Duke Tumatoe - Have You Seen My Keys?

Album: Have You Seen My Keys?
Size: 79,2 MB
Time: 34:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. What A Damn Man Needs (3:27)
2. You Know I Love You (3:49)
3. Linda Lou (3:52)
4. I'm Selfish Baby (3:32)
5. Can't Find My Shoes (2:47)
6. When A Door Is Open (2:44)
7. You Don't Love Me Anymore (3:43)
8. Sonny B (4:09)
9. Don't Want You Back (2:55)
10. Just A Little Bit (3:04)

Chicago-born Duke Tumatoe is a musician/showman who has retained a firm career by fusing gritty R&B, rock, blues, and funk injected with equal parts humor and gut-level sincerity. Tumatoe was a founding member of what would become REO Speedwagon. His tenure with that band was short-lived, leaving in 1969 and forming Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs. For the next 13 years, they toured relentlessly playing throughout the Midwest on countless college campuses and bars. Because of this grueling tour schedule, the band managed to release two albums, Red Pepper Hot! (1976) and Back to Chicago (1982). In 1983, Tumatoe decided to slow down the pace and break up the Frogs.

He immediately rebounded with the creation of the Power Trio, who recorded Duke's Up for Blind Pig Records. Tumatoe took advantage of the more flexible schedule and formed his own record label, Sweetfinger Music. Over the next several years, Tumatoe released four discs on his label, Dr. Duke (1992), Wild Animals (1994), Greatest Hits Plus (1996), and the all-instrumental Picks & Sticks (1997). Throughout his illustrious career, Tumatoe opened for several legendary figures in blues and rock, including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Fogerty. Fogerty was so taken with Tumatoe's performance, he produced the critically acclaimed 1988 live album I Like My Job! on Warner Bros.

In 1999, Tumatoe signed with the J-Bird label, which released A Ejukatid Man that same year. In 2001, Tumatoe had tongue firmly in cheek with the releases Pompous & Overrated and the raunchy seasonal disc It's Christmas (Let's Have Sex). Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio appeared from Sweetfinger Records in 2003, followed by 2006's You've Got the Problem! on Blind Pig Records. /Biography by Al Campbell, AllMusic

With compliments to a friend.

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Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio - Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Album: Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Size: 135,0 MB
Time: 58:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996/2004
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Barefootin' (3:49)
2. More Love, More Money (4:37)
3. Don't Have It In Me (3:27)
4. You Can't Fool Me (5:50)
5. Get Loose (3:19)
6. Girls Must Have Funds! (4:10)
7. Kansas City (3:44)
8. Smell So Good (3:44)
9. If I Hadn't Been High (4:46)
10. Choice Tattoo (5:08)
11. Love To Play The Blues (3:08)
12. Who's That Woman (4:14)
13. Tie You Up (4:45)
14. Wild Animals (3:35)

Chicago-born Duke Tumatoe is a musician/showman who has retained a firm career by fusing gritty R&B, rock, blues, and funk injected with equal parts humor and gut-level sincerity. Tumatoe was a founding member of what would become REO Speedwagon. His tenure with that band was short-lived, leaving in 1969 and forming Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs. For the next 13 years, they toured relentlessly playing throughout the Midwest on countless college campuses and bars. Because of this grueling tour schedule, the band managed to release two albums, Red Pepper Hot! (1976) and Back to Chicago (1982). In 1983, Tumatoe decided to slow down the pace and break up the Frogs.

He immediately rebounded with the creation of the Power Trio, who recorded Duke's Up for Blind Pig Records. Tumatoe took advantage of the more flexible schedule and formed his own record label, Sweetfinger Music. Over the next several years, Tumatoe released four discs on his label, Dr. Duke (1992), Wild Animals (1994), Greatest Hits Plus (1996), and the all-instrumental Picks & Sticks (1997). Throughout his illustrious career, Tumatoe opened for several legendary figures in blues and rock, including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Fogerty. Fogerty was so taken with Tumatoe's performance, he produced the critically acclaimed 1988 live album I Like My Job! on Warner Bros.

