{"product_id":"slidemaster","title":"Slidemaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eRick Vito’s Slidemaster is a 2026 all‑instrumental slide‑guitar album that gathers seven new recordings with five remixed and remastered favorites from his back catalog into a single, 12‑track showcase. Issued on MoMojo Records, it runs about 40 minutes and is deliberately conceived as “the” Rick Vito slide record: a concise survey of the Grammy‑nominated guitarist’s blues, roots, and soul vocabulary, presented without vocals so the guitar can “tell its story” on its own. Vito handles electric and acoustic guitar, much of the bass and percussion, and leads compact ensembles that keep the focus tightly on his tone, phrasing, and sense of melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with “Vegas Jump,” a droning, up‑tempo blues that sets the template: fat, singing slide lines over a churning rhythm section, all recorded with a warm, present sound that rewards headphones listening. From there, Slidemaster moves through haunted minor‑key originals like “The Danger Zone,” “Soul Shadows,” “Slide the Blues,” and “River of Blues,” where his slide work becomes almost vocal in the way it bends and holds notes. These sit alongside carefully chosen covers—Peter Green’s “Albatross” and “The Supernatural,” Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” and Jimmy Hughes’s “Steal Away”—that Vito reimagines as soulful instrumentals, retaining their emotional core while turning the melodies into long, singing guitar lines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":53423897149754,"sku":"37931","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-08_at_4.34.20_PM_aafc3c17-8014-4f97-9083-fe5d9774dcba.jpeg?v=1780473740","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/slidemaster","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}