Time: 58:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s - Flac
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic blues, harp blues
Art: Front
1. Come on in My Kitchen (Live) (4:03)
2. Too Many Women Blues (Live) (2:27)
3. Ain't No Heaven (3:09)
4. Harmonica Cadillac (Live) (3:36)
5. Hear Me Crying (Live) (5:23)
6. Shake It on Down (Live) (3:12)
7. Shortnin' Bread & Jam (Live) (3:53)
8. Holding the Bag Blues (6:30)
9. Get Right (3:12)
10. Pass My Hat (4:43)
11. Poor Ol' Maddie (Live) (2:58)
12. It's Raining on My Chickens (Live) (4:34)
13. Mojo Hand (Live) (2:54)
14. Shining Through (4:34)
15. Going Down South (Live) (3:30)
Winner of the Colorado Blues Society Best Self-Produced CD 2018 Contest.
Tracks #1- 2, 4-7 & 12 were recorded live at East Simpson Coffee House in Lafayette, Colorado, on May 25, 2017.
Tracks #11 & 15 were recorded live on Cervantes Patio in Denver, Colorado, on May 15, 2017.
Tracks #3, 8-10 & 14 were recorded "live in the studio" in Mad Dog's basement on September 14, 2017. This album bristles with spontaneity. A couple of the songs featured here were being played for the first time by either Louisiana Sam or Mad Dog as they were being recorded live. Another was actually composed on the spot from a phrase from the audience, and the arrangements of all the songs were unique to the moment. From the heart-felt rendition of Robert Johnson's delta blues classic, "Come On in My Kitchen," to the playful creativity of the original spontaneous composition, "It's Raining on My Chickens," 1st Strike is deep Southern country blues at its best -- live, raw and aching for deliverance.
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