Time: 45:06
Size: 103.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front
[4:13] 1. On Fire
[4:06] 2. Break My Back
[4:35] 3. Well Well
[4:18] 4. Magentise
[4:04] 5. Fortune Fails You
[4:41] 6. I Really Want You Around
[4:31] 7. Running Through Rain
[3:39] 8. Heartbreaker
[3:32] 9. Strange Feeling
[4:02] 10. Time Was On My Side
[3:22] 11. You Blow My World Away
In the 1970s, the London pub/club rock/blues scene was thriving. The Hope and Anchor in Islington and the famed Marquee club in Wardour Street were the main venues where such greats as Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Ducks Deluxe, Eddie and the Hot Rods and Balham and the Alligators turned up in their battered twin-wheel based Transit vans, unloaded the gear themselves, set up with amps on top of beer crates and transformed cold, ordinary rooms into sweaty, crammed to the rafters dens of musical heaven night after night. No one needed drugs or to be plastered on 2-for-1 booze to get high, when the bands were in full flow. Those days are long gone, often replaced with karaoke, tribute bands or DJs¦..but there is a resurgence of interest in that type of venue and that type of night. A new and pleasing demand for real musicians playing real instruments, turning up the amps to 11 a la Spinal Tap! With a nod toward retro RnB and blues.
One such band who have helped to spearhead this movement over the last few years is Bluesmix. Four talented musicians and songwriters who have quietly got on with the business of making good music and pleasing records, picking up quite a loyal following and praise in high places. They are London-based with the majority of their gigs down the smoke, unashamedly performing and recording a sound from yesterday, which throws soul, funk, blues, rock and jazz into the pot and sprinkled with plenty of power, energy and attitude to dish up a splendid gumbo of musical magic.
Their current CD, Flat Nine, was previously released but it is having a re-birth as new people discover it, new radio gobs on sticks praise it and new hacks write about it. While new fans pick up a copy at their gigs and tell their friends too, this album has a longer than average shelf life.
One such band who have helped to spearhead this movement over the last few years is Bluesmix. Four talented musicians and songwriters who have quietly got on with the business of making good music and pleasing records, picking up quite a loyal following and praise in high places. They are London-based with the majority of their gigs down the smoke, unashamedly performing and recording a sound from yesterday, which throws soul, funk, blues, rock and jazz into the pot and sprinkled with plenty of power, energy and attitude to dish up a splendid gumbo of musical magic.
Their current CD, Flat Nine, was previously released but it is having a re-birth as new people discover it, new radio gobs on sticks praise it and new hacks write about it. While new fans pick up a copy at their gigs and tell their friends too, this album has a longer than average shelf life.
Flat Nine mc
Flat Nine zippy