Blues
Ash Grunwald is a Australian radio announcer and blues musician.
It is too simplistic to describe Ash Grunwald as just a blues musician.
While it’s true that his music is steeped in the Delta blues tradition of the legendary acoustic musicians who proliferated in pre-World War II America’s deep South and the giants of electric blues who shaped rock and roll, it’s the young Victorian’s willingness to combine these influences with grooves and sounds common in contemporary music that sets him apart.
A soulful singer and guitar player, Ash immediately drew attention with the release of 2002’s ‘Introducing … Ash Grunwald’ a collection of originals and blues standards that included ‘Smokestack Lightnin’ (Howlin’ Wolf) ‘The Sky Is Crying’ (Elmore James) and ‘Rolling And Tumbling’ (Robert Johnson) recorded live with only acoustic guitar and foot percussion consisting of a stomp box and tambourine.
The album’s most revealing track is ‘Dolphin Song’, a true story of dolphins saving a surfer (Ash) from a shark attack. The tale is exciting, humorous and real and in the context of a blues based album, liberating.
The positive response to Ash’s debut resulted in two Victorian Blues awards for Emerging Talent and Album Of The Year.
The following year he scored two Australian Blues awards for Male Vocalist Of The Year and Best New Talent in addition to the MBAS’ Blues Performer Of The Year. He also reached the final of the International Blues Performer Of
The Year in Memphis.
For the Live At The Corner album (songs from his first two releases plus Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" featuring Ian Collard on harmonica) Grunwald won the 2005 MBAS Vic / Tas and Australian Blues awards Album Of The Year in addition to being nominated once again for the Best Blues And Roots album at the ARIAs.
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01. If You Don't Mind
02. Just Be Yourself
03. Going out West
04. Hey Baby
05. Spoonful
06. Everyday
07. Crossroads
08. Smokestack Lightning
09. Is There a Reason
10. Just Can't Help Myself
11. Dolphin Song
12. Jesus Gonna Be Here
13. Walking Blues
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