ERIN JAIMES WITH JOHN MCVEY & THE STUMBLE: You Had to Go

Erin Jaimes with John McVey & the Stumble

You Had to Go

© 2003 Erin J. Weinberg (634479213786)

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Erin's tough, soulful vocals front a scorching modern Texas blues band, featuring innovative Austin legend John McVey on guitar.

tracks

1 You Had to Go
2 Ocean of Tears
3 Walkin' Blues
4 Don't Mess with the Messer
5 Warm & Tender Love
6 Watch Yourself
7 Funny Stuff
8 Never Have a Man Like You
9 High Cost of Love
10 Please Don't Dog Me
11 Drink Muddy Water
12 Checkin' On My Baby
13 Fussin' & Fightin'
14 Blowtop Blues
15 You Had to Go [a Slight Return]

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Erin "Icewater" Jaimes came onto the Austin, Texas blues scene in late 1994, young and clueless, with a passion for the music. "If you play the blues, you're gonna end up living them," warned Erin's first serious musical mentor, drummer Jeff "Li'l Calvin" Hodges. Drummer "Uncle" John Turner, another major influence, has often stated that "to some, blues is a state of mind. To others, it's a way of life." (Little did she know how true their words were!) Listening to such artists as Koko Taylor, Dinah Washington, Etta James and Irma Thomas gave her an empowering but sobering look into a woman's survival in the blues - "a man's world." Erin didn't shy away. The music had its hold on her.
During her first few years in Austin, she was increasingly invited to sing at Walter Higgs & the Shuffle Pigs' Blues Parties on 6th Street and to sit in with the bands at local blues venues. The patience and support of the seasoned musicians was mind-boggling. Erin learned that a vital, living part of the blues world is passing on the music by bringing up new generations of players. By 1997 she was itching to be a regular part of a working blues band.
Having previously sung "bass" in an award-winning all-women's acapella group at Vassar College and loving the primal power of a solid rhythm section, Erin was drawn to the electric bass. Appa Perry (of Appa's Blues Power and the Alan Haynes band) was the first to tell her "instead of asking me all these questions all the time, why don't you go and get yourself a *#@$%! bass?!" She got her first bass the next day and learned to play over time largely by watching and listening to bassists such as Appa, Larry Fulcher, Danny Galindo, Tommy Shannon, Keith Ferguson, Willie Weeks and Willie Kent. On April Fools Day, 1998, she landed a weekly gig of her own at Joe's Generic Bar.
Since 1998, getting muddy in the trenches of Austin's highly competitive music scene, Erin feels fortunate to have shared the stage with many remarkable musicians and Texas Blues legends, including Double Trouble, Antones' Blue Monday Band, Angela Strehli, Willie "Big Eye" Smith, Sue Foley, Hubert Sumlin, "Uncle" John Turner, John McVey, Alan Haynes, Mike and Cory Keller, Gary Clark Jr., Shawn Pittman, George Rarey, Guy Forsythe, Carolyn Wonderland and Barry "Frosty" Smith, to name a few. She's opened up for Gatemouth Brown, Jimmie Vaughn, Jimmie Thackery, Chris Duarte, Long John Hunter and Lavelle White, done live radio broadcasts and has made several TV appearances. Jaimes has played the stages of many Austin venues and toured throughout Texas, as well as in Louisiana, Missouri, Massachusetts and Arkansas. She was featured at the 11th Annual Oklahoma Blues Festival (Tulsa, 5/05) with John McVey & the Stumble. Internationally speaking, Erin Jaimes & her band played for a week in Belize in May of 2004 and toured both Israel and Italy in the spring of 2005.
In March of 2003, Erin came out with her first CD, "Erin Jaimes with John McVey & the Stumble - 'You Had to Go'." Dedicated to her father, who passed away suddenly during the recording of the album, "You Had to Go" is a tribute to many of the musical influences and personal trials and triumphs that Erin's encountered in her journey so far - and to the music itself, which has been well worth the seemingly endless "dues" and has always helped her to pull through.

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  • author: julie

    I've got to listen to this! Congrats!!..I live in tucson and doing really well. email if u want asankey1@cox.net (Julie the great) signed- I know the phantom fucker

  • no need for scrutiny. each track's my new all-time favorite.
    author: martin e nero, president and dictator, macedon, ny chapter of th

    i don't usually dance, but ever since musikman told me about erin, her bad habits, john, uncle john, and a great band in austin texas, i've been tappin' my toes under the scrabble board.

  • What a vocalist!
    author: Barry

    I love female blues singers and Erin is one of the best. I just received You Had To Go and I've already played it straight through twice. What a vocalist!

  • Love it
    author: Jeff

    5{bum's probably not as good as seeing Erin and the fellows at Friend's on a Tuesday night in Austin, the album is great. Erin's got some truly great vocal pipes, and her band is a great complement to her voice. Made me not want to leave Austin!

  • Stunning!
    author: David P (England)

    Saw Erin, John, Matt and Banzai live in Austin (Friends Bar) and it was stunning. Music is great and Erin's vocals are awesome! Loved 'You had to go' CD and look forward to the next. Can't wait to visit Austin again and go back for more.

  • great lady great singer and a great blues artist
    author: rick pendergrass

    just heard erin and the stumble play at the crescent in eureka springs,ark. they blew me away, met her outside after the show she had cds ,i got one its great too! i wish i lived in austin and hear her all the time.but for now i will settle for a great blues cd. now i really have the blues.... for erin, time to put the cd on again

  • Every song is great. You need this CD.
    author: Keith

    Very cool CD from this lady. Great backing band too. Only thing better than buying this CD is going to see her act and getting her CD there and having her sign it.

  • This CD is a must have in every Women in Blues collection!
    author: Jim Pierce

    Erin Jaimes sings her ass off on this CD and plays a solid bass at the same time! This CD is a must have in every Women in Blues collection. As you can see from the photos on her web site she is young and beautiful but don't let that fool you, her voice and musicianship reveal the soul of a great blues artist who we will enjoy for years to come. John McVey brings his guitar genius and 20 plus years of blues experience that guarantee you will love this one.

  • A must have in serious blues collections
    author: J. Fry (Detroiter missing Austin!)

    Between the seasoned Texas blues of the Stumble/McVey and the fresh and haunting vocals by Erin, this collection starts hot and scorches throughout. This is SW/Austin style at it's finest. Great renditions of Blowtop Blues and High Cost of Love, while Warm and Tender Love hooked me. The few originals on the CD prove this integration of blues artists have all the experience and horsepower necessary for future success. I’m got the blues waiting for their next creation. See them live - support the music!

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