cary morin dockside saints

​Cary Morin (from the album Dockside Saints available as a self-release) (by Brian Rock)
Virtuoso Blues guitarist Cary Morin returns for his sixth album, Dockside Saints. Recorded at the fabled New Orleans Dockside Studios, this album drips with spicy, Cajun flavors. Still present are Morin’s expressive Piedmont Blues guitar picking and his Greg Allman meets John Hiatt vocals. But the musical spices of New Orleans infuse every note with an Emeril Lagasse “Bam!” burst of flavor. “Nobody Gotta Know” is the first course of this musical feast and it does not disappoint. Starting with a funky bass line, syncopated drums, piano and accordion, Cary Morin weaves a ‘what happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans’ tale of misadventure about a friend who ‘got themselves too deep in the cup’. Sparse on details but big on bouncy, Zydeco rhythms; you don’t know exactly what happened, but you know it was definitely fun.
Cary Morin keeps the party rolling with the infectious Cajun-spiced, “Jamie Rae”, the funky instrumental “Cary’s Groove”, and the Allman Brothers inspired “Come the Rain”. Slowing down the pace a bit, Morin showcases his Greg Allman style Front Porch Blues on the smoldering “Prisoner”, the gently rolling “Blue Delta Home”, and the touching “Exception To The Rule”. The latter is a poetic surrender of ego to love where he confesses ‘I might be an exception to the rule…  everything is better next to you’.
Cary Morin rounds out his musical feast in shades of Blues. “Chosen Road” showcases his familiar Piedmont Blues style, “Tonight” adds atmospheric strings to create a Gypsy Jazz sound, and “Valley Of The Chiefs” uses Folk Blues to recount a real life story of kidnapping and escape from his own family history. He testifies that ‘I have the power in my heart, I know’ in the soulful, Gospel Blues of “Because He Told Me So”. Staying true to the roots of the Blues, Cary Morin showcases sounds and styles from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Mississippi Delta. With more of a rural, ‘down home’ feel than its Northern cousins, Morin’s Blues taps into a soulful connection to the land and people of the South. At times earnest and insightful, and at times bouncy and buoyant, Dockside Saints is a spicy tribute to the birthplace of the Blues.  (by Brian Rock)
Listen and buy the music of Cary Morin from AMAZON
For more information, please visit the Cary Morin website
 

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