In 1999, Tumatoe signed with the J-Bird label, which released A Ejukatid Man that same year. In 2001, Tumatoe had tongue firmly in cheek with the releases Pompous & Overrated and the raunchy seasonal disc It's Christmas (Let's Have Sex). Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio appeared from Sweetfinger Records in 2003, followed by 2006's You've Got the Problem! on Blind Pig Records. /Biography by Al Campbell, AllMusic

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Duke Tumatoe & The All-Star Frogs - Naughty Child

Source: Vinyl
Size: 80.5 MB
Time: 34:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back

A1. Take Me Home (3:09)
A2. Strong Man (4:31)
A3. Brown Eyed Woman (2:55)
A4. Slidin' On Ice (4:14)
A5. Love To Play The Blues (3:25)
B1. Naughty Child (3:13)
B2. Fool Around With You (3:56)
B3. Talk To Al (6:06)
B4. Love Is A Three Letter Word (3:05)

You may know him from his regular gig on the nationally syndicated "Bob and Tom" radio program. You may remember him as the leader of the All-Star Frogs (1970-1983) and the Power Trio (1983-present), doing humorous and raunchy blues originals such as "Tie You Up!" and "More Love, More Money". You also may remember the Tumatoe tours of local clubs and endless spins of his songs on college radio in the '70s and '80s. You may not know that he recorded for Warner Brothers Records (I Like My Job, produced by John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame), was a member of REO Speedwagon, and he grew up on the South Side of Chicago, a blues-loving youth who hung with the legends.

Now he's still at it, playing over 200 shows and covering over 60,000 miles annually. And he's reunited with his old pals at Blind Pig Records, celebrating the release of "You've Got the Problem!" As always, the Power Trio's instrumental prowess is the perfect backdrop for Duke's outrageous humor. The title track tells the story of a poor, misunderstood fellow's struggles with his partner ("I don't drink too much, baby - You don't drink enough!"). From there, Duke delivers nonstop musical mayhem that truly evokes the excitement of his legendary live performances. Highlights include the title track, the whimsical "My Baby Is a Nudist", the unhappy tale of a man who's attached to a "Real Mean Woman," which also features some blistering slide guitar and the hangover-inspired "Moanin' After Blues" (includes actual moaning).

After Duke left REO Speedwagon in 1969, he formed Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs. For the next 13 years, they toured relentlessly playing throughout the Midwest on countless college campuses and bars. Because of this grueling tour schedule, the band managed to release only three albums, Red Pepper Hot (1976), Naughty Child (1980) and Back to Chicago (1982). In 1983, Tumatoe decided to slow down the pace and break up the Frogs. He immediately rebounded with the creation of the Power Trio and recorded Duke's Up (1984). Over the next several years, Tumatoe released four discs on his own Sweetfinger Music label, Dr. Duke (1992), Wild Animals (1994), Greatest Hits Plus (1996), and the all-instrumental Picks & Sticks (1997). Throughout his illustrious career, Tumatoe opened for several legendary figures in blues and rock including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Doobie Brothers and John Fogerty. Fogerty was so taken with Tumatoe's performance, he produced the critically acclaimed 1988 live album I Like My Job on Warner Bros. In 1999, Tumatoe signed with J-Bird Records where he released A Ejukatid Man that same year. In 2001, Tumatoe had tongue firmly in cheek with the releases Pompous & Overrated and the raunchy seasonal disc It's Christmas (Let's Have Sex).

