Preacher Boy Information

Of his most recent full-length release, 2018's The Rumble Strip (Coast Road Records), Rev. Keith A. Gordon wrote that, "Simply put, Preacher Boy's performances on The Rumble Strip leave nothing but scorched earth in their wake." On January 27, 2020, Preacher Boy released "See No Evil," a 5-song EP of "hard-edged election-year Americana." Preacher Boy's recording career began with his genre-defying debut on Blind Pig Records. Rolling Stone was an early convert: "Preacher Boy is somewhat like Keb' Mo' in his jazzing up of Delta blues styles, but with a more contemporary sound akin to Kelly Joe Phelps or Chris Whitley. The best cuts highlight his wonderful work on National Steel." In the wake of the album's release, Preacher Boy hit the road, sharing stages with everyone from Chris Isaak, Cracker, Cake, and Counting Crows, to Jimmy Vaughan, Los Lobos, J.J. Cale, and John Lee Hooker. He then delivered his Blind Pig follow up, described by Blues Access as: "Howlin' Wolf meets Tom Waits by way of Cab Calloway. The San Francisco Guardian called Preacher Boy the "Charlie Musselwhite for the Lollapalooza Generation."-a quote that would become a running joke between Preacher Boy and Charlie when they later toured together! Preacher Boy's next releases were written, recorded, and released from Europe, where's he'd relocated and begun touring. His music was described by Melody Maker as: "Country blues that marry Nick Cave, Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie and Tom Waits. And legendary music publication MOJO declared that, "Preacher Boy is a songwriter of startling originality." Preacher Boy next settled in Brooklyn, on the heels of co-writing and recording with Eagle-Eye Cherry and Rick Rubin at New York's fabled Magic Shop. Preacher Boy earned a Gold Record for his work on Cherry's "Living in the Present Future" album, and went on to record his own next album in the city, "Demanding to be Next," of which Sing Out said: "Accompanied solely by his keening, propulsive National and Martin guitar playing, Preacher Boy ...