Guilty
A band who toured Scotland, playing various cover tunes from Robert Johnson, Bonnie Raitt and then New Orleans classic brought back by drummer, Brendan Cameron. The band also featured Jimmy Johnstone (yep, there is two) on bass, Robert Jones on guitar, the late Sandy Brown on keyboards and Deke McGee on sax. Here is our version of the Ida Cox song, Wild Women Don’t Get The Blues.
Not Guilty
This was a calmer, slightly more acoustic-based group of songs, featuring one by Canadian Susanna Ungerleider and the more global, Prince. The line-up featured Miles O’Neill on bass, Robert Jones on guitar with a little harmonica from poet Gerry Cambridge and flute by Joe Muirhead. Track here is from original song, Down on Me, written by Colin Campbell.
Solitary Refinement
This album represented a big turning point and move towards some more experimental guitar work by the celebrated Elmo MacDonald and more unusual lyrics and vocal turns by Linda. Some spectacular drum work here by Jack Casey and beautiful fiddle by Matt Harvey. Collaborating with Rab McCahill and Elmo gave some unusual and sensitive results. The song here is At the Bar (Jaxson, McCahill).
Released
This album was a return and push into contemporary rock with collaboration with guitarist, Robert Jones and drummer, Chris Campbell. All songs were co-written and one was borrowed from the man of blues, Eric Bibb. The song here is Down South (Jones, Jaxson).
Cover Lover
An album of songs that I have always wanted to record. From Etta James to Led Zeppelin, this covers a broad reach. This CD raised a substantial amount of money for Mary’s Meals and, from what is said, is a stock travelling companion for those road trips. Drums featured are by Chris Campbell and there is some wild and electrifying guitar solos by Pockets and Paul Ross as well as a sensitive acoustic of Nicky McKeown. Jack Webb on keys, Gordon Simpson on saxophone and Jimmy on bass. Song here features the band, Take Me to the River.
3 piece
was an acoustic trio taking the music back to the old blues style. The band worked on one project: Exchanges, using some of the old Scots ballads and taking them down and into the blues. Indigo Cell features the brilliant cello playing of Calum Ingram and guitar-man, Graham McKintosh.
Linda Jaxson Band
4 or 5 piece straight no nonsense blues band featuring songs by Bonnie Raitt as well as some classic standard blues tunes. Hear Cover Lover CD.
Linda Jaxson Blues Project
was a six-piece band which rocks up the blues and has audiences on their feet and just letting loose. Featured a lot of guitar licks |{Paul Ross and John McLarty) and some great saxophone, this band know how to build the night up in a real crescendo of blues to rock. Bass player, Jimmy Johnson also adds some soulful vocals.
Not Proven
is a band that comes out as six-piece blues/funk set up and features some of Scotland’s finest musicians. The band got audiences really in the groove at Montrose Music festival last year so look out for this illusive combination: Alan Thomson on bass, Morph on Guitar, Jim Drummond on drums, Jack Webb on keys and Gordon Dickson on sax. If you get the chance to see them, take it.
Not Proven Trio #1
has that little bit of spiced jazz added to them blues. The Trio comes out in various guises, depending on the gig. Blues trio is Jack Webb on Keys and Gordon Simpson on sax. World/jazz trio is Morph on guitar and Alan Thomson on bass. There are some original songs in the making here together with some new takes on Joni Mitchell, Dusty and Patsy Cline.
The River Sisters
3 to 5 women singers who join in harmony but who also lead on various Gospel and soul songs. This is power at its best.
Vocal Tuition
Linda does individual singing tuition in a recording studio where after going through breathing techniques, vocal chord strengthening exercises, there is a move to ‘style’ depending on the genre of choice. By using the studio, participants get the chance to perfect mic use and hear themselves working through to that ‘result’.