Slideways (Clear Vinyl)

Rough and ready blues played with unmitigated intensity... scorching and soulful, joyous and stomping.” –Living Blues “Electrifying and raucous...one of the few authentic links to pure Chicago blues.” –Chicago Tribune
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials are the reigning champions of raucous, slidestoked Chicago blues. They’ve achieved legendary status with almost 40 years of critically acclaimed recordings and boisterous foot-stomping gigs on club,
theatre and festival stages all over the world. Slideways is a tour-de-force of old-school Chicago blues played with contemporary urgency.
Shows in support begin on street date in Chicago, followed by Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Columbus, Cleveland, Lancaster, Dayton, New York, Cape Cod, Syracuse and more. April will also be full of dates in the Southeast and Deep South around key festival appearances at Jacksonville’s Springing The Blues Fest on April 11th and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 24th. More dates to follow in May and June.
Press, radio and social media focus on album and tour dates, pitching stories and reviews to over 1000 print and internet media contacts around the world.
Over 1400 radio programmers worldwide will be serviced, contacted and solicited for blues specialty shows and selected Triple A and Americana rotation airplay. The album is certain to be welcomed with open arms by the blues media.
Slideways is bursting with Lil’ Ed’s rollicking slide work and rough-hewn vocals on a joyous blend of smoking slide guitar boogies, raw-boned shuffles, and heart-stopping slow blues. As always, The Blues Imperials supply rock-solid, road-tested and gloriously riotous backing.