Roots Music Report

About the Band

"…Piper & the Hard Times combine the sensibility and flair of vintage blues bands with the entertainment savvy and edge of modern rockers...one of America's premier new blues groups." (Ron Wynn/Nashville Scene)

Piper & the Hard Times delivers intense, eclectic and rhythmically dynamic blues based music flavored with R&B, soul and rock. The band has an instrumental prowess that enables them to improvise with flair, while still creating music that has a melodic appeal that can immediately connect with audiences who want both a high degree of musical competence and songs with strong grooves and catchy hooks. In January 2024 they took top honors in the band division at the prestigious International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, Tennessee.

The core of the band, Al “Piper” Green, Steve Eagon, and Dave Colella have been playing and writing together for over 20 years. Over the course of three days in February 2024, Nashville-based Piper & the Hard Times held court in the legendary Ronnie’s Place at Soundstage Studios in Nashville to record Revelation. The album features a collection of 12 original songs deeply anchored in the blues from the New Orleans-flavored groove of “Trouble Man” to the Texas shuffle “The Hard Times”, the funk-rock “Heart for Sale”, and the slow ache and emotion of “Twenty Long Years”. One of America’s premier blues-roots artists, Piper & the Hard Times has been delighting audiences across the South for nearly 20 years.. When you listen to their new album, you’ll hear poignant, inspired "from the soul" music from these talented players who love making music together. You can hear that energy and vitality in Revelation.

Piper states, “I’ve never been prouder of anything we’ve ever done. The new album captured us in every way imaginable.” 

Discography

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Revelation Label: Hard Times Genres: Blues Styles: Contemporary Blues, Blues Songs on the Album Track # Song Title Style Genre 1 Trouble Man Contemporary Blues Blues 2 The Hard Times Contemporary Blues Blues 3 Heart for Sale Contemporary Blues Blues 4 Preacher Blues Contemporary Blues Blues 5 Revelation Contemporary Blues Blues 6 Working Farm Blues Contemporary Blues Blues 7 Crave You Contemporary Blues Blues 8 Come Back Knockin Contemporary Blues Blues 9 Why Not Me Contemporary Blues Blues 10 You're Gonna Miss Me Contemporary Blues Blues 11 Walk with Me Contemporary Blues Blues 12 Twenty Long Years Contemporary Blues Blues

Reviews

Revelation

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Album: Revelation
Label: Hard Times

Posted By: Duane Verh
Aug 11, 2024