Showing posts with label Joe Whiting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Whiting. Show all posts

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Joe Whiting & Mark Doyle - The Truth

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:22
Size: 106.2 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[3:31] 1. Door #3
[3:30] 2. 21st Century Spin
[3:31] 3. The Truth
[3:47] 4. Bad Stuff
[4:22] 5. Drive
[2:51] 6. Out From Under Me
[3:31] 7. She's The Baddest One
[3:55] 8. Heartbeat
[3:25] 9. I Died A Thousand Times
[4:03] 10. Stop The Fire
[4:32] 11. Juke Joint
[5:18] 12. Just Around The Corner

Put Central New York music stars Joe Whiting and Mark Doyle in the studio together and something magical happens. Still. And again. “The Truth” marks singer Whiting and guitarist/keyboardist Doyle’s first CD of new material together in 21 years. They’ve still got the mean chops that made their collaboration so special in the 1970s with the bands Free Will and Jukin’ Bone, and in the 1980s with The Doyle-Whiting Band.

Whiting can snarl out a line with hip confidence, as in “She’s The Baddest One.” Doyle can fire out a guitar lick as juicy and steamy as an August noon in the South, as he does in “21st Century Spin.” In 2007, in fact, all of the wisdom they’ve accumulated since then makes this union even sweeter. They combine for love ballad “Heartbeat” that’s part pain, part joy and totally spellbinding. They churn out tasty country chords in “I Died a Thousand Times” that’ll put a bounce in every step. They party in hot rock style on “Juke Joint.” It’s obvious they relished every second of making music together on this dozen-song CD, from the songwriting to the recording to the thought of sharing the common bonds of talent and desire to make great music. On the title cut, Whiting sings, “Seems I spend my life, caught between wrong and right, searching for the light called the truth.” Doyle accompanies his vocals with haunting, swampy guitar work. Goes to show you, “The Truth” can hurt and feel good at the same time. ~ Mark Bialczak

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Joe Whiting - The Blues In Black And White

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:41
Size: 111.5 MB
Styles: R&B, Blues-jazz
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[5:26] 1. Tobacco Road
[3:20] 2. Blue Light Boogie
[3:12] 3. Why Don't You Do Right
[3:30] 4. Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
[4:10] 5. That's That
[5:12] 6. Love And Happiness
[3:56] 7. Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
[4:19] 8. You Don't Know Me
[3:25] 9. Prisoner Of Love
[4:15] 10. Since I Fell For You
[5:03] 11. Lonesome Town
[2:49] 12. Wouldn't It Be Grand

'The Blues in Black and White' is old school R&B grooves with deep, soulful vocals and sax. It's R&B in the classic quintet format with bass, drums, guitar, vocals/sax and Vibes!. From Charles Brown to Al Green with compositions by John D. Loudermilk and Lionel Hampton just for starters, it showcases the many sides and moods of the classic American art form, the Blues.This is a song driven collection that puts the emphasis on the material and the performances. "Learn the songs, turn on the gear and let the musicians play" was the plan from the beginning. It's the Blues for the listener who wants more than "I lost my baby, I want my baby and I got my baby". It was made to look and sound like a classic late 50's, early 60's Blue Note or Atlantic record where it was always about what was in the grooves that counted (it even has 'grooves' on the vinyl look cd !). Recorded in a state of the art digital studio for maximum fidelity with Joe and his band over a 2 day period, the mindset was "if it feels good and sounds good, it is good". This is a listeners and a players record with some classic songs from the genre and a couple thrown in that aren't normally associated as 'blues songs' . (dig 'Lonesome Town') It's divided into 2 'sides'; side one has the more uptempo and mid grooves while side two is the 'soul ballad' take. You have 25 minutes of serious groovin' followed by 25 minutes of 'drop down' ballads that will leave you spent. 'The Blues in Black and White' is a big league collection of songs and performances for the listener who wants their blues with intelligence, humor, introspection and power.

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