Houston has long been home of the blues. Maybe it’s the result of the sprawling, muggy, cement city filled with hard working people from all walks of life just trying to make a living. Maybe it’s a vibe that just moves along the Gulf Coast creating the many sounds unique to the region.
All those influences are caught up in the latest album by Houston’s
who will celebrate the release of
Stolen
on September 14 at
with support from another beloved Houston band,
.
Stolen
will be available for streaming, download and purchase this Friday with physical copies available at Saturday’s release show.
“Houston is such a musically artistically rich environment and so growing up here and really experiencing so much of that has had really a tremendous impact on the music that I love and the music that I want to play,” says Orq.
The Mighty Orq makes a big impression standing tall, sharply dressed with the guitar chops of rugged old blues man and the gritty vocals to match. Underneath his ferocious, foot stomping guitar playing there are tender and intricate melodies and a voice that comes from somewhere so deep only the real blues can reside there.