Smog Veil Records is pleased to announce a new release available now for download and stream wherever you do that: a brand new career retrospective of Cleveland blues rocker, Jimmy Ley.
"Who is good here [in Cleveland]? Jimmy Ley . . . [who has] a beautiful sense of tradition, a cognizance of what has gone down before, and it shows perfectly in [his] original material." —Peter Laughner, 1974
Jimmy's career started in the early 1960s, playing teen dances throughout Cleveland. But, by the late 1960s, Jimmy was totally immersed in establishing himself as a premier blues musician and his career playing music took him places far and wide and sharing stages with names big and small.
This download and stream release collects up 17 of Jimmy's finest recordings and also includes a deeply researched story of Jimmy's career authored by Nick Blakey and supplemented by never before published photos.
Jimmy leaves it all on the table on this career defining release. "While this release is entitled No Excuses No Regrets, there are actually three things, in jest, I regret: I regret ever taking a drink, I regret ever touching a piano, and I regret ever kissing a girl. Those three things kept my life in nothing but turmoil. If I had never done any of those things, I'd probably be a contented old man. As a young and ambitious musician, I had visions of being big star, but I was also just a guy who wanted to play in bars and be the best blues musician I could be." --Jimmy Ley
If you are a fan of garage rock and roll of the blues variety, then this release is for you. Grab it where you download and stream! Click on the cover graphic above to check out previews at Apple Music.
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