LIZ MANDVILLE GREESON: Ready to Cheat

Liz Mandville Greeson

Ready to Cheat

© 1999 Earwig Music Company, Inc (739788494526)

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Liz carries on the tradition of the classic blues singer; sensual and sensuous, with a powerful, evocative soul-drenched voice. She sings self-penned songs leading the listener on an emotional and passionate journey through the minefield called love.

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Ready to Cheat is a dark, sexy, dangerous blend of Chicago blues and Memphis soul, spun from the pen of Chicago blues diva Liz Mandville Greeson. Winding her steely, muscular four-octave voice around her new original songs, Liz delivers sassy, soul-drenched blues for the new millennium. Liz is an accomplished Chicago-based songwriter, singer and performer who has received enthusiastic acclaim not only from audiences in the Chicago blues club scene, where she appears regularly, but also from her appearances in national and international tours. Listen to her lively , lusty views of life, love, and sex on this album, her second Earwig recording.
The album features the Chicago Fire Horns, Bruce Thompson and the Black Roses on background vocals, and some of the finest Chicago session men in the business.

"Her record shows charisma, vocal superiority and some clever, sexy lyrics done up well with fine arrangements and backing band." -Grapevine Press

"... Greeson is ready to go nationwide with this well-crafted disc of originals that covers everything from raw, gritty blues soul to swinging cabaret style numbers ... Greeson isn't afraid to play with raw emotion. You'll be cheating yourself big time if you skip this release." -West Michigan Blues Society

Liz Mandville Greeson spent the late 1980s running up and down the road with her R&B band the Supernaturals. She played thousands of gigs, from smoky biker bars to swanky theatres, casinos to yacht clubs, honing her musical chops and crowd-pleasing skills. In 1994, a chance meeting with bassist Aron Burton led to Liz’ subsequent performance with him at the 1994 Chicago Blues fest, two tracks on his 1996 Earwig release, “Aron Burton Live”, and a long-standing performing relationship. “Live” also marked Liz’s recording debut and the beginning of her professional association with Earwig Music Company.
Liz holds the distinction of being the only white vocalist to perform regularly at the internationally known Blue Chicago nightclubs, where she held court from 1994 to 1999. Backed by former Junior Wells bandleader George Baze, Liz contributed two tracks to the 1998 Blue Chicago release, "The Red Hot Mamas". While at Blue Chicago, Liz had the opportunity to work with a veritable who’s who of contemporary blues men: Willie Kent, Michael Coleman and Maurice John Vaughn, among others. Albert Collins’ alumni, Aron Burton (bass), Allen Batts (keys), and Dave Jefferson, (longtime Albert King drummer), made up Liz’ rhythm section for the latter part of the 1990s, and played on her first two CDs released by Earwig Music Company of Chicago.
On stage it’s magic! Hip shakin' Liz gets the crowd dancing with the first blast of her powerful, four octave, soul-drenched voice. She is a high voltage performer and a red hot mama. She is also solid as an acoustic and electric guitar player and her rub board playing adds a spicy back-porch feel. Equally at home in an intimate club setting or on a festival stage, she is a total professional, on time and in control! She continues to tour internationally to critical acclaim, gaining new many devoted fans at each show. She also has a large amount of recorded material and is looking at releasing one or two more albums in the near future.
Quotes
“Brassy, sassy singer with a knack for writing spicy, blues flavored songs that can rock and rollick." -Blues Revue
"She delivers...with unimpeachable enthusiasm and lusty gusto. Look at her indeed." 
- Living Blues

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