The Kat Kings - The Winning Hand

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:11
Size: 105,3 MB
Styles: Blues, rock & roll, roots
Scans: Full

1. Tuffer Than Me (4:29)
2. Let's Get Greasy (3:33)
3. Born In The Back Of A Cadillac (4:29)
4. I Don't Understand (3:20)
5. Lucky Streak (3:15)
6. Ridin' On The Road (4:13)
7. Queen Of The Mardi Gras (3:04)
8. Don't You Know (2:49)
9. That Train (4:31)
10. Fatback Ribs (2:04)
11. Whatcha Gonna Do (3:16)
12. She's No Good (3:37)
13. Got Some Dough (2:27)

The Winning Hand is the new CD from The Kat Kings, 12 all original songs and 1 killer cover. Canada's newest roots rock combo plays greasy blues, southern soul, Bourbon Street rumba, kick ass country and rompin' rock and roll. This CD has it all, produced by Juno nominated producer Martin Alex Aucoin. The disc includes Kevin McQuade (vocals, electric, acoustic and slide guitars), Martin Alex Aucoin (piano, Hammond organ and Wurlitzer), Al Cross (drums) and John Dymond (electric and upright bass).

Kevin McQuades versatility in songwriting is evident in the different styles of songs on this CD. His guitar playing is also varied and confident. Martin Alex Aucoin is stellar on such tunes as Queen of the Mardi Gras and Lucky Streak. Canada's greatest rhythm section, Al Cross (drums) and John Dymond (bass), holds it all together. The chips are down and you're all in - The Winning Hand.

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The Kat Kings - Swinging In The Swamp

Size: 105,1 MB
Time: 44:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Rockin' Blues, Swamp Blues
Art: Front

01. When I Say Jump (2:14)
02. Poppin'at Party Time (3:02)
03. B-Flat Kat (2:28)
04. I Work For You (4:33)
05. Juke Joint Jimmy (3:03)
06. Before I Found Him (4:33)
07. Ridin' In Style (2:45)
08. I'm Just A Shadow (3:28)
09. It Came From The Swamp (4:43)
10. Til It Feels Alright (4:00)
11. I Got The Fuse (2:45)
12. Late Night Thing (3:28)
13. Baby You Can't Drink (3:13)

Kevin McQuade’s Kat Kings mine the original rockabilly rock n’ roll kats for their inspiration, tapping into the pure grooves of early Elvis, Cash, Perkins et al, and delivering a goddamned beer drinkin’ n’ hell raisin’ party, no doubt about it.

Their second album, following 2011’s The Winning Hand, Swingin’ In The Swamp does exactly what it says on the tin: swampy rock n’ roll with groove and swing that’ll get feet to tappin’, butts to wigglin’ and girls and boys dancin’ way too close.

There’s a bit of everything here, too: the music-is-king rambunctions of When I Say Jump and Poppin’ At Party Time; the lively Juke Joint Jimmy (about a real-life Toronto icon); Before I Found Him’s blend of snakey grooves and swampy gospel – and that’s before the big Vegas Elvis payoff at the end; the low riding, top down, shades n’ collar up Ridin’ In Style; some Tony Joe White styling on It Came From The Swamp; some fiery honky tonk piano on Til It Feels Alright; a touch of ZZ Top sizzle on I Got The Fuse; the Cajun Gumbo of Late Night Thing; and the hilariously rockin’ closer Baby You Can’t Drink.

Swingin’ In The Swamp is party music the way it used to sound, and the way it should do again, so fill your tiki mugs with some firewater and get swingin’, kool kats.

Swinging In The Swamp

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