last few years he has laid claim to a unique niche on the Blues 'n' Roots scene in the UK and European Continent, from small clubs and theatres to festivals. His two recent solo albums received a warm welcome in the Blues 'n' Roots reviews, a third album was released in 2008 to great acclaim from reviewers and audiences alike. When travelling light, he performs in stripped down acoustic mode either on his own, or accompanied by bass or keyboards. At many UK gigs he appears with the Guy Tortora Band, his own four-piece outfit of accomplished musicians from the UK and Europe. With this band he has performed live with artists as diverse as Eric Clapton, Pee Wee Ellis, John Cleary and Eric Bibb. He has also performed with Paul Jones, host of BBC Radio 2's Rhythm and Blues show, and recorded live sessions for Radio 2 and numerous local stations in the UK and Europe.

Guy is a guitar player of some accomplishment and a talented songwriter. On both acoustic and electric guitars he plays finger style, and is a fine bottleneck and slide player. His playing is not the flashy guitar-slinger style beloved of bluesrockers everywhere, but understated, and leaves room for the songs to make an impact, whether those written from his own unique point of view or the "covers" he performs that include many old standards and traditional tunes as well as songs by more recent American writers such as Eric Bibb or Kreig Viesselman. --- myweb.tiscali.co.uk

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1. My Town - 5:15
2. No Substitute - 4:53
3. Good Morning Mrs. T. - 5:22
4. Two Fried Eggs - 5:14
5. Ain't Nobodys Business - 4:50
6. Two Wrongs - 6:29
7. Done Got Over - 5:24
8. Watch Over Me - 5:26
9. Early In The Morning - 4:31
10. Long Time Blue - 4:11
11. Soul Mate - 4:07
12. Sometimes She Cries - 7:14
13. Blues Take Me Home - 6:49

Released in 2004, contains many originals inspired, it seems, by memories of life and times in Pasadena, Ca and elsewhere. The songs range in subject matter, like a series of snapshots, or scenes glimpsed through the window of a moving car, framed with wry humour and strong melodies. Ranging from the rootsy "traintime" rhythm of My Town, through the subtle funk of Good Morning Mrs T, to the Mississippi chorus ending of Blues Take Me Home, the album was recorded in the Tonezone Studio of co-producer Richard Studholme, who has recorded albums for Eric Bibb, Donovan, Hubert Sumlin and others. ---www.guytortora.com

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