Anthony Geraci’s Fifty Shades Of Blue

By Bill Copeland

Anthony Geraci’s latest solo album Fifty Shades Of Blue isn’t just a solo album. Although Geraci has written and produced every one of the exceptional songs, he has a high caliber cast of characters along for the ride. That’s why he calls his band The Boston Blues All-Stars. Aside from his Sugar Ray and The Bluetones band mates, Geraci has also recruited drummer Marty Richards and vocalists Darrell Nulisch, Michelle Willson, and Toni Lynn Washington. Great songs sung by great singers is often a promising start and this CD is full of much more than just promise.
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Geraci and his band of blues gangbusters and sultry bombshells have come up with a dynamite album. Fifty Shades Of Blue is just bursting at the seams with crackling, energetic up tempo blues and swelling emotive ballads. Geraci has certainly distinguished himself as a songwriter, composer, and arranger of the highest order. Blues fans need to buy this album right away.