Willie Lomax Blues Revue - When The Lights Go Out

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Album: Best Blues Money Can Buy | Official Website: | Lyrics:
all kinds of people
riding on the train
and obviously
all are not the same
ain't nobody's business
just what happens to be
the way it is
too late for some people
to see what I'm talking about
'cause we're all the same color
when the lights go out
don't try to blame it
ain't nobody's fault
but you're wrong
maybe the way you were raised
but now you are grown
you may die tomorrow
in a car crashing night
and maybe get to see the way it is
and the one true light
and you know what I'm talking about
cause we're all the same color
when the lights go out
see no fault in the morning
no fault in the afternoon
how could you be so right
everyone's playing a different tune
got different religions
play some rough point of view
ain't got no idea
it's not them it's you
can't hear what I'm talking about
cause we're all the same
when the lights go out
somebody's got a nasty smile
somebody's got a funny tone
somebody ain't got nobody
he can depend on and call his own
Middle East ain't no picnic
it's The Last Picture Show
oh hate and anger
no afterglow
too bad don't know what I'm talking about
'cause we're all the same
when the lights go out
who
who
who
ain't nobody's business
just what happens to be
the way it is
too late for some people
to see what I'm talking about
'cause we're all the same color
when the lights go out

Willie Lomax was born and raised in Miami, Florida. His father was a jazz drummer, playing with Cannonball Adderley, Billy Eckstine, June Christy, Al Haig, George Shaw & Blue Mitchell during the 1950's jazz scene in the Miami - Ft. Lauderdale area, and the records of Cannonball, Miles Davis, Count Basie and Duke Ellington would be on in the house night after night. At age 9, Willie started on the trumpet, switching to the guitar at age 18 when he moved to Tallahassee, Fl. The first song he performed live was Muddy Waters' hit "Manish Boy" and, after seeing Muddy live in Tallahassee the following year, the blues became an integral part of Willie's life.

Willie's main musical influences can be found in Albert King, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Johnny Guitar Watson, Frank Frost, Tiny Grimes, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Miles Davis and Ronnie Earl, although Willie says he can list over a hundred influences when space permits.

Making Tampa, Florida home since 1985, Willie has recorded and/or shared the stage with: Frank Frost, Sam Carr, Big Jack Johnson, Carey Bell, Sam Myers, Arthur Williams, Super Chikan, Ronnie Earl, James Peterson, Lucky Peterson, Eric Gales, Diamond Teeth Mary, the Hi-Rythm section of Leroy Hodges and Howard Grimes, Jerry Martini, Rock Bottom, Troy Turner, Walfredo reyes Jr. and Shawn Brown.

It doesn't hurt that the vocalist on Best Blues Money Can Buy is the impressive Shawn Brown, whose singing here conjures up the ghosts of great Memphis singers like James Carr and Otis Redding, and whose B-3 playing does so much to set up the reverent, churchy, and deeply soulful feeling of this record. Lomax's guitar playing doesn't have to carry the full load here, which allows him the freedom to put in the lines that matter, and the end result is an impressive album that transcends the stereotypical constraints of contemporary blues. From the opener, the sax and organ-driven "Ransacked," through the instrumental soul-jazz of "Blues for Ronnie" (dedicated to Ronnie Earl) and the incisive lyrics of "Freedom Is Not Free," Best Blues Money Can Buy is a solid statement of what the blues can be when it comes from the heart. (All Music)

Willie Lomax Blues Revue
Shawn Brown
Leroy Hodges
Jerry Martini
Walfredo Reyes Jr.
Howard Grimes
Eric Gales

Footage used in the edit by Cottonbro Studio

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