Nominated for 2 W.C. Handy Awards!

   ● Best Acoustic Blues Album     ●  Best New Artist Debut

Mark Lemhouse’s debut release delivers string-strangling, gut-rocking blues ecstasy. Lemhouse reaches into a wicked toolbox — containing resonator chainsaw, electric tube-amp machete, and bottleneck auger — to uproot blues tradition with a vandal’s glee.

Recorded to analog tape with vintage mics at Easley/McCain Studios in Memphis, Big Lonesome Radio has a gritty feel that’s more akin to a Howlin’ Wolf or Jimmy Reed than a young man playing the blues in the 21^st century has a right to sound.

Melding together influences from Delta blues, Piedmont rag-style forms, and North Mississippi trance blues, Lemhouse’s notes come across like crackling radio transmissions from a time gone by.

“There’s not a single iota of psuedo-blues here. Lemhouse is the real deal... should give blues lovers hope for the future of the genre.”  —Blues Revue

“The kind of record that can reassure your faith that the blues is a still vital and thriving music... a stunning set of traditional blues played with utter authenticity, grit and passion.”
   —Bad Dog Blues

“Top 10 ‘Best Blues’ Albums of the Year...”  —MOJO Magazine

“Just because it’s acoustic doesn’t mean it doesn’t rock.” —Montrose Daily Press

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Also Available by Mark Lemhouse:
The Great American Yard Sale

99 South Second Street, Suite A-277, Memphis TN 38103 - info@yellowdogrecords.com