Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires - Gas Station Guru

Size: 94,7 MB
Time: 40:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Louisiana Blues
Art: Front

01. City Of New Orleans (5:37)
02. Stop Sayin' Unless (3:51)
03. Ten Dollar Hat (4:10)
04. Aint Gonna Give You None O' My Jellyroll (4:35)
05. The Next Train (3:51)
06. Ride Me Down Easy (3:19)
07. Tell Me The Truth (4:44)
08. The Roofer (5:17)
09. Two Vices (4:56)

Gas Station Guru is the fourth album from roots and rhythm ensemble Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires. Recorded in Ted’s hometown of New Orleans.

The record features guitarist Mem Shannon, who lent his distinctive style to “Two Vices.” Pianist Sherman Bernard adds his authentic New Orleans feel to “Ten Dollar Hat” and “The Next Train” features contributions from members of the Cajun band T’Canaille.

Ted Hefko and The Thousandaires stir up an intoxicating brew of the profound and the profane, of virtue and vice and most importantly the volatile in-between. Ted’s songs explore hope and hustlers, saints and strays, drifters and the down-and-out. The Thousandaires — with Hefko on vocals, guitar and tenor sax — bring these stories to life with the spontaneity of jazz, the rough-hewn, bare-bones tone of backwoods folk songs and the raucous vibrancy of classic Louisiana Rhythm and Blues

Gas Station Guru

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Ted Hefko & The Thousandaires - Distillations Of The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:44
Size: 107.0 MB
Styles: R&B, Jazz-blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[4:42] 1. Hesitation Blues
[4:21] 2. Sweat Upon My Brow
[5:07] 3. I Don't Feel Welcome Here
[3:35] 4. I've Got A Right To Carry On
[4:17] 5. One More Distillation Of The Blues
[4:00] 6. Champion Jack
[3:06] 7. Slippin' Slowly
[4:16] 8. Bad Kids
[4:01] 9. Adam And The Devil
[4:49] 10. Butterfly Dreamin'
[4:25] 11. When The Weather Breaks

Distillations of the Blues evokes the feeling of motion directly, as if you've just stumbled off the street into ans early 20th century speakeasy where something was happening that you didn't even realize existed the moment before. It feels more like the live show, and that's a great thing because there some talented performers and wonderful characters in Mr. Hefko's troupe. Neil Flink lays down his signature sweeping guitar tapestries. And if you're a jazz cat, you'll love Brian Vinson's style and the way he just sways with that upright bass and makes it sound way easier than it really is. He and Norman Edwards are locked in on this album, keeping time and holding the groove for all the talented guest players recording in both New Orleans and Brooklyn. A lot of these tracks were recorded while on tour, which may explain why it has that great "live" feel and polish. And of course, the man himself wails on the sax.

Just like the earlier albums, the vivid imagery in Ted's lyrics unfold like a blooming light in a world that is darker than it would be without his perspective. His clever rhymes, earthy anecdotes, and simple phrasing live naturally in your mind's ear. There's a timeless quality to the way Ted writes his lyrics, a way that makes them applicable across ages and even time itself. You could have dropped this album in any decade of the last century and people would identify with and enjoy it. Ted's voice is the best I've heard it yet, and it shines in a way I've never heard before on some of the slower numbers. It's still as smooth as ever, don't get me wrong, but there's a strength there that has grown since we first saw him crooning into the South Carolina evening. This album wraps up that energy from the live show and draws you along for the ride. ~ excerpted from the liner notes by Isaac Story

Ted Hefko — Lead Vocals, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, All Acoustic Guitars; Neil Flink — Electric Guitar; Brian Vinson — Upright Bass; Norman Edwards Jr. — Drums; Dalton Ridenhour — Piano; Marek Sapievski — Piano 2&11; Kid Chocolate — Trumpet 1,2,8&11; Andy "Dr. Bone" Galbiati — Trombone 1&2; Satoru Ohashi — Trumpet 6&7, Tambourine 1&3; Dominick Grillo — Baritone Sax.

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