![]() “His guitar playing captures the heart of the intention of the original blues artists. Jimmy heard them, and wanted to do the album with me," Dion recalls. "I was in a very creative place, and the songs just kept on coming. The well-known NY session man’s day job is leading the band for Conan O’Brien’s talk show. Of his backing band for the project, the heavy lifting on guitar and keyboards is done by Jimmy Vivino. "It’s going to have sirens and subways and crowds and different ethnic groups on every corner. “And for me, ‘God’s Country’ is never going to mean canyons and forests," he continues. ![]() ![]() “This is a love song to the city of my birth. And the warm and tribute-laden title track (and video) is a duet with his longtime friend, another New Yorker (via Queens) by the name of Paul Simon. Its ten songs – mostly co-written by Dion – are like a sonic postcard of his experiences in the city both past and present, steeped in rock and blues. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (class of ’89) still can’t get the Big Apple off his brain, and the result is the new record New York Is My Home (Instant Records). The singer/guitarist had an enviable multitude of hits from the late ‘50s to mid ‘60s both with his vocal group, the Belmonts (named for an actual Bronx street that members lived on or near) and as a solo artist. And Jerry Lee was solid, swampy Ferriday.īut the boroughs of New York City – and more specifically, the Bronx – were the undisputed turf of that son of Italy, Dion DiMucci. Little Richard preened and screamed in Macon. Often, early rock and roll artists were tied to a certain geographical area, becoming something of unofficial (and unelected) city representatives.
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