Tumatoe promises "A good time, a little mischief, and a lot of great music." And yet Duke's fans know he's not all about the joke. "There's a great deal of musical ability in the band," Tumatoe said. They focus on the music, "just as much as on the twists in the lyrical content." Tumatoe learned drums at 10, moved to guitar as a teen, and became active playing in the Chicago area in the '60s. He grew up on the South Side, in the exact time and space of the golden era of electric blues. He knew, and played with the greats, and now can't believe that he took that for granted as a kid. "Those guys were kinda like available, just as a natural course of daily activity. ... You never thought it was such an earth-shaking experience to have grown up in the crux of all that but it really, really was." Tumatoe knew all the "old guys," he said, ran into them every day. "Played with a lot of them," Tumatoe said. "Muddy (Waters), Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and J.B. Hutto to name a few. Having grown up in that city, you just experienced that stuff."

Duke's fans consider him one of music's best-kept secrets and they selfishly admit they want to keep it that way. They know his show will be one of those sweaty, anything can happen things and they look forward to the freely dispensed and practical advice from the Doctor ("When you're in a basement you should drink whiskey").

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Duke Tumatoe - Dukes Up

Source: Vinyl
Size: 79.5 MB
Time: 33:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1984
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

A1. The Hunter (3:22)
A2. If I Hadn't A Been High (2:53)
A3. Tie You Up (3:19)
A4. Wild Woman (3:02)
A5. Barefootin' (3:04)
B1. There's A Limit (3:08)
B2. No Gigolo (3:46)
B3. Red Pepper Hot (3:01)
B4. Goodtime (2:42)
B5. I'm Scared (2:33)
B6. Back To Chicago (2:59)

Chicago-born Duke Tumatoe is a musician/showman who has retained a firm career by fusing gritty R&B, rock, blues, and funk injected with equal parts humor and gut-level sincerity. Tumatoe was a founding member of what would become REO Speedwagon. His tenure with that band was short-lived, leaving in 1969 and forming Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs. For the next 13 years, they toured relentlessly playing throughout the Midwest on countless college campuses and bars. Because of this grueling tour schedule, the band managed to release two albums, Red Pepper Hot! (1976) and Back to Chicago (1982). In 1983, Tumatoe decided to slow down the pace and break up the Frogs. He immediately rebounded with the creation of the Power Trio, who recorded Duke's Up for Blind Pig Records. Tumatoe took advantage of the more flexible schedule and formed his own record label, Sweetfinger Music. Over the next several years, Tumatoe released four discs on his label, Dr. Duke (1992), Wild Animals (1994), Greatest Hits Plus (1996), and the all-instrumental Picks & Sticks (1997). Throughout his illustrious career, Tumatoe opened for several legendary figures in blues and rock, including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Fogerty. Fogerty was so taken with Tumatoe's performance, he produced the critically acclaimed 1988 live album I Like My Job! on Warner Bros. In 1999, Tumatoe signed with the J-Bird label, which released A Ejukatid Man that same year. In 2001, Tumatoe had tongue firmly in cheek with the releases Pompous & Overrated and the raunchy seasonal disc It's Christmas (Let's Have Sex). Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio appeared from Sweetfinger Records in 2003, followed by 2006's You've Got the Problem! on Blind Pig Records. ~Al Campbell

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Duke Tumatoe & The All-Star Frogs - Red Pepper Hot!

Album: Red Pepper Hot!
Size: 83,8 MB
Time: 36:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1976
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Goodtime (2:59)
2. It's A Lie (4:04)
3. You Can't Fool Me (4:46)
4. Sweetest Thing (2:58)
5. Captive Of Love (4:59)
6. Blues With A Feeling (4:14)
7. Red Pepper Hot! (4:52)
8. Wild Woman (3:17)
9. Captain Jinx & Salty Sam (3:53)

Chicago-born Duke Tumatoe is a musician/showman who has retained a firm career by fusing gritty R&B, rock, blues, and funk injected with equal parts humor and gut-level sincerity. Tumatoe was a founding member of what would become REO Speedwagon. His tenure with that band was short-lived, leaving in 1969 and forming Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs. For the next 13 years, they toured relentlessly playing throughout the Midwest on countless college campuses and bars. Because of this grueling tour schedule, the band managed to release two albums, Red Pepper Hot! (1976) and Back to Chicago (1982).

