Bad Temper Joe releases his brand-new studio album, "One Can Wreck It All." The 12 compositions, all written by the East Westphalian blues bard himself, are contemporary blues at its finest. On "One Can Wreck It All," BTJ reveals himself as a songwriter with a keen eye for detail – and as a performer with unparalleled presence and impact.
When it comes to blues in Germany, there's no getting around the grumpy, late-twenty-something. The German music press calls him "one of the truly important songwriters and guitarists of the German blues scene" (Wasser Prawda) and praises his "raw, powerful vocals [...] as well as his outstanding fingerpicking" (Bluesnews). Bad Temper Joe is also making waves internationally: as the only European act in the finals of the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, USA.
"One Can Wreck It All" is Bad Temper Joe's seventh full-length studio release and impresses with its sparse instrumentation, which, when Joe allows it, develops a powerful and haunting sound. The album rattles and buzzes with an intensity as if everything were held together only by the heavy, aching groove and the rusty strings of an old guitar. BTJ demonstrates his devotion to the tradition of the old blues singers from the Mississippi Delta. "One Can Wreck It All" is an expression of blues craftsmanship at the highest level, exuding warmth, presence, and timeless elegance.
01 The Night Johnny Cash Quit Doing Pills
02 Early Morning Blues
03 Hole in My Pocket
04 Don't Mess With a Mule
05 One Can Wreck It All
06 Crazy World
07 Wishing Well
08 Road Works Rock
09 Me and My Rockin' Chair
10 I'll Never Get Well No More
11 If Her Hair Ain't Longer Than Mine
12 The Promise
