Product Description Track #7 'Steppin Out' opens The Dave & Carol Show' every morning at 5:00am on WKLH Radio Milwaukee 'Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys --- My favorite, even the stiffs were rockin'. Buddy Guy quoted them saying 'They are very, very good!!!' They really, really were! The harmonica player...all I can do is sigh' (From the Chris Isaak bulletin board) 'Voted the best blues band in the state of Wisconsin 1999, 2000 and 2004' 'Standing Ovation at Buddy Guy's Legends' Joanna Gray 'They are very, very good' Buddy Guy 'Sounding like an early version of Little Charlie & the Nightcats or some of those great harp-dominated four and five piece outfits up in Minneapolis, you're gonna like this one from the first listen. It may be hard to find, but worth hunting down! Buy this CD!' Johnny Steeple, Blue Loon Records 'Mighty fine blues with that feel-so-good 'Slow Burn' just as the title says. Highly recommended.' Blues Revue Magazine '6 1/2 Harp Salute' Bluzharp Magazine 'Klasse' Blues News Germany 'The grooves are simply great' Twin Cities Blues News 'Classic Chicago Blues' Blues on Stage Bringing crowds to their feet at the hardest to please and sophisticated night clubs in the Midwest, Reverend Raven and his Chain Smoking Altar Boys play traditional blues, straight up with a big dose of passion. With smoking grooves, served up with hot harmonica and smooth stinging guitar they play original songs peppered with nods to Slim Harpo, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and the three Kings. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago Richard Raven first heard the blues of Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker and Pee Wee Crayton coming from his mother's stereo. His older cousin later brought home the records of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Magic Sam, Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush. After seeing Freddy King at the Kinetic Playground, he started going to Maxwell Street on Sunday afternoons to see Johnny Dollar, Lefty Dizz and Jimmie Lee Robinson play in the alleys and on the street corners. The 1970s were spent going to the clubs and taverns on the south side of Chicago and Chicago Heights to see and hear raw urban blues. After playing in bands for 5 years and doing a 15 year stint in U.S. Navy, where he acquired the Reverend tag, Chief Raven hung up his anchors to give music another go. That was nine years ago and he hasn't looked back. Since then he has become a regular on the Midwest blues circuit, playing Buddy Guy's Legends, The Slippery Noodle, Memphis Smoke, Fat Fish Blue, Blues on Grand, The Zoo Bar, Whiskey Junction and most of the Midwest blues festivals. Rev has won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award (WAMI) for best blues artist in 1999, 200, 2003, 2004 and 2006. Review "Slow Burn is one of the best new CDs to come to our show in a long time" -- Indiana Public Radio, Indianapolis, IN"Cadillac Pete is brilliant" -- Quint Davis/New Orleans Jazz Fest"Pete Rahn has Big, Bad harp tone. This is mighty fine blues with that feel-so-good Slow Burn, just as the title says. Highly recommended" -- Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue 3/99"Pete Rahn is magnificent" -- Blues Revue, 3/99"The Reverend's new CD Slow Burn is burning up the airwaves here in Duluth" -- ZROC Radio, Duluth, MN"The interplay between Raven's fiery guitar and Cadillac Pete's luminescent harp playing can be breathtaking." Something else to remember Milwaukee by besides, beer, brats and bad baseball teams." -- Blues Access Magazine Spring 1999"Traditional 1950's classic Chicago blues, great band". -- The Twin Cities Blues NewsKlasse -- Blues News, Germany, April 2000Put CD on stereo - listened to 20 seconds assumed it had to be a LIVE recording, cause no studio recording usually sounds this alive and exciting -- LarryStanding ovation at Buddy Guys Legends -- Joanna Gray, December 1999WMSE Radio, Milwaukee, WI "Great CD, great band live" -- Crawford's Blues Drive From the Label "These guys are really good..."This is head and shoulders one of the best homegrown CDs I've heard in a long time" From the Artist Hi, Reverend Raven here. Thanks for checking out our CD "Slow Burn". This CD was recorded live at Walls Have Ears studio in Milwaukee, WI. All tracks are one take with no overdubs. The CD acurately represented our second live set. About the Artist REVEREND RAVEN: Lead guitar and vocals: Born and raised on south side of Chicago, the Reverend has been playing the blues since 1974 when he first saw Freddy King play at the Kinetic Theatre in Chicago. After 20 year hitch in the Navy he settled in Oshkosh and then finally in Milwaukee. Since 1990 he has opened for or performed with Pinetop Perkins, the Koko Taylor Band, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, Elvin Bishop, Sugar Blue, Lonnie Brooks, William Clarke, Maurice John Vaughn, Lefty Dizz and Junior Wells. Locally he has performed with Billy Flynn, Perry Weber, Piano Willie, Stokes, Jon Paris, Clyde Stubblefied, Bryan Lee and the Lamont Cranston band. The Reverend was one of five nominees for the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) award for best blues band in 1998, the winner in 1999 and again in 2000. See more