3MS Music are delighted to announce that they will release the new album “Diff’rent Gravy” from Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective on 16 March 2018 – the same day that the band support The Pretty Things at their Chelmsford Football Club show. The album, their fifth, will be released on both CD and a limited-edition LP. This album is all about showcasing some great songs and having fun. As R2 magazine said, “I don’t think the band do this for world domination or money; they do it because they love it, and this shines through the music.” Too true.
“Diff’rent Gravy” boasts eleven brand new tracks that showcase this five-piece’s natural swing and verve, honed over years of performing live. Blues Matters magazine said, “Every song is original and the arrangements are full of surprises” . Musically the album is a melting pot of, of course, Roots, Blues Rock, Americana, Country, you name it – the key word here is ‘Collective,’ these guys are very much more than the sum of their parts. Blues In Britain hit the nail on the head when they said, “They don’t just play roots; they play the whole tree!” Opener ‘Little Black Book’ sets the scene and the tone and pace; there’s a reason that this is a band that whose motto is “Bringing the party to you!” This album is a true unashamed crowd-pleaser: riffs, hooks, singalong choruses are all present and correct.
01 Little Black Book
02 I Don’t Wanna Break My Baby’s Heart
03 One Man Mission To Mars
04 Lonesome Howl From The Heart
05 Godsend
06 Bad Ass And Lazy
07 Reaching For The Stars
08 Saved
09 Bastard County
10 Voodoo Man
11 Understand
The line-up for “Diff’rent Gravy” features Jamie Williams himself on vocals and guitar. The band says, “Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective have evolved over the past 8 years to have become one of the tightest and best live fun acts on the circuit today. With Jamie’s immense collection of nearly 2,000 songs for us to choose from, we have put together our best collection of songs yet for this first album for the 3MS label”. Joining Jamie to keep things rocking and indeed rolling are Nick Garner on Harp, Dave Milligan on Guitar, and Dave’s son Jake on Bass, Paul Madden is the band’s drummer.
Jamie Williams is a singer with a powerful, distinctive voice and a songwriter who can turn his hand to creating songs that are at once fresh and original, yet also feel like familiar classics. Factor in the rest of the band and their love of live performance and in Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective you’ve got a winning formula.
By the time the Bluesy shuffle of the album’s closer “Understand” slinks away there’s nothing to be done but put this album on again. Hot, tasty, full of flavour, this album is a “Diff’rent Gravy” indeed; apply liberally!