Time: 43:20
Size: 98.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front
[4:29] 1. Everyday I Have The Blues
[4:01] 2. Shrimp Walk
[4:02] 3. Easy Baby
[5:50] 4. Boxcar 4468
[3:16] 5. Doc's Boogie
[3:59] 6. Variation II
[4:42] 7. Ain't Nobody's Business
[3:20] 8. All The Way Down
[4:11] 9. Same Old Blues
[5:00] 10. County Line
This new CD, comprised of 10 tracks, 43:20 in length, is “Loob's” (Richard Lubovitch) Iimpressions of his 30 years in Chicago listening to, and playing with, the great Chicago Blues Masters that he saw throughout his time there, in the clubs, and during his many years of going to Maxwell Street to hear the legends of that time. It offers 5 standards and 5 original compositions, and featured, are the amazing vocals of Barbara Morrison, who's vocal interpretations of Everyday I have The Blues, Easy Baby, Ain't Nobody's Business and Same Old Blues, are something special to hear. “Having Ms. Morrison on this project, has allowed us to do original and traditional arrangements of standards with a DogTown twist, so as to feature her accomplished vocal interpretations of these songs. Check out Ain't Nobody's Business, arranged as a late 1950s blues, with a slight stroll feel, or her complete re-invention of Easy Baby, as sung by a female, coupled with the emotional joy and pain she brings to Same Old Blues and the upbeat happiness of Everyday I Have The Blues.
The CD also features Hohner Harmonica Master Bill Barrett, who is featured throughout, with attention to his fantastic playing on the original compositions Shrimp Walk and All the Way Down…The two Harmonica songs on the project. Bill has also added a wonderful vocal track to Doc's Boogie. Producer, guitarist Lubovitch gives us a myriad of energetic standards peppered with five originals, including Boxcar 4468, where he plays lazily thru the head, building up to a raucous solo section, with attention to a high energy organ solo by Wayne Peet then Loob and Marcus Watkins on Slide guitar trading a few choruses. Contrasting this, are two additional tracks...Variation II (A Minor Blues) featuring the “Loob’s” guitar and Bill Barrett’s harmonica, and a West Coast influenced guitar based number, entitled County line . The CD also highlights the high octane Drums and Bass combination of Lance Lee and Trevor Ware, Upright Bass, on tracks 1,2,6 and 7, with Tom Lilly, Electric Bass, on tracks 3,4,8 and 9. Both Ware and Lilly are also featured on Boxcar 4468 and County line.
The band’s motto is: “We like to put a Jazz in our Blues, and a little Blues in our Jazz.” To sum it up…Everyday reflects what The DogTown Blues Band does best…Chicago Blues, and Jazz with a West Coast twist.
The CD also features Hohner Harmonica Master Bill Barrett, who is featured throughout, with attention to his fantastic playing on the original compositions Shrimp Walk and All the Way Down…The two Harmonica songs on the project. Bill has also added a wonderful vocal track to Doc's Boogie. Producer, guitarist Lubovitch gives us a myriad of energetic standards peppered with five originals, including Boxcar 4468, where he plays lazily thru the head, building up to a raucous solo section, with attention to a high energy organ solo by Wayne Peet then Loob and Marcus Watkins on Slide guitar trading a few choruses. Contrasting this, are two additional tracks...Variation II (A Minor Blues) featuring the “Loob’s” guitar and Bill Barrett’s harmonica, and a West Coast influenced guitar based number, entitled County line . The CD also highlights the high octane Drums and Bass combination of Lance Lee and Trevor Ware, Upright Bass, on tracks 1,2,6 and 7, with Tom Lilly, Electric Bass, on tracks 3,4,8 and 9. Both Ware and Lilly are also featured on Boxcar 4468 and County line.
The band’s motto is: “We like to put a Jazz in our Blues, and a little Blues in our Jazz.” To sum it up…Everyday reflects what The DogTown Blues Band does best…Chicago Blues, and Jazz with a West Coast twist.
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