In 1983, Tumatoe decided to slow down the pace and break up the Frogs. He immediately rebounded with the creation of the Power Trio, who recorded Duke's Up for Blind Pig Records. Tumatoe took advantage of the more flexible schedule and formed his own record label, Sweetfinger Music. Over the next several years, Tumatoe released four discs on his label, Dr. Duke (1992), Wild Animals (1994), Greatest Hits Plus (1996), and the all-instrumental Picks & Sticks (1997). Throughout his illustrious career, Tumatoe opened for several legendary figures in blues and rock, including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Fogerty. Fogerty was so taken with Tumatoe's performance, he produced the critically acclaimed 1988 live album I Like My Job! on Warner Bros.

In 1999, Tumatoe signed with the J-Bird label, which released A Ejukatid Man that same year. In 2001, Tumatoe had tongue firmly in cheek with the releases Pompous & Overrated and the raunchy seasonal disc It's Christmas (Let's Have Sex). Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio appeared from Sweetfinger Records in 2003, followed by 2006's You've Got the Problem! on Blind Pig Records. /Biography by Al Campbell, AllMusic

Personnel: Duke Tumatoe (vocals, guitar, percussion); L.V. Hammond (bass); Gary Brewer (drums); Louis "Doc" LeCouris (harmonica, vocals, percussion); Jim Hill (keyboards, vocals).

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Dr. Duke Tumatoe - I Just Want To Be Rich

Album: I Just Want To Be Rich
Size: 101,8 MB
Time: 43:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Blues/Rock/Funk mix
Art: Front

1. Bionic Tumatoe (3:40)
2. I Just Want To Be Rich (4:27)
3. Fire And Ice (4:33)
4. Right On Rhythm (4:12)
5. What I Really Want To Do (5:06)
6. Long Legged Woman And Blues Guitar (4:31)
7. Barbeque (4:15)
8. You Never Really Know A Woman (3:35)
9. One Good One Left (3:56)
10. The Traveler (5:32)

Chicago-born Duke Tumatoe is a musician/showman who has retained a firm career by fusing gritty R&B, rock, blues, and funk injected with equal parts humor and gut-level sincerity. Tumatoe was a founding member of what would become REO Speedwagon. His tenure with that band was short-lived, leaving in 1969 and forming Duke Tumatoe & the All-Star Frogs. For the next 13 years, they toured relentlessly playing throughout the Midwest on countless college campuses and bars. Because of this grueling tour schedule, the band managed to release two albums, Red Pepper Hot! (1976) and Back to Chicago (1982). In 1983, Tumatoe decided to slow down the pace and break up the Frogs.

He immediately rebounded with the creation of the Power Trio, who recorded Duke's Up for Blind Pig Records. Tumatoe took advantage of the more flexible schedule and formed his own record label, Sweetfinger Music. Over the next several years, Tumatoe released four discs on his label, Dr. Duke (1992), Wild Animals (1994), Greatest Hits Plus (1996), and the all-instrumental Picks & Sticks (1997). Throughout his illustrious career, Tumatoe opened for several legendary figures in blues and rock, including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Thorogood, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Fogerty. Fogerty was so taken with Tumatoe's performance, he produced the critically acclaimed 1988 live album I Like My Job! on Warner Bros.

