Evlkeith's Freebies - The Blues!

I really wasn't looking forward to this: a month of listening to the blues. Harmonicas, smooth laid back tracks, slide guitar, grizzled old gruff voiced fellas with the title of Smokin', guitar solos, extended guitar solos and lame dogs, were all the things I expected. 

And that's exactly what I found in these five selections from the free downloads pit of Last.fm. And strangely, I've quite enjoyed them. The cream of the cream has to be 'Turn Around' by Kingdom Brothers. I've been playing this very loud, which only happens when I really like a song.

Anyway, give them a listen and see what you think. Next month I've got the pleasure of Britpop. Another potentially horrendous month...

1. Turn Around - Kingdom Brothers - Shine a Light

2. Vow To The Moon - Lola Johnson - That's For Sure (EP)

3. Through Another Time - Just Wait - The Assembly Line Sessions

4. We're Walking - Missing Cat - Lucid Dreamer

5. My Dog's Still Walkin' - Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Blood Brothers

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Seasick Steve - Dog House Music LP 2006

Being unfamiliar with the work of Steven Gene Wold aka Seasick Steve, I decided to check him out on his Dog House Music album from 2006. It's safe to say this was not really my cup of tea. This is standard bluesy fare, however their are three positive aspects to the album.

a) Seasick Steve's voice sounds pretty similar to that of Gary in Weird Science (Check it out film fans) from the infamous bar room scene, "Ain't that the truth baby!" and the whole thing is made more enjoyable by imagining that it is Gary from Weird Science singing.

b) The talky bits allow you to brush up on your mastery of Americano lingo. For example, you can now greet your friends with a "What's up hound dog?" This has not gone down terribly well with the hound dogs I've said 'what's up' to in practice.

c) I now know what a one string diddly-bow is.

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