Mudcat - 2 albums: Reynoldstown / While You Were Away

Album: Reynoldstown
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:17
Size: 144.9 MB
Styles: Folk blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:52] 1. Get Your House In Order
[3:36] 2. The Mess Is On
[3:22] 3. I'll Be Young Once Too
[2:22] 4. Mario's Song
[2:22] 5. Garden Mouse
[2:24] 6. Liquor And Sin
[4:26] 7. Don't Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
[3:11] 8. Drinkin' Woman
[2:25] 9. Pressure
[3:01] 10. More Than One
[2:26] 11. When The Veil Is Lifted
[3:48] 12. Te Amo Loco
[3:33] 13. Heaven Is Mine
[0:54] 14. Mudcat - Joe Testifies
[2:59] 15. Hell Hath No Fury
[2:54] 16. Tamuratta
[2:21] 17. Whiskey Angel
[3:45] 18. My Feet Hurt
[3:05] 19. Nina
[2:21] 20. The Wind
[2:59] 21. I Will Be With You

mUD: Guitar, Vocal, WurliTzer, Banjo, Piano; Eskil Wetterqvist: Drums, Harmonies; Snave: Flute, Bass ( 3,4,6,13,20), Harmonies; Dave Roth: Bass, Harmonies; Joe Burton: Trombone , Horn Arrangements, Harmonies; Randy Skinner: Trumpet; Eddie Boyd: Saxophone; Lola: Hammond Organ; Eddie Tigner: Piano, Organ for 'Feet'; Lori Beth Edgeman: Vocals ‘Hell Hath No Fury’; Evan Frayer: Accordion, Percussion, Washboard, Harmonies; Dan Francis: Rubboard, Percussion; John Pascoff: Guitar (1,7,17); Matt Wauchope: Wulitzer, Percussion, Organ for 'I will Be'. Captured live on analog tape August 3-5 2004, September 4 -7 2005, and September 10-12 2006 at Zero Return Studio, Atlanta GA by Jim Merrer and mastered by Rodney Mills.

[Mudcat is] a tremendous slide guitarist, and most of all a God-gifted entertainer. I have witnessed him light up packed houses at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, at the Irving Plaza in New York, to open air concerts in front of 10,000 folks in Lugano, Switzerland, to sitting on a curb in San Jose, Costa Rica entertaining dozens of young kids. Mud is born to make people smile and enjoy life. ~ Tim Duffy

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Album: Mudcat, The Atlanta Horns - While You Were Away
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:03
Size: 98.6 MB
Styles: Folk blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. Sarah
[4:54] 2. While You Were Away
[4:39] 3. If I Could Drink Myself Sober
[3:53] 4. Divine The Fight
[4:42] 5. Toodle Oo
[4:13] 6. Let It Be Me
[4:36] 7. The Devil Is Real
[4:03] 8. So Far
[4:17] 9. End Of The Night
[4:28] 10. Wake

Born on the banks of the Mississippi and raised in Georgia, Mudcat dropped out of acting school in New York to pursue a Blues major on the streets. Eventually he graduated to Atlanta where he converted the Northside Tavern into his school of music. His tutelage continues under Cootie Stark, Frank Edwards, Eddie Tigner and Cora Mae Bryant. A world-class slide guitarist with a voice so rich it feels fattening, Mudcat's education is something you can feel right to your bones.

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Mudcat - Reynoldstown (2004-2006) / While You Were Away

Album:Reynoldstown (2004-2006)
Size: 148,5 MB
Time: 63:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Georgia Blues, Blues Folk
Art: Front

01. Get Your House In Order (4:52)
02. The Mess Is On (3:36)
03. I'll Be Young Once Too (3:22)
04. Mario's Song (2:21)
05. Garden Mouse (2:23)
06. Liquor And Sin (2:21)
07. Don't Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (4:26)
08. Drinkin' Woman (3:11)
09. Pressure (2:25)
10. More Than One (3:01)
11. When The Veil Is Lifted (2:27)
12. Te Amo Loco (3:48)
13. Heaven Is Mine (3:30)
14. Joe Testifies (0:54)
15. Hell Hath No Fury (2:58)
16. Tamuratta (2:56)
17. Whiskey Angel (2:21)
18. My Feet Hurt (3:44)
19. Nina (3:05)
20. The Wind (2:21)
21. I Will Be With You (2:58)

Born on the banks of the Mississippi and raised in Georgia, Mudcat dropped out of acting school in New York to pursue a Blues major on the streets. Eventually he graduated to Atlanta where he converted the Northside Tavern into his school of music. His tutelage continues under Cootie Stark, Frank Edwards, Eddie Tigner and Cora Mae Bryant. A world-class slide guitarist with a voice so rich it feels fattening, Mudcat's education is something you can feel right to your bones.

