Name: Loose Grooves and Bastard Blues
Brand: Tommy Guerrero

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEWITH155LP

Colour

Black

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

140 Gram Vinyl

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Light in the Attic

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4251804144421

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Tommy Guerrero

Genre US

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label US

Be With Records

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Tommy Guerrero is an American musician and professional skateboarder, born in San Francisco, California on September 9, 1966. He was a member of Powell Peralta's Bones Brigade team in the 1980s and co-founded Real Skateboards in 1991. After his skateboarding career, Guerrero pursued music and became a solo artist playing various genres including Rock, Electronic, Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, and Jazz. His compositions were featured in the EA video game 'Skate'. Tommy Guerrero is also known as the brother of Tony Guerrero.

Thirteen tracks of lo-fi (mostly) instrumental freshness fused with Cuban, Latin and blues, it's a must for fans of Money Mark, J Dilla, RJD2, DJ Shadow and Pete Rock. As ever with Tommy's records, the title sums up the music contained within most aptly. And writing about his songs, his vibes, is one of the trickier things to do, it has to be said. It's just all gorgeous!&nbsp;

Loose Grooves and Bastard Blues is Tommy Guerrero's sublime debut. Of this beloved masterpiece, the legendary skater himself says: "my 1st album. It was never meant to be released. I was just recording for the fun of it.. still my fave. Oh so naive..." And you know what? It's definitely Be With's fave too. An astonishingly great record. A chill, blissful, deeply moving album, it was rightly garlanded as an instant classic.&nbsp; &nbsp;

A laidback, fusionistic ride replete with loopy drum tracks underpinning Tommy's trademark reflective guitar stylings, Loose Grooves and Bastard Blues remains powerfully evergreen. Originally released in 1997, there's elements of jazz, trip hop, rock and downtempo groove. All shot through with a heavy dose of soul.&nbsp;

A total vibe throughout, to blast Loose Grooves and Bastard Blues is a majestic experience, one that suits a start-to-finish listen and renders the picking out of highlights totally redundant. Featuring nagging, deeply melodic guitar lines - both electric and acoustic - over simple rhythms with such sumptuous elegance, the hypnotic playing against unrushed percussion releases a crystal clear stream of healing frequencies. It's ust divine. This album laid the blueprint from which Tommy Guerrero would subsequently explore further on A Little Bit of Somethin' and Soul Food Taquiera.&nbsp;

Loose Grooves and Bastard Blues

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Discover Loose Grooves and Bastard Blues by Tommy Guerrero. Thirteen tracks of lo-fi instrumental freshness fused with Cuban, Latin and blues. Available on Be With Records.