Tony Holiday is excited to share his new single, "She's A Burglar." The track is off his forthcoming album, Keep Your Head Up, produced by Eric Corne. The new disc will be released on April 18th via Forty Below Records. Pre-order here.
The album opener, "She's A Burglar," written by Jerry Ragovoy, is a Freddie King classic. It's Texas Blues featuring good pal Eddie 9V on lead guitar and sharing vocals. Tony is also joined on the track by guitarist Jad Tariq, bassist Terrence Grayson, drummer Ray Hangan, horns are Mark Pender (trumpets), David Ralicke on saxophone, Chad Mason on Fender Rhodes and Sasha Smith on Hammond organ.
Tony explains, “I chose this song because it’s been an all time favorite of mine for years, the Howard Tate and Freddie King version. He continues, “Eddie 9V added an authentic sting to the song with his guitar and set the tone with his great vocals.”
In addition to Eddie 9V, the album features a wide array of special guests - there's Kevin Burt, Albert Castiglia, and Laura Chavez, last year's Blues Music Award winner for 'Guitarist of the Year' with Holiday shining throughout on vocals and harmonica.
Tony Holiday has been at the center of a Memphis soul-blues revival anchored by a contingent of young, savvy, well-schooled musiciians with a "family-like" attitude and a strong belief in one another. Over the past couple of years, He's been touring hard, taking spells in between to write and record with Producer Eric Corne in Memphis and Los Angeles. The result is this new album, Keep Your Head Up. The album demonstrates an impressive command of styles, as Holiday leads his band fluidly through Texas, Chicago, and hill country blues with plenty of Memphis soul and even a touch of Afrobeat.
ABOUT TONY HOLIDAY
Mentored by past legends, Holiday and his loose Memphis collective of musicians have built on the city's rich traditions and carried them forward. There's something about Tony Holiday that draws people together, The community has been as the core of Holiday's career. Since relocating from Salt Lake City to Memphis in 2017, Holiay has been at the center of a soul blues revival, anchored by a contingent of young, savvy well-schooled musicians with a strong belief in one another.
Motel Mississippi, Holiday's last release and second solo album (2023), was recorded an hour outside Memphis in Coldwater, Mississippi, at Zebra Ranch, the studio of the late great Memphis legend Jim Dickinson (The Rolling Stones, Big Star). Combining the sounds of North Mississippi Hill Country, Delta Blues, and Memphis soul, Motel Mississippi is equal parts hypnotic blues, driving soul, and juke joint stomper.
Prior to Motel Mississippi, was 2020s Soul Service, which followed two volumes of Tony Holiday's Porch Sessions. The Porch Sessions saw Holiday traveling across the United States and throughout Europe, recording blues musicians on their very own front porches, in front of juke joints, in the countryside, and even on the front stoops of raucous night spots in bustling cities, resulting in two critically acclaimed albums. The guestlist struck a balance between older legends like Grammy® winners Charlie Musselwhite and Bobby Rush, former Muddy Waters guitarist John Primer, and the iconic Lurie Bell, alongside some of Holiday's peers Southern Avenue, Victor Wainwright, and John Németh. The latter two have been essential mentors for Holiday since his move to Memphis.