Reynoldstown (2004-2006)

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Album:While You Were Away
Size: 101,6 MB
Time: 43:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Georgia Blues
Art: Front

01. Sarah (3:14)
02. While You Were Away (5:03)
03. If I Could Drink Myself Sober (4:39)
04. Divine The Fight (3:51)
05. Toodle Oo (4:41)
06. Let It Be Me (4:13)
07. The Devil Is Real (4:35)
08. So Far (4:02)
09. End Of The Night (4:17)
10. Wake (4:27)

Daniel ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck began his career performing on street corners from Savannah to New Orleans, where he learned how to captivate an audience with his blues-influenced songs and style. Settling in Atlanta, Dudeck began collaborating with the city’s blues, soul and jazz greats, such as Frank Edwards and Grady ‘Fats’ Jackson. The opportunity to perform with Taj Mahal and Dicky Betts furthered this musical schooling. Mudcat took this expertise to Europe on several tours, where he continued to formulate his style of roots and blues in his original compositions.

Meanwhile in Chicago, Joe Burton was playing trombone as a teenager with Junior Wells and serving as Junior’s bandleader. Shortly afterwards, Burton joined B.B. King’s band, where he performed for more than a decade. Eventually landing in Atlanta, he formed the Atlanta Horns, performing with many of the city’s blues and jazz players.

Collaborating for the last 13 years, Burton and Dudeck’s diverse backgrounds have shaped the Mudcat sound. One was raised in the traditional Chicago blues scene and brings decades of formal blues experience; the other was influenced by Southern blues pioneers and driven to create an original version of the music. The result brings audiences to their feet. This unexpected union produces a fresh, new aspect to the blues/roots rock genre, culminating in the release of “While You Were Away.”

While You Were Away

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Mudcat - You Better Mind

Size: 100,6 MB
Time: 39:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. When Mama's Happy (4:20)
02. Calamity Jane (3:33)
03. Falling (3:17)
04. Spitting In The Eye Of The Devil (5:46)
05. You Better Mind (6:05)
06. Gone (3:54)
07. San Antone (3:09)
08. Commodicide (6:14)
09. All Ways (3:32)

Daniel Dudeck, better known I many parts as “Mudcat,” is an eclectic and talented musician. Born on the Missisisippi River banks in St. Paul and raised in Tybee Island,Georgia, Mudcat began busking for listeners at a young age. He was schooled in the blues, roots and rock by Dickey Betts, Taj Mahal, Cora Mae Bryant, Cootie Stark and Frank Edwards. His music ranges from blues to gospel to Cajun who can make both a sacred and a secular audience feel moved. He and his band hit you full force with their bluesy Americana sound.

I counted this as his 18th release on his website. I have heard a few of them and reviewed a couple of them previously. I’ve enjoyed them all. He mixes it up on each album, giving us some fresh sounding original tunes with a really big sounding band. Eskil Wetterqvist is on drums, Lil’ Joe Burton blows trombone, Shannon Kirk is the bassist, David “Snave” Evans provides guitar, harp and flute, Chad Mason is on keys, Darul Dunn lays out some sax and Mico Bowles is on trumpet. Dudeck leads the vocals with everyone backing him and also plays guitar (including some mean slide). The slide and trombone are the two predominant elements that really sell me on his sound. The vocals are also solid and the songs and arrangements are well done, too.

Mudcat starts with a song based on the old adage, “When Mama’s Happy.” If you need to know the rest you must be from another planet. It’s a good hook tune with a nice beat and some testifying by Mudcat. The whole band gets involved early and the song becomes a Mudcat party waiting for you to join in. Big solos abound! “Calamity Jane” follows, where Dudeck sings of his bullwhacking, country girl. Filled with clichés, Mudcat still sells this with his approach. The slide sings along with him and Kirk joins in and explains who Ms. Jane is; an untamable woman with a wanderlust who can out drink any man.Burton’s trompbone solo here and other throughout are spectacular. He can blow you over or make you go aflutter with this vibrato thing he does; he and the horns are a force to be reckoned with.

“Falling” slows things down a bit. Mudcat begins with some slide and then gets into the ballad. The horns and backing vocals play along with the vocals nicely as this one progresses, and the slide solo is cool, too. “Spitting in the Eye of the Devil” starts out with a long piano intro that laments to us sweetly. Then Dudeck comes in with the band harmonizing as they all sing about his woman and these slow country blues make you sway back and forth in your seat. Dudeck then takes us to church with “You Better Mind” as he takes us to our judgment. The pace picks up and the band swings with him. Nice piano work here followed by a slick harp solo. Later we gets some slide and a flute solo and then later some pretty horn work is featured.

“Gone” follows and has an intriguing vocal angle, with long, drawn out phrasing. Good horn and guitar work on this one, too. “San Antone” takes us to Texas with a little swing as Mudcat sings and swings to us. “Commodicide” adds a funky guitar line and beat as Mudcat sings about our plight as we commit commodicide with our material ways. The organ here is a nice addition to the song and then we have some beautiful trombone. A solemn commentary on life is what we have here with this song. The CD finishes with “All Ways,” going a little more up tempo and a lot more upbeat as Mudcat sings of his love. Lots of good guitar here and the band all participates to close out a good little CD.

Mudcat’s fans will adore this one and if you are not a fan it may convince you to take notice and become one. I think this was a fun listen and well worth a spin or two! You’ll enjoy Mudcat, his band, his songs and occasional and social commentary!.

You Better Mind

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