Lloyd Jones

"Love Gotcha"

Blind Pig BPcD 5057

Lloyd Jones has been stirring up Northwest music patrons for a good many years. He is the lead player in a brand of music called Northwest Soul, which headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Lloyd has honed his
triple-threat chops-guitar, vocals and songwriting-to a razor edge on
his latest cD.

Love Gotcha finds Jones busting loose with a dozen potent original
songs, sliding smoothly from funk to rock to blues in a joyous display
of virtuosity. Backed up by tight horns and rhythm, Jones soulful vocals
and peppery guitar are the perfect ingredients for a blues banquet.
Jones wrote all the songs for the new album and his lyrics are in the
groove. I particularly enjoyed Treat Me Like The Dog I Am and Old News
which starts off, "I used to be a headline, now I'm just old news. . ."

Lloyd loves to play music and to make people feel good. He explains in
his liner notes "I do like feeling good! If I can bring that feeling to
others with a good story, a strong beat and a goose-bump or two, well
then . . . that's my job. Oh, I do love my job." It's easy to say after
listening to Love Gotcha that Lloyd has done his job in spades!

Norman Davis

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