''Primitive Son'' is the sixth album by Virginia-based

blues rock Blues rock is a fusion music genre, genre and form of rock music, rock and blues music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electri ...

artist

Eli Cook Eli Cook (1814–1865) was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It l ...

. It was released in April 2014. The album leans more to the

grunge Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock Music genre, genre and subculture that emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington, particularly in Seattle and Music of Olympia, Washington, O ...

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

side of Cook's work, and features a slew of guest musicians such as

Leslie West Leslie Abel West (born Weinstein; October 22, 1945 – December 23, 2020) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the co-founder, guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Mountain. West was named the 245th greatest guit ...

and

Vinny Appice Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American rock and metal drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio (band), Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell (band), Heaven & Hell. Of Italian descent, he is the younger brother ...

Critical reception

The critical response has been positive. Emma Johnston from Louder stated that the album contained "Timeless stuff created by a scholar of the genre". Steve Yourglivch from Blues Matters noted, "There is a high standard of songwriting and musicianship throughout. The guests never overshadow Eli and his core band but add subtleties and nuances."

Personnel

– Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Producer *Rob Richmond – Bass *Wade Warfield – Drums, Percussion *

– Featured Artist, Guitars *

– Featured Artist, Drums *

Artimus Pyle Thomas Delmer "Artimus" Pyle (born July 15, 1948) is an American musician who played drums with the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1974 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1991. He and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fam ...

– Featured Artist, Drums *

Sonny Landreth Clide Vernon "Sonny" Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, and settled in Lafayette, Louisiana. He lives in Br ...

– Featured Artist, Slide Guitar *

Reese Wynans Reese Wynans (born November 28, 1947) is an American Keyboardist, keyboard player, who has done session work and has been a member of Double Trouble (band), Double Trouble and progressive rock band Captain Beyond. In 2015, he was inducted into t ...

– Featured Artist, Hammond B3 *

Pat Travers Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who began his recording career in the mid-1970s. Early life Travers was born and raised in Toronto. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12, h ...

– Featured Artist, Guitars, Vocals * Tinsley Ellis – Featured Artist, Guitar *

Rod Piazza Rod Piazza (born December 18, 1947, Riverside, California) is an American blues harmonica player and singer. He has been playing with his band The Mighty Flyers, which he formed with his pianist wife Honey Piazza, since 1980. Their boogie sound ...

– Featured Artist, Harmonica *

Eric Gales Eric Gales (born October 29, 1974), also known as Raw Dawg, is an American blues rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. Gales has recorded 19 albums for major record labels and has done session and tribute work. He has also co ...

– Featured Artist, Guitar * Harvey Mandel – Featured Artist, Guitar *Jörgen Carlsson – Featured Artist, Bass *Erin Lunsford – Vocals *Anthony Focx – Mastering *Brian Craddock – Drum Engineering, Guitar Engineer, Vocal Engineer * Greg Hampton – Engineer, Mixing, Producer *Damani Harrison – Vocal Engineer *Chris Kress – Mixing *Jared Kvitka – Drum Engineering *Jeremy McKenzie – Engineer, Mixing *Music Resource Center – Vocal Engineer *Brian Perera – Executive Producer *Aliyah Davis – Graphic Design *M. De Vena – Cover Illustration

Track listing

All songs written by Eli Cook, except where noted.

References

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External links

"War Horse""Sweet Thang"
2014 albums Blues rock albums by American artists