Dan Hayes & Juke Joint - California

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2005
Time:31:35 
Size:73,0 MB 
Label:Blue Skunk Music 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Here's to You - 4:09
 2. Money, Love and Time - 2:19
 3. California - 6:06
 4. That's Why There's the Blues - 3:03
 5. Flyin' Blind - 2:56
 6. My Opinion - 3:49
 7. Twice as Nice - 2:25
 8. One of a Kind - 2:40
 9. Everyone's Grown Up but Me - 4:04

The nine tracks on this CD capture a mellow, late night feeling as Dan Hayes calls it himself - and he is right. The CD starts of with "Here's To You" - a tribute to Chicago blues artist Luther Allison - a mellow tribute indeed. "Money, Love And Time" is quite a fast song that features some great harmonica lines by Mark Adams and ends too fast - fast as money, love and time can go by. The next song "California" picks up the theme again and tells us how much money it really takes to live in California. A sniveling song? Yes, says Dan Hayes, but that's what blues is all about. "That's Why There's The Blues" explains it all and Holman & Gapinski's rhythmic work is quite cool - as are Mark's harmonica lines. "Flying Blind" is quite autobiographical and Dan describes how bad a drinking career can be. "My Opinion" is a love song, just as "Twice As Nice" (funky!) and "One Of A Kind" (rhythm cruise!) are. All these tracks are fun to listen to and Mark Adams' plays some sophisticated harmonica lines again. Well, and "Everyone's Grown Up But Me" is a sad blues again and has some great lyrics. California that's a great little blues album that features blues at its best.

California