"Listened to Maxwell Street twice yesterday and it turned my white dress shirt blue!" ~ Jeff

“Every note counts for a feeling in free flowing virtuosity.  Listeners are treated to some very refined, musically eloquent blues.  Sometimes words will fail when trying to explain music, but a best attempt would be to say that Earl hits the “sweet spot” the way Jascha Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman, Kenny Burrell and Django Reinhardt did, but you have to hear it to know it, and mostly to feel it.” 

Frank Matheis, Living Blues

“Chock full of personality and hope, and at once heart rending and uplifting..."  Tom Clarke Blues Music Magazine

This album is dedicated to my big brother David Maxwell.

We were born on the same day ten years apart.  His playing was a deep as the ocean, as high as the sky and as bright as a quasar.  When he passed I felt a huge loss as I still do.  David was a Broadcaster and he and I made a few records together. It was always a supreme honor to play with him. He played blues as well as jazz with incredible expression from Otis Spann to Cecil Taylor.  He knew and loved it all.  He became Otis Spann in the later years.  Our pianist David Limina wrote a tune that captures the feeling of the album and we all send our love and respect to David’s family and all of our love and gratitude for David Maxwell.

Love,

Ronnie

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters

The Broadcasters are:

Ronnie Earl – Guitar

Lorne Entress – Drums

Dave Limina – Piano and Hammond B3

Jim Mouradian – Bass

Diane Blue - Vocals

Guest Musician

Nicholas Tabarias – Guitar

Ronnie Earl, Producer

Holger Petersen, Executive Producer

David Minehan, Recording and Mixing Engineer

Dave Clark, Road Manager

Debbie Blanchard, Manager

Tom Hazeltine, Photographer

Cover photos, studio photos, Dave Maxwell photo by Tom Hazeltine

Broadcaster photo, Debbie Blanchard

Package design and cover illustration by Michael Dangelmaeir

Video photos of Dave Maxwell used courtesy of:

Dave Maxwell pictures 1-3, Lisa Bolotte, Photographer

Dave Maxwell pictures 4-6, Mark Hunt, Photographer

Dave Maxwell pictures 7-8, Tom Hazeltine, Photographer   

Additional studio pictures: Diane Blue, Debbie Blanchard

Recorded at Wellspring Studios, Acton, MA and Wooly Mammoth Studios, Waltham, MA

Mastered by Mark Donahue at Sound Mirror, Jamaica Plain, MA

Exclusive Worldwide Bookings

The Kurland Agency

Matt@thekurlandagency.com

www.ronnieearl.com

www.stonyplainrecords.com

Blues for David Maxwell, Kismet, Mother Angel used with

permission Stony Plain Records,

Mr. Earl Publishing, Happy Valley, Concord Music Group, Diane Blue Music

• Blues for David Maxwell

• Kismet

• Mother Angel