Playing Classic R&B and Soul, Chicago Blues, New Orleans Funk, and Original Mountain Mambo..... Based near Asheville, NC, Ghost Mountain is an imaginary musical centerpoint in a triangle between New Orleans, the Mississippi Delta, Memphis, Chicago and the Piedmont. The group gets its inspiration from the spirit of the musicians who have gone before them and the mountain of great music they have graced us with. Ghost Mountain R&B has played throughout the Southeast since 1998 at numerous clubs, festivals, and special events. The band has released two albums, "Live At The Down Home", and, more recently, "Transmitter", which both received international airplay and critical acclaim.
Ghost Mountain plays rhythm and blues you want to dance to, the feel-good music of the roadhouses and the chitlin circuit, and also the uptown jive and jazz changes that polish up the form. But make no mistake, this is the blues, no matter how you dress it up.
Songs from Muddy Waters, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Albert Collins, Junior Parker, Billy Boy Arnold, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells, & Jimmy Reed represent the roots of the modern blues scene, while the New Orleans take on blues by Allen Toussaint, Earl King, Z.Z. Hill, Buckwheat Zydeco, Snooks Eaglin and the Meters adds some extra, funky spice to the sauce. Add a dash of soul from the likes of Ray Charles, Sam Moore, and Tyrone Davis. And then there are the original songs that stand on their own in such powerful company. It all adds up to a steaming-hot blend of some of the most captivating flavors in American roots music.
That's the story behind Ghost Mountain: the Ghost is the spirit of the blues, carried forward across generations, ancient but still present. The Mountain is the foundation, strong and substantial, that has been lashed and shaped by the winds of change, but stays true to its deepest nature, rising up toward the heavens.
