Stone Mecca
Dallas, TX, USA | Established. Jan 01, 2018 | SELF
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"Boogeyman" hails from Alienman, Mecca's first full-fledged solo album, which came out in November. With West Coast dates starting Jan. 16 in Los Angeles (and, he hopes, expanding to other parts of the country) he's fully invested in his own music and even turning down requests for collaborations from others. - Billboard
With a style that blends Jimi Hendrix’s psychedelic blues with modern funk, R&B and rock and roll, Stone Mecca’s guitar playing stands out among his many talents.... - American Songwriter
Garnering praise and comparisons to Prince, Lenny Kravitz, and Gary Clark, Jr. with his own unique blues-rock blend, Mecca carries on the legacies of the greats. - Vents Magazine
Alienman is a ten-track, guitar-heavy, heart-pounding journey through the spectrum of life and everything we experience along the way... All in all, it’s a gritty good time. - Pure Grain Audio
Sometimes you just need some quick n’ dirty and this delicious live performance fits that bill enthusiastically. Gritty, imprecise, and unapologetic AF the electric vibes of this...artist and his old school cool are lustfully intoxicating. - AfroPunk
Consummate badass Stone Mecca …from the army surplus jacket to the wicked angles of his guitar, the man oozes experience and talent. - Austere
Hendrix disciples like guitarist Stone Mecca have turned these niche events into revival tents for live soul, and it’s a defiant outpost...Guitarist Stone Mecca, performing at Fortress with RZA, has spent the past decade building enough capital as a hired hand to make another solo album. - The Daily Dot
Discography
Alienman (2018)
Stone Mecca First Contact (2008)
Stone Mecca Live on 54th (2012)
Afro Samurai Original Soundtrack (2006)
Afro Samurai Resurrection Original Soundtrack (2009)
Django Original Soundtrack (2012)
Wu Tang Clan 8 Diagrams (2007)
Repo Men Original Soundtrack (2010)
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As a solo artist, Stone Mecca has formed a love triangle between roots rock, blues and funk. As a producer and musician, he’s solidly established a foothold in both hip hop and r&b. Now, on his latest EP “Alienman”, which is due for a fall 2018 release, Stone Mecca combines his love of hard-hitting hip hop beats and funk-driven bass lines with grinding guitar riffs and soulful melodies. With a tight, energetic 4-piece band consisting of guitar, bass, drums and percussions, Stone Mecca’s live set packs the walls with a titanic sound.
Easily navigating through an array of musical genres, this multi-instrumentalist has put his stamp on soundtracks for Django Unchained, The Man with the Iron Fist, Friday, Blade: Trinity, Soul Plane, Repo Men, Afro Samurai and Afro Samurai Resurrection. He’s also appeared on albums for such artists as Wu-Tang, RZA as Bobby Digital, Kanye West, and Ice Cube and the West Side Connection. On his 2007 debut album First Contact, which featured the critically acclaimed soul song “A Walk,” OkayPlayer remarked, “In a fair world, music like this would be present all the time on prime time rotation in various radio markets.”
Stone Mecca has performed live with Earth, Wind & Fire, in the studio with George Clinton, on the road with Wu-Tang Clan, and whenever RZA performs live, he often shares stage billing with Stone Mecca and his band. Says RZA, “Stone Mecca gives us a modern day example of what heart and soul music is.”
A self taught musician, Stone Mecca honed his craft by listening to artists like Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Parliament and Funkadelic, Al Green, Prince and Earth, Wind & Fire. “Music is my comfort zone, my vice, my drug of choice. I even named my guitar - I call her Eloise and she’s like my other woman. I love her unconditionally and when I perform, I give her everything I have.”
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