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Bound to Roll, Julian Sas’ eight studio album,  is a record that took time to make. More than two-and-a-half years, tells the Dutch blues man, I had tons of ideas and was writing constantly but a lot of that went straight into the bin.  ‘Bound to Roll’ is a very personal record. This album is about pleasure, enjoyment, love, loss, pain and sadness. About real life, about the blues, about  experiences that, I hope, made me stronger and a better human being. For me making this album was a way of dealing with my emotions.

Besides 9 new Sas originals, Bound to Roll also features three covers;  Rory Gallagher’s  Shadow Play, Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited and Humble Pie’s 30 Days In The Hole (their seventh single and also included on their Smokin’ album) About the choice of these songs Julian explains:  ‘Shadow Play’ totally reflects my feelings about the recent period of my life. Especially the text. The song fits perfectly with my own songs. Dylan’s ‘Highway 61 Revisited’, is just a killer song, the groove, the lyric – everybody needs to get rid of something on Highway 61, personal or other. This is also the track that made me -musicll in love with playing slide.  ‘30 Days In The Hole’;  Steve Marriott is one of my favourite singers and writers. This song I wanted to record because of the aggression of the riff, a lot of anger, one of the greatest rock-riffs ever. All great songs to play!

“From the home of the straightforward blues comes the rock-solid Julian Sas, a Dutch bandleader whose eight album, Bound to Roll, suggests he’s a great night out, if not a ground-breaker. Meaty and no-nonsense material abounds, but Sas can make that guitar sting, as he proves both on covers of Shadow Play and Highway 61 Revisited, and the highlight, his own wah-wah-powered Mercy.”  (Classic Rock Magazine (UK) – Henry Yates)