Mississippi Bluesman Leo "Bud" Welch with SIX NY/NJ Appearances

BRUCE, Miss. — At age 82, bluesman Leo “Bud” Welch rocks on stage like a teenager — dancing and spinning as he beats out jagged chords and grimy solos on his pink, sparkle-covered guitar. That raw youthful energy and Welch’s old-school juke-joint jones blend full-throttle in the 10 songs on I Don’t Prefer No Blues, his second release for Fat Possum Records’ subsidiary Big Legal Mess. The album is a garage-blues manifesto that weds waves of prickly six-string distortion and gutbucket drums with Welch’s smoke-and-ash voice and mud-crusted guitar — and lives up to Fat Possum’s history of producing edgy but deeply rooted recordings by artists like Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside.

I Don’t Prefer No Blues, released on March 24, 2015 is the follow-up to last year’s Sabougla Voices, an all-gospel disc that marked Welch’s debut as both a recording artist and a songwriter. That album was heralded as a fresh breath of rust-bearing air — a throwback to an era of rural music free from outside influences and a reminder that blues-fueled primitivism is still personified by a handful of living Southern artists.

Local friends, Welch will be in the tri-state area for numerous dates at the end of October. For more informaiton click any of the links below.

Mon., Oct. 26 • NEW YORK • Rockwood Music Hall
Tues., Oct. 27 • TEANECK, NJ • Mexicali Live
Wed., Oct. 28 • NEW YORK • Bowery Electric
Thurs., Oct. 29 • ASBURY PARK, NJ • Langosta Lounge
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 30-31 • LONG ISLAND CITY • John Brown’s Smokehouse

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