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| Ethan Askey & The Elevators release new single "Big Bad Bossman" Ethan Askey & The Elevators release "Big Bad Bossman", the spirited third single from their forthcoming album 'Outside the Lines', out now. While it is the second track in the album sequence, the single is a good entry point for the album as it wears its blues lineage proudly. "Big Bad Bossman" stands squarely in the footprint of blues pioneer Jimmy Reed. Driven by frontman Askey's baritone vocals and tasty harmonica blowing, the song also features Keith Larsen's explosive guitar playing over a locomotive rhythm section of drummer Ben Dunn and bassist Mike Honeyman, who keep the groove rolling. The previous single release (in March 2026), "Zamboni Girl", is another song written with a sense of humour and fun, and which also manages to pay respect to the blues masters by invoking several by name even though the subject matter of the song relates to ice hockey. The singles land in good company on 'Outside the Lines', with its eleven original tracks that reach into folk, funk, swing and varying shades of blues. This album displays an evolution in songwriting and thematic intent since Askey's 2022 solo debut 'Walk When You Wanna Run', an independent release he created with studio musicians that earned steady radio play and the distinction of spending 150 weeks on the roots and blues charts worldwide. This new album reflects the chemistry of band members who collaborate with the ease of old friends. Ethan Askey & The Elevators may be just out of the gate together, but they carry decades of shared history: Askey, Larsen, Dunn and Honeyman had performed together more than twenty years ago in other bands and on local festival stages before life sent them their separate ways. Now living near one another again, voilą! the band. write your comments about the article :: © 2026 Jazz News :: home page |