In 1999, Tumatoe signed with the J-Bird label, which released A Ejukatid Man that same year. In 2001, Tumatoe had tongue firmly in cheek with the releases Pompous & Overrated and the raunchy seasonal disc It's Christmas (Let's Have Sex). Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio appeared from Sweetfinger Records in 2003, followed by 2006's You've Got the Problem! on Blind Pig Records. /Biography by Al Campbell, AllMusic

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Dr. Duke Tumatoe - Live At Kingston Mines

Size: 85.0 MB
Time: 36:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Back To The Chicken Shack (Live) (4:31)
02. I Just Want To Be Rich (Live) (4:31)
03. Before You Accuse Me (Live) (3:46)
04. Sloppy Drunk (Live) (4:23)
05. I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live) (4:27)
06. Love To Play The Blues (Live) (4:54)
07. Gimme Back My Wig (Live) (4:57)
08. You've Got The Problem (Live) (4:58)

What sets Duke Tumatoe apart from the mob of contemporary guitarists who practice the blues these days is his sense of humor. He usually finds something to chuckle about in the barroom tales he spins, where the pain and misery on display is more often than not self-inflicted and just as often hilariously ironic, at least in Duke's view. Oh, he falls into the trap of tired blues clichés occasionally, which is pretty much endemic in the genre, but then he pops out with a song like "My Baby Is a Nudist" and all is forgiven. At some point when you're down and out you have to laugh to keep from crying, and that's apparently Dr. Tumatoe's philosophy. You've Got the Problem! doesn't break any new ground in this regard, mixing stock blues pieces with goof ball gems like the aforementioned "My Baby Is a Nudist" and the whiskey-drenched title tune, both of which would stand a chance on the country charts if the commercial music industry wasn't so darn divisional. Also worth mentioning here is the mostly acoustic "Mudcat Man" and the closing track, "Moanin' After Blues," which has a wonderful afterhours feel thanks to some jazzy trumpet lines from P.J. Yinger. Elsewhere the album plays by the numbers, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there are approximately one thousand hard working but creatively challenged guitar slingers out there doing this exact sort of generic blues stuff, so it is a little disappointing when the Duke falls into the same bag. When he unleashes that delightfully wicked wit, though, he rises above the mob and becomes something special.

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Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio - I Like My Job!

Year: 1989
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:58
Size: 89,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Get Loose! (4:33)
2. Shakey Ground (3:55)
3. If I Hadn't Been High (7:25)
4. Bar-B-Que (4:48)
5. Tie You Up (4:48)
6. More Love, More Money (5:30)
7. Can't Judge A Book (3:53)
8. Sweet Home Chicago (4:03)

If you're seeking a joyous blast of Chicago blues, you need look no further. This album of energetic party music is the best-sounding album from Duke Tumatoe, thanks to the meticulous production of John Fogerty, who saw them in a bar and decided to produce their major-label debut. In fact, if it wasn't for Fogerty, they probably wouldn't have gotten on a major label; the following album, without Fogerty producing, was back on J-Bird.

I Like My Job! crackles with energy from the opening notes of the cheerful "Get Loose." Recording live was a smart move, since the audience response to songs like "If I Hadn't Been High" and "More Love, More Money" makes both vastly better than any studio take. This is doubly true for the salacious "Tie You Up," as seductive a song about bondage play ever written -- at least, up to the point where Tumatoe is raving about using garbanzo beans and croutons as sex toys. This inspired silliness holds from end to end and makes this a must-have album for anyone who likes their blues spiced with more than a dash of humor. /Richard Foss, AllMusic

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Dr. Duke Tumatoe - How Much Crazy Can You Take

Size: 196 MB
Time: 33:35
File: FLAC
Released: 2017
Art: Front

01. How Much Crazy Can You Take (4:10)
02. Muddy Waters (3:33)
03. Hitch Hike (3:35)
04. One Shovel At A Time (3:52)
05. If You Knew (3:23)
06. What You Do With Your Butt (2:47)
07. Your Picture (4:11)
08. Right Now! (3:36)
09. Whispers (4:24)

Duke Tumatoe, born William “Bill" Severen Fiorio in 1947, is an American blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He has gigged with Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, John Fogerty and George Thorogood. He was a founding member of arena-rock giants REO Speedwagon. He has released fifteen albums as the bandleader of Duke Tumatoe & The All-Star Frogs and Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio. His 1988 live album I Like My Job was produced by John Fogerty. He typically plays more than 200 dates per year.

