{"id":29291,"date":"2021-11-03T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=29291"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:26:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:26:14","slug":"jd-simo-11-2-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/jd-simo-11-2-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Simo 11\/2\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<p><strong>JD Simo<\/strong>&#8230; The Chicago-born, now Nashville transplant is like a one-man crusade dedicated to keeping music real, raw, and honest. No matter the setting and no matter his role (whether it\u2019s wingman or bandleader) JD\u2019s presence infuses the situation of the moment with the music that\u2019s been fueling him pretty much his whole life, spiced with influences that straddle both decades and dimensions.\u00a0As a songwriter, guitarist, and producer he has worked with the likes of Jack White, Tommy Emmanuel, Luther Dickinson, Dave Cobb, Blackberry Smoke, and even been a member of Grateful Dead founder Phil Lesh&#8217; &#8220;Phil &amp; Friends.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Now he comes forth with his most unique, original and rawest effort yet,<strong>\u00a0<em>Mind Control<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0which drops November 5th 2021.During lockdown last year, he started cutting tracks in his makeshift studio on a weekly basis. Joined by longtime collaborator Adam Abrashoff on drums and the addition of longtime friend, bassist-producer-engineer Adam Bednarik (Justin Townes Earle), they mused a proverbial soup of shared influences.\u00a0Hill country trance blues of Junior Kimbrough, RL Burnside and Asie Payton. Hypnotic Afro Beat of Fela Kuti and Tony Allen. Psychedelic warps of Captain Beefheart, Funkadelic, and Jimi Hendrix. The old school blues of John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker and Lightnin Hopkins. As well as the raw fuzzy rock of The Stooges and Nirvana.\u00a0<em>Mind Control<\/em>\u00a0is the product of three\u00a0like-minded buddies huddled in a humble setting, making music to make them feel good. The songs stark revealing nature, is the product of them using the creative process for therapy and enjoyment. Because they simply had to, for no other reason than they couldn\u2019t not! They love it too much. A positive theme of growth, self help and struggles with addiction and mental health lay along side a haunting, low down musical landscape. It&#8217;s raw, funky and real. 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