Blue Stew - Headed South

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2005
Time: 53:49 
Size: 124,1 MB 
Label: Silk City Records
Styles: Blues
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Three Days to Louisiana - 4:31
 2. That's What Lovers Will Do - 3:43
 3. Mean Old World - 5:16
 4. The Laundromat - 6:04
 5. La Fayette Cajun Fest and Fais Do Do - 4:11
 6. I'm a Slave to You - 5:45
 7. Trying to Kill the Pain - 4:35
 8. Blues For the Bearcat - 6:27
 9. Wake Up Jesus - 4:48
10. Where Do I Fit In - 4:22
11. Found True Love - 4:03

Joined by Mitch Kashmar (harp), Bill Flores (accordion, fiddle), and Steve White (horns, keys), Ventura, California's "Blue Stew" add other influences to their blues on their album, "Headed South" (Silk City 2024). While "That's What Lovers Will Do" and "The Laundromat" are straightforward, swinging shuffles and "I'm A Slave To You" is a slow blues with a hipster attitude, "Three Days To Louisiana" is reminiscent of Little Feat, and "La Fayette Cajun Fest and Fais Do Do" is pure Cajun (even if it is sung in English). Refreshingly, Michael Miller and John Boutell are obviously more concerned with their roles as primary singers and songwriters than with impressing listeners with guitar chops. Case in point: Miller's evocative road trip song "Blues For The Bearcat" is easily among the best recordings of the year.

Headed South