Peace, Love & Loud Guitars Anthony Gomes

• 1 Come Down 04:34
• 2 White Trash Princess 04:16
• 3 Blues in the First Degree 03:45
• 4 Nasty Good 03:41
• 5 The Whiskey Made Me Do It 03:01
• 6 You Are Amazing 05:42
• 7 Peace, Love & Loud Guitars 03:49
• 8 Stealin' from the Devil 04:17
• 9 Your Mama Wants to Do Me (and Your Daddy Wants to Do Me in) 03:17
• 10 The Only Woman I've Ever Loved 04:20
• 11 Hard Road Easy 04:07
• 12 Take Me Back Home 05:35
• Total Runtime 50:24

Info for Peace, Love & Loud Guitars

Als der Kanadier mit portugiesischen Wurzeln 1998 sein Debüt auf den Markt brachte war die versammelte Presse der Meinung, dass Anthony Gomes eine große Zukunft bervorstehen würde. Nun, 12 schlappe Alben später, scheint er zumindest hierzulande noch immer in der Warteschleife festzustecken. Doch an seinen Alben liegt das definitiv nicht, denn es gibt in den ganzen zwanzig Jahren nicht einen einzigen Ausfall zu verzeichnen. Alle Alben sprechen die deutliche Sprache des harten Blues Rock, der sich fast schon mehr am Hardrock orientiert, denn am einschlägigen Blues.

Auch sein neuester Output „Peace, Love & Loud Guitars“ gibt alleine durch den Titel das Motto bereits mehr als deutlich vor. Wer hier die üblichen und ausgelutschten Bluesschemata erwartet, kann gleich zum nächsten Artikel weiterblättern, denn Gomes ist fern davon diese alten Schemata zu befriedigen. Viel mehr gibt er deutlich Gas, drückt mächtig auf die Tube, um sich den Weg frei zu rocken. Dabei steht neben seinem Spiel, das sich stets dem Song unterordnet, vor allem seine eindringliche Stimme im Vordergrund, die weit weg von einer Samtstimme, mit aller Rauheit den Whiskeyspülenden Schreihals mimt. Nicht umsonst gilt das Album bereits jetzt schon zu den besten Blues Rock Alben des Jahres 2018. Doch, dass er auch gefühlvoll seine Stimmbänder versteht zu strapazieren, gibt er im stark vom Soul durchzogenen „You Are Amazing“ zum Besten. Es sollte schon mit dem Teufel zugehen, wenn er seinen Status hierzulande mit diesem phänomenalen Album nicht endlich einmal festigen kann.

"Wenn man den Titel eines Albums als Versprechen für dessen Inhalt betrachtet, erfüllt „Peace, Love & Loud Guitars“ die gegebene Zusicherung. Friedliche Momente gibt’s durchaus, laute Gitarren sowieso zuhauf – und ja, man kann sich sogar ein wenig in dieses neuste Werk von ANTHONY GOMES verlieben. Es ist sein bisher bestes." (Dieter Sigrist, musikreviews.de)

Anthony Gomes, guitar, vocals
Mike Brignardello, bass
Greg Morrow, drums, percussion
David Smith, keyboards
Chris Leuzinger, acoustic guitar
Angie Primm, background vocals
Gale Stuart, background vocals
Devonne Fowlkes, background vocals
Anthony Gomes, background vocals

Anthony Gomes
With a guitar slung over his shoulder and the amps turned up full tilt, Anthony Gomes electrifies blues and rock at a 21st century crossroads of his own. The Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer wails with all the force of a hurricane in the Mississippi Delta and enough fret-burning fireworks to leave his strings in flames. Over the years, he’s toppled the Billboard Blues Chart at #1, earned the endorsement of legends such as B.B. King, tallied tens of millions of streams, and packed shows on multiple continents. In 2022, he makes his Rat Pak Records debut with High Voltage Blues, amplifying his soul and spirit like never before.

“I’ve learned how to embrace my voice as a guitarist and as a singer,” he states. “I understand who I am, and I use my strengths to my advantage. I have a blues soul and a rock ‘n’ roll heart. I love to jump back and forth between both with a modern day approach. When I play rock, it’s got a little more dust to it." ​

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he fell in love with music as a kid, listening to everyone from Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix to Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen. At 14 years old, Anthony gravitated to the guitar and his relationship with the instrument was born. After grinding it out, his chops caught the attention of B.B. King’s bus driver at a jam night. Blown away, the driver introduced him to B.B. who invited him to open up a string of tour dates in 2005. Gaining invaluable knowledge from “The King,” he went on to share the stage with the likes of Buddy Guy, Robert Plant, Joe Bonamassa, Heart, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and more. Along the way, his concert attendees have included Academy® Award winner Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, and Vince Vaughn as well as Eric Clapton, to name a few. ​

2018’s Peace, Love & Loud Guitars vaulted to #1 on the iTunes Top Blues Albums Chart and #1 on Amazon Music’s New Release Blues Chart. Meanwhile, Guitar World readers voted him one of “The 30 Best Blues Guitarists in the World Today” in 2019, and the publication noted, “Gomes is another power player who is at his best when his gear is in the scorched earth between blues and rock.” After seven consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Blues Albums Chart, Containment Blues marked his second #1 on the respective chart in 2020. ​

During 2021, he signed to Rat Pak Records and assembled High Voltage Blues, re-recording fan favorites from previous releases and cutting three new tunes. On five tracks, Ray Luzier of Korn and Billy Sheehan [Mr. Big, David Lee Roth, The Winery Dogs] handled drums and bass, respectively. Co-produced by Anthony and Peter Carson, sessions went down in St. Louis and Nashville. ​

“We had a lot of fun rocking these songs up,” he observes. “As an artist, it was great to circle back to some of my past work and look at it from a different perspective. Billy and Ray really pushed the way I play guitar, and they added a whole new element with a little insanity. When people ask me what I sound like, I say, ‘If B.B. King was in AC/DC, that’s what it would be’. That’s High Voltage Blues in a nutshell.” ​

In the end, Anthony Gomes is just the kind of guitar hero we need for today. ​

“I’m either the last of a dying breed or the start of a new revolution,” he smiles. “I still believe in a world of guitar heroes. I strive for a world where you don’t have to be 19 years old to sell a lot of records and tickets and to make a statement. I’m one of those people who doesn’t think rock, or the blues is dead. I’m looking for fresh ways to bring them together. I’m at the table rolling the dice all in the name of blues and rock ‘n’ roll. I know there’s never been a more exciting time for music, and I’m here for the journey.”

Gomes is a power player who is at his best when his gear is in the scorched earth between blues and rock. After all, it’s the electric guitar; sometimes tickling it is not enough." - Guitar World

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