Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2013
Time:41:05
Size:95,5 MB
Label:Stack Records/Sonic Rendezvous
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues
Art:Full
Year:2013
Time:41:05
Size:95,5 MB
Label:Stack Records/Sonic Rendezvous
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues
Art:Full
Tracks Listing:
1. Sneak Out Through The Backdoor - 3:33
2. Screamin' And Cryin' - 3:28
3. Peltdown - 4:17
4. Serve And Protect - 3:43
5. (You Got) Fine Hands - 3:23
6. Get Fever - 2:58
7. Scandal Boogie (Tribute To Big Walter) - 3:01
8. Flood Water Rising - 3:33
9. Prove Me Wrong - 3:40
10. She Just Wants A Man - 3:04
11. Fine Little Mama - 3:17
12. Hidden Track (Bonus Track) - 3:04
1. Sneak Out Through The Backdoor - 3:33
2. Screamin' And Cryin' - 3:28
3. Peltdown - 4:17
4. Serve And Protect - 3:43
5. (You Got) Fine Hands - 3:23
6. Get Fever - 2:58
7. Scandal Boogie (Tribute To Big Walter) - 3:01
8. Flood Water Rising - 3:33
9. Prove Me Wrong - 3:40
10. She Just Wants A Man - 3:04
11. Fine Little Mama - 3:17
12. Hidden Track (Bonus Track) - 3:04
This swinging harp led band comes from the Netherlands and delivers some good time rockin blues with excellent harp from singer Machiel Meilers and tasty guitar from Willem Van Dullemen. A couple of covers and a whole bunch of well written originals make this a strong release from this band.
The band, named after the old blues master Houston Stackhouse, describes itself as ‘Blues across the age gap’. This is due to the 40-year age difference between the youngest and oldest member. The older generation consists of singer/guitarist Willem van Dullemen and drummer Bert Post. Machiel Meijers (vocals, harmonica) and Emiel van Pelt (guitar) form the younger guard, while bassist Fred van Unen falls somewhere in between in terms of age. If you think of the old Chess and Aristocrat recordings by, for example, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Nighthawk, and Elmore James, you have a rough idea of what “Big Fish Boogie” sounds like. It is, after all, full of classic Chicago blues from the 40s and 50s. Yet it is largely original work, which means the band knows how to capture the atmosphere of those years well. The majority of the songs were written by Machiel, either alone or in collaboration with Willem, who wrote “Flood Water Rising” himself. Emiel van Pelt contributes with “Peltdown”. For twelve tracks, the band leads the listener through the finest period of the blues. The joy of playing is clearly audible. The prominent, full harmonica sound of Machiel is striking. This is already evident in the opener “Sneak Out (Through The Backdoor)” and “Scandall Boogie,” an ode to Walter Horton. Also very beautiful are the instrumental “Peltdown,” the Charles Sheffield cover “Get Fever,” which really starts to swing after the tempo change, and “Fine Little Mama” by Elmore James, in which the guitar naturally brings this legend to mind. Surprisingly, after all this guitar and harmonica work, the closer, “Big Fish Boogie,” is an unadulterated piano boogie. ~ By Eric Campfens (10-10-2013).
The band, named after the old blues master Houston Stackhouse, describes itself as ‘Blues across the age gap’. This is due to the 40-year age difference between the youngest and oldest member. The older generation consists of singer/guitarist Willem van Dullemen and drummer Bert Post. Machiel Meijers (vocals, harmonica) and Emiel van Pelt (guitar) form the younger guard, while bassist Fred van Unen falls somewhere in between in terms of age. If you think of the old Chess and Aristocrat recordings by, for example, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Nighthawk, and Elmore James, you have a rough idea of what “Big Fish Boogie” sounds like. It is, after all, full of classic Chicago blues from the 40s and 50s. Yet it is largely original work, which means the band knows how to capture the atmosphere of those years well. The majority of the songs were written by Machiel, either alone or in collaboration with Willem, who wrote “Flood Water Rising” himself. Emiel van Pelt contributes with “Peltdown”. For twelve tracks, the band leads the listener through the finest period of the blues. The joy of playing is clearly audible. The prominent, full harmonica sound of Machiel is striking. This is already evident in the opener “Sneak Out (Through The Backdoor)” and “Scandall Boogie,” an ode to Walter Horton. Also very beautiful are the instrumental “Peltdown,” the Charles Sheffield cover “Get Fever,” which really starts to swing after the tempo change, and “Fine Little Mama” by Elmore James, in which the guitar naturally brings this legend to mind. Surprisingly, after all this guitar and harmonica work, the closer, “Big Fish Boogie,” is an unadulterated piano boogie. ~ By Eric Campfens (10-10-2013).
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