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Dr. Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio - Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Size: 135,1 MB
Time: 58:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. I Didn't Do It (4:16)
02. Be So Easy (5:15)
03. Dancing Burritos (5:03)
04. Enough Trouble Of My Own (5:51)
05. You've Got The Problem (4:31)
06. Kid Stuff (5:13)
07. Do It Right (3:53)
08. Pour Me A Drink (6:06)
09. Blues With A Feeling (6:30)
10. My Baby Is A Nudist (3:53)
11. Moanin' After Blues (2:50)
12. You Don't Have To Go Home (4:46)

What sets Duke Tumatoe apart from the mob of contemporary guitarists who practice the blues these days is his sense of humor. He usually finds something to chuckle about in the barroom tales he spins, where the pain and misery on display is more often than not self-inflicted and just as often hilariously ironic, at least in Duke's view. Oh, he falls into the trap of tired blues clichés occasionally, which is pretty much endemic in the genre, but then he pops out with a song like "My Baby Is a Nudist" and all is forgiven. At some point when you're down and out you have to laugh to keep from crying, and that's apparently Dr. Tumatoe's philosophy. You've Got the Problem! doesn't break any new ground in this regard, mixing stock blues pieces with goof ball gems like the aforementioned "My Baby Is a Nudist" and the whiskey-drenched title tune, both of which would stand a chance on the country charts if the commercial music industry wasn't so darn divisional. Also worth mentioning here is the mostly acoustic "Mudcat Man" and the closing track, "Moanin' After Blues," which has a wonderful afterhours feel thanks to some jazzy trumpet lines from P.J. Yinger. Elsewhere the album plays by the numbers, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there are approximately one thousand hard working but creatively challenged guitar slingers out there doing this exact sort of generic blues stuff, so it is a little disappointing when the Duke falls into the same bag. When he unleashes that delightfully wicked wit, though, he rises above the mob and becomes something special.

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Dr. Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio - You've Got The Problem!

Size: 100,8 MB
Time: 42:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. You've Got The Problem (3:14)
02. Real Mean Woman (4:04)
03. Don't Ask (Instrumental) (2:38)
04. Enough Trouble Of My Own (5:54)
05. My Baby Is A Nudist (3:53)
06. Bad Day (3:51)
07. Be So Easy (5:48)
08. Mudcat Man (5:08)
09. Kid Stuff (Instrumental) (4:50)
10. Moanin' After Blues (2:52)

What sets Duke Tumatoe apart from the mob of contemporary guitarists who practice the blues these days is his sense of humor. He usually finds something to chuckle about in the barroom tales he spins, where the pain and misery on display is more often than not self-inflicted and just as often hilariously ironic, at least in Duke's view. Oh, he falls into the trap of tired blues clichés occasionally, which is pretty much endemic in the genre, but then he pops out with a song like "My Baby Is a Nudist" and all is forgiven. At some point when you're down and out you have to laugh to keep from crying, and that's apparently Dr. Tumatoe's philosophy. You've Got the Problem! doesn't break any new ground in this regard, mixing stock blues pieces with goof ball gems like the aforementioned "My Baby Is a Nudist" and the whiskey-drenched title tune, both of which would stand a chance on the country charts if the commercial music industry wasn't so darn divisional. Also worth mentioning here is the mostly acoustic "Mudcat Man" and the closing track, "Moanin' After Blues," which has a wonderful afterhours feel thanks to some jazzy trumpet lines from P.J. Yinger. Elsewhere the album plays by the numbers, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but there are approximately one thousand hard working but creatively challenged guitar slingers out there doing this exact sort of generic blues stuff, so it is a little disappointing when the Duke falls into the same bag. When he unleashes that delightfully wicked wit, though, he rises above the mob and becomes something special.

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