Special Man Industries

End of Winter

It's Carnival Time in New Orleans, and we are getting ready to release "Eh la Bas" by Leyla McCalla & the Special Men b/w "Eat That Chicken" by the Special Man Brass Band on 7" 45 rpm records and all major streaming platforms for March the 1st!

Produced by King James, Leyla's McCalla's third album release "The Capitalist Blues" on Jazz Village [PIAS] records came out last Friday, January 25th, and you can hear it in it's entirety on NPR at this link The Capitalist Blues

We also have a handful of King James & the Special Men singles in the works for the rest of the year, along with exciting offerings from some dear friends that will be announced a little later.

Basically, we're just getting started here at Special Man Industries and we hope you'll all stay tuned!

"the Capitalist Blues" by Leyla McCalla

"Money is King" official video premiere on World Cafe NPR

C H E C K I T O U T !

PRODUCED BY KING JAMES

Brothers In Arms

St. Paul and the Broken Bones likes us! #blessed

HOT DOG!

Things have been all abuzz here at Special Man HQ with the release of our first record and accompanying video. Europe, we'll see you in a few weeks!

RELEASE DAY!!!

We the Special Men, with much pleasure and gratitude, would like to announce that our debut album "Act Like You Know" is finally available worldwide in both digital form and on 180 grams of vinyl, as well. Do yourself a favor and give it a whirl! Find it in digital form at bandcamp, iTunes, or right here in our happy story store on 180 grams of hot wax!

ALBUM STREAM on americanstandardtime.com

Read the latest review and stream ACT LIKE YOU KNOW right here!

BANDCAMP LOVE

Check out our new feature at Bandcamp! Thanks, Jim!

HOT POTATOES

FIRST REVIEWS

Don and Sheryl's Blues Blog with some Early Impressions.
Vancouver Sun came through with Record Reviews.
Offbeat mentioned us for Jazz Fest sales here.
John Porter showed some love.
Mark Scholl's review for SCHIZOMUSICA.
Bman' Blues Report had nice things to say. Bman's Review
Greg Victor for parcbench.live.
Local review from Brett Milano for Offbeat.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to review our record so far!

POPCORN POP POP

King James & the Special Men are like an Olds 88 with a new big-block and a full tank of gas. Hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana, they play Rock and Roll, look like a gang, and sound like fine chicken and wine. When they aren’t busy riding in airplanes, playing fancy concerts in exotic places, or just liking things better the old way, Jimmy and the boys can be found at home eating donuts, baking pork cookies, and ruling Downtown like Lords. Their music is unadulterated Rock and Roll, plain and simple. Like Professor Longhair, Little Richard, Guitar Slim, and the Stooges, King James & the Special Men like it raw, frenetic, and dangerous. Like Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino and the Ramones, they like simple, good songs that are easy to dance to. Like you, they possess the most discerning of tastes, prefer a nice Sativa, and always drink Champagne with their pinky fingers out. King James & the Special Men exist on a different plane, like a destination more than a musical combo. People travel great distances to see them, they make pilgrimage, they arrive, and they drink straight from the fountain. Time slips away, the old become young, the young become wise, and for a glorious moment the end doesn’t seem quite so near after all. With their debut album “Act Like You Know”, King James & the Special Men are finally bringing the spectacle to you and millions of your friends all around the world that you might shake your monkey meat, ball the wall, and sooky dooky as long as you damn well please! If you don’t know…

Leyla McCalla & the Special Men

Eh La Bas