I Frist opened for Tower of Power back in 1974, after a few years at North Texas State University.
I did the Horn Arrangements on "this Type of Funk" in the clip you can hear below, and many of the background vocals on the CD. I've followed TOP over the years and have become friends with many of the guys in the Band.
Back in 1991, I started a band with Tower of Power Drummer, David Garibaldi, and Guitarist Jeff Tamelier. David plays all of the drum tracks on my first CD, World Blue.
Since this Cd, I've done lots of projects with Tower of Power founder, Doc Kupka, who plays Bari Sax with the band, and writes much of their hit material.
It was a great honor to record with the greatest Funk Horn Band of all time.

Other Tower of Power related projects I've been involved with you might want to Check out

The Strokeland Superband
Bumped up to First Class
Glenn Walters, King of the Retro Cool
Doc Goes Hollywood

Much of the preproduction for this CD was done in my home studio in Oakland as Angela
roughed out her songwriting ideas with piano, vocals, and other midi tracks, of course, all the tracks here are live at Laughing Tiger Studios in Marin County California. I'm doing saxes, grand piano and Hammond B3, and do some live background vocals with Maria Muldaur. I met Angela through my work in the house band at her club in northern Californa, Rancho Nicasio.
She and her husband Bob Brown have done so much for me and my career in the short time I've known them, and have helped get my music heard by so many of the greats in the industry. This is one of my favorite albums I've had the honor of working on. Angela helped build the Austin Music scene and you can hear her story in the great documentary
about Clifford Antone, in the new dvd documentary, Antone's home of the blues
JLS

Musicians: Angela Strehli (vocals), Mighty Mike Schermer (guitar), Gary Vogenson (guitar), Steve Ermann (bass), Paul Revelli (drums). Guest artists: John Lee Sanders (piano, Hammond B-3, tenor sax), Maria Muldaur & Marcia Ball (vocals on Blue Highway), Paul Thorn (vocal on track # 3), Larry Batiste, Claytoven Richardson, Donnie Bledsoe (background vocals on tracks #5, 6, 7, 9), Tom Duarte (acoustic guitar on track # 8)., Stevie Ray Vaughn on C.O.D>

Singer/songwriter Angela Strehli has been a fixture on the Austin blues scene for decades now, but as her first studio album in seven years demonstrates, her range extends beyond the blues and well into country, soul, and roots rock. At 60 years old, her voice is strong and slightly gritty around the edges, and her delivery is powerful and authoritative. She manages to take material like the Ann Peebles classic "Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love" and Ernie K-Doe's "Hello My Lover" and make it all her own (though she has help on the latter from singer Paul Thorn), and her originals are mostly quite good as well. (Her tribute to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, titled "SRV," is sweet but maybe just a bit on the overly sentimental side.) Fellow blueswomen Marcia Ball and Maria Muldaur join her on the rollicking title song. But the album's finest moment comes at the very end; the last track is a live version of the old blues song "C.O.D.," performed by Strehli with Vaughan and his band, Double Trouble, at Carnegie Hall in 1985. The combination of her powerful voice and his blockbusting guitar is amazing. Recommended.

The first song, "Austin's Home Of The Blues," is dedicated to Antone's, Strehli's base of operations from the early 1970s. The title song, "Blue Highway," finds the singer in the company of her old pals Maria Muldaur and Marcia Ball. It goes without saying that the song is a winner. The band is especially keen with nice work from Mike Schermer and guest piano-man John Lee Sanders.

Angela Strehli is a native of Lubbock, Texas and an expert in the history of the Lone Star state's blues history. Her composition, "SRV," is a touching tribute to her late friend Stevie Ray Vaughan, another Texan.

We liked the singer's "I Don't Know Why." Strehli absolutely wails and the band backs her up in style.

Gospel fans aren't forgotten when the singer pays tribute to Inez Andrews with the rousing "Lord, Don't Move The Mountain." It ends much too soon!

The closer is from a live concert at Carnegie Hall in 1985 with Stevie Ray Vaughan. Nobody will object if you crank up the volume. We did! Hopefully, Angela Strehli won't make us wait another seven years for her next release.

Tracks: Austin's Home Of The Blues, Blue Highway, Hello My Lover, SRV, Slipped Tripped And Fell In Love, I Don't Know Why, Lord Don't Move The Mountain, Headed South, Always Love You, C.O.D.

Record Label Website: http://www.mc-records.com

Artist's Website: http://www.angelastrehli.com

Reviewed by: Richard Bourcier
Blue Highway

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