Rope Stretchin / Sizer

The setting is the the year 1920, in the south and in the growing industrial cities of the USA, people listen to aggressive, hard and uncensored blues. Lyrics deal with rural exodus, imprisonment, persecution, love, pain, loneliness, murder, execution, and recurring sexual allusions.

This album is dedicated to the protagonists of that time, such as Blind Boy Fuller, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, Blind Blake, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Clara Smith, Charley Patton, Bessie Smith and to the many more unknown street musicians.

After one year of research and production, Christoph Rinnert ( producer / publisher ) and SIZER  could finalize the project. It is rough, straightforward and loud - SIZER has given the songs a current touch (“sizered” them) while paying due tribute to the originals!

Sizer:
Steve Seitz: Voc / Guitar   
Stefan Woicke: Drums
T.C. Schulz: Bass
Gary Schmalzl: Guitar

Special Guests:
Andy Malecek : Guitar
Chris Volt: Guitar

Produced by: Steve Seitz / Christoph Rinnert
Mix: Jon Caffrey

links:

Jonathan Caffery:
http://www.dietotenhosen.de/alldieganzenjahre_freunde_jon.php

Blues Hall Of Fame:
http://www.blueshalloffame.com/

Blind Boy Fuller:
http://blues.about.com/od/artistprofil2/p/BlindBoyFuller.htm

Ma Rainey:
http://www.redhotjazz.com/rainey.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2477

Blind Blake:
http://www.keeponliving.at/artist/blind_blake.html
http://www.bluesworld.com/Blake.html

Robert Johnson:
http://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/
http://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/biography

Charly Patton:
http://www.elijahwald.com/patton.html

Blind Lemon Jefferson:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fje01
http://www.answers.com/topic/blind-lemon-jefferson

Christoph Rinnert:
www.rinnert.com
www.headroomstudio.de