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extra set of ears and a source of helpful suggestions as we moved along ... often at lightning pace.

“You have to be quick on your feet in the recording of an album. Things not working have to be put aside and new ideas have to be decided upon quickly so the creative forces don’t grind to a halt. I do have a quick mind which helps .... and sometimes hinders! I do push events forward rapidly. Life is energy. Music is energy.

“Enjoy listening to this set of energetic blues/rock songs as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.”

Blues All Around features 12 great songs and some of the best work that Kim has done to date. The album starts off and ends with pretty much the same song, “Falling Through The Cracks.” Other songs on the album include “Black Heart,” “Going Down South,” “Gypsy Healer,” “Blues All Around,” “Texas Love,” “California Days,” and several more that are bound to become Savoy Brown classics.

We had a chance to sit down and talk with longtime Savoy Brown drummer Garnet Grimm and he was quite helpful in detailing out the last several months with Kim and the recording of Blues All Around, as well as his speculation on the future of Savoy Brown and the current future that he and bassist Pat DeSalvo have embarked on.

Rock And Blues International: This album must be kind of a bitter-sweet release for the band considering that the driving force of the band, Kim Simmonds has recently passed away.

Garnet Grimm: It is. Kim and Pat and myself have been together for close to 14 years now. This has been the longest running version of Savoy Brown. It feels very strange not to have Kim here to support this album, but we’re going to do the very best we can for him. We’re got to try to make it good for him. I have a lot of gratitude and a lot of grief at the same time with this album.

Rock And Blues International; Can you elaborate on that a little bit?