rickey godfrey has an intrinsic ear for the blues genre, and proves it again with his latest release of "nasty man".   every original song on this cd emits the copious talent that lies within this performer. rickey  is an amazing multi-talented artist. if you are a blues lover, then "nastyman" is the cd to add to your collection.
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Ran into Rickey in Greenville last w/end...we went to high school at Wade Hampton and I never saw him w/out his guitar strapped to his back. An amazing musician with a rich history of music. All the tracks on this CD are original and more than just foot tappin'. If you dig the blue sound with a rhythm you can't HELP but move to, you've gotta add Nasty Man to your collection! This is a Great Piece of Work Rickey!  You can add another fan to your list...hell I just might become a groupie!
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I have been very fortunate to have Rickey perform at Jimmie Dawgs (www.jimmiedawgs.com) on several occassions where he has played many songs from his latest CD Nasty Man and even had the great opportunity to play drums with Rickey to several of the songs. Everytime Rickey plays a song from this CD the customers at the DAWG just want more, so much so, I started to carry his CD at Jimmie Dawgs selling many copies, this is one CD you will play over and over again as I do...great sound track, awesome arrangements and vocals only Rickey can do....OH and by the way, Rickey will be at the DAWG Friday, January 28, 2011...so if you are around and about in Simpsonville, stop in and catch Rickey live, enjoy some great food and cold beer too!  Jimmie Dawgs is located at 1122 Fairview Rd. Simpsonville, SC 864-409-3015
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Rickey Godfrey never ceases to amaze me. He and his brother Ronnie have been blind since birth, but please don’t call them handicapped. Rickey always said “It ain’t a handicap. it’s more of an inconvenience.” Of course, that inconvenience has never slowed this blues rocker down one iota.

Godfrey has been one of my favorite guitar slingers ever since his days with Capitol Recording artists Garfeel Ruff, back in the early 1980’s. That was where I first heard him play and sing, and where I first witnessed his knack for songwriting. Those skills have only grown over the past thirty years, and after a long and successful career in beach and dance music, Godfrey returns to his blues and southern rock roots with Nasty Man, a 12-track whoop-up that comes out of the chute kickin’ like a wild bull on Red Bull.

From the grungy “I Want Me a Nasty Woman” to the first single from the album, “Don’t Get Your Honey Where You Get Your Money,” this is a fiery, guitar driven and gritty masterpiece. It’s electric blues the way God intended them to be played. Lord have mercy, Miss Percy. Rickey Godfrey has done got nasty on us, and it sounds so good.

-Michael Buffalo Smith, universalmusictribe.com
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