Music and songwriting has always been a driving force in his heart
Michael Limnios, Music Network
“The Blues nexus with Rock was so complete it was seamless. If you have Blues on your mind, there it is. If it’s Rock, it’s certainly there. It was Rock in those days for me. And still is apparently with an increasing love for the Blues. I think the Blues is a great way to deliver ideas. I’m hooked!”
Singer/songwriter Randy Lee Riviere, will be released his new blues/roots-rock album, “Concrete Blues” (Release Day: September 13), produced by Grammy-winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy), on Wilderness Records. Concrete Blues showcases Randy’s thought-provoking songs and voice supported by a cast of A-List musicians … people who have backed up artists such as Bob Dylan, Delbert McClinton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buddy Guy and many others in the past. Along with this stellar cast, Riviere delivers a solid blues/rock album that is as modern in its message as it is traditional in its delivery. Riviere, who splits his time between his Montana farm and a home outside of Nashville, has delivered an album that fits right at home with today’s blues/rock anthems as well as Americana’s rootsy vibes. In addition to a lifetime of music, Randy, as a wildlife biologist, has been involved with large-scale efforts in the past working to protect and restore important elements of the Native American landscape.
One example of these efforts involved his leadership role in protecting over 40,000 acres of wildlife habitat with permanent conservation easements. The title track of his new album, Concrete Blues, speaks to the impacts of dams on watersheds in Western America. Music, and later songwriting has always been a driving force in Randy’s heart. Today, he prefers a more peaceful life out in the country somewhere, where he can take his past experiences all in, and consider our future in a rapidly changing world. His songs are quite diverse, but they commonly have a foundation involving the human condition and what’s happening to the natural landscape he loves.