Showing posts with label Little Hat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Little Hat. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Little Hat - Rockin' This Joint Tonight

Album: Rockin' This Joint Tonight
Size: 94,3 MB
Time: 40:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues, juke joint blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Jelly Jam (3:14)
2. Stop For The Red Light (2:36)
3. Little Sally Walker (3:31)
4. She's Gone (2:47)
5. Rhythm Rocking Boogie (3:07)
6. My Goose Is Cooked (1:50)
7. Travelin' Mood (2:12)
8. Chicago Breakdown (2:41)
9. It's Mighty Crazy (2:55)
10. Rockin' This Joint Tonight (2:31)
11. Make It Up In Your Mind (1:57)
12. Slam Hammer (2:31)
13. One More Kiss (1:51)
14. This Is The Blues (4:20)
15. I'm Gonna Keep What I've Got (2:22)

Imagine yourself cruising down the highway with a beat on the radio that won’t let you take your foot off the gas. The drums keep stomping and the guitar is smoking like a Mississippi hay fire. Cops may try to stop you, but they’ll never get you. The vocals roar “catch me if you can”, while the harmonica squeals away like a mock-siren. Little Hat offer a perfect combination if you’re looking for some risk!

Machiel Meijers (Stackhouse) sounds raw and passionate on vocals and harmonica. This couples well with the primitive yet masterful guitar sounds of Dutch Blues Hall of Fame inductee Willem van Dullemen (Groovetones). Four on the floor, ace drummer Paolo de Stigter’s (Dr Velvet) right foot will make you forget there is no bass player in this outfit. It may be tempting to think that lack of bass means lack of power, but make no mistake: this alternative power-trio keeps on rocking so you can keep on rolling! Close your eyes and you can almost see a mean looking one-man band playing a relentless groove in the last remaining corner of a noisy barndance.

Releasing debut album “Wine, Whiskey and Wimmen” and winning the Dutch Blues Challenge have opened the way for the band. Their second album “Rocking This Joint Tonight” is also produced by Little Victor and picks up where they left off: a search for everything rare and sleazy. Think forgotten Louisiana dirt roads and jukejoints at last call. So hold on to your hats, and get ready to shift into high gear! /Bluestown Music

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Little Hat - Wine, Whiskey & Wimmen

Album: Wine, Whiskey & Wimmen
Size: 103,1 MB
Time: 44:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Blues, juke joint blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, back

1. Clema (2:11)
2. Cutie Named Judy (2:13)
3. Cat Squirell (3:13)
4. If You Think I Lost You (3:20)
5. Just Keep Lovin' Her (3:04)
6. Big John (3:27)
7. Gimme Back My Wig (3:29)
8. Elgin Movements (4:12)
9. Barefoot Rock (3:33)
10. Wine, Wimmen, Whiskey (2:42)
11. Sound The Bell (2:27)
12. Ora Nelle Blues (3:21)
13. Boogie In The Park (3:21)
14. Highway 61 (3:31)

They are still probably Holland's best kept secret, but at least blues fans already know two thirds of this new formation, since singer and harp player Machiel Meijers and guitarist Willem Van Dullemen are already well known in the scene with the Chicago blues quintet Stackhouse. As is so often the case with perfectly attuned bands, some of whose members have been playing and partying with each other for decades without finally being able to make a living from their art, the lineup of Stackhouse has recently often been unable to keep up with the numerous requests from bars, clubs and festivals due to scheduling problems.

So guitarist Willem Van Dullemen, a member of the local Blues Hall of Fame, formed a spin-off of the main band with Machiel Meijers to get back into the swing of things. A perfect fit was young drummer Paolo De Stigter, who rounded out the lineup which otherwise featured only guitar and harmonica. It didn't take long until US musician, DJ and scene impresario Victor 'Mac' Maccogi, better known as Little Victor or as Koko Mojo Records editor The Mojo Man discovered the band and agreed with them to produce "Wine, Whiskey & Wimmen".

And so the 14 blues classics put to tape here in coarse-grained live acoustics sound absolutely "deluxe lo-fi" in reduced but all the more powerful arrangements, just like Little Victor's last album. Bulky, gruff guitar riffs, sawing siren harp, drums that take no prisoners and the evocative lead vocals - absolutely broken down to the essence of blues in the spirit of the 40s, but in the here and now.

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