Phil Brown & Apaches From Paris - Cruel Inventions

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2003
Time: 48:26 
Size: 113,0 MB 
Label: DixieFrog
Styles: Blues Rock
Art: Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Charmed Life - 4:07
 2. Grind Me - 3:44
 3. Hour To Kill - 2:55
 4. Rolling And Tumbling - 2:33
 5. If 6 Was 9 - 4:16
 6. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - 5:49
 7. La-Lah-Land - 4:27
 8. Diva - 4:28
 9. Ahh... Baby It's You - 3:26
10. Cruel Inventions - 4:31
11. All Over Now - 3:28
12. Heaven - 4:34

Phil started on the violin at age 7. Got his first guitar that year too. Classically trained with lots of lessons and lots of practicing - a guitar slinger was born. He grew up around much of 50's music playing in his parent's house... Chet Atkins, Tony Bennet, opera, classical, jazz.
Phil couldn't wait to follow his dream and left home -- which was Los Alamos/hub of the atomic bomb -- at 17 with an electric guitar, a suitcase and a pocketful of dreams. Hitched all around the US picking up one nighters and joining this band only to 'quit it' or be fired - there was always a 'better' band somewhere with more talented players. The end of the road for many musicians is L.A and somehow or not surprisingly Phil ended up in Los Angeles in 1976 where he survived driving a truck delivering gear for recording studios and where he met the likes of Alice Cooper, Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and The Englishmen where they were rehearsing. . . .He ended up joining "Little Feat" and started writing songs - a lot of songs - thus worked for a few major music publishing houses. Check Phil's discography.
Phil's solo career started in 2003 when a French label contacted him and asked him to make a record. "Cruel Inventions", Phil first solo album was released in France, then throughout several European countries where it did pretty well.
Meanwhile, Phil was toying with the idea of recording some of his fav Jimi Hendrix songs, re-arranged of course ala Phil -- Bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Gary Novak joined him for a few days, recording [the jimi project] was born. Originally Phil planned to make a few thousand CD's for friends and family, but we all know that there are no such things as 'coincidences'. Friends talking to friends and other friends and [the jimi project] ended on many desks   It all starting going nuts with international and national press and airplay, such as NPR syndicated Sunday Morning Show which noted [the jimi project] as one of the '10 must own" CDs for the 2006 holiday season.... [the jimi project] was recently re-mixed by Frank Filipetti with Nuendo technology.Phil moved to Austin, Texas some time in 2006 where he loves the people who in turn luv music and support the artiste`in a way that defies description. Phil, always involved in projects, creating/developing projects, is featured on the latest Kool and the Gang album, as well as realizing the final touches of his third solo album "Good To Be Back" . Still writing songs and playing "live" in Austin is a must if you want to "let/get your ya-ya's out." He's traveling and producing other artist as well. "The good life" according to Phil is "being open minded and challenging yourself in co-creative ways in order to access the light force that propels us all towards greatness." Not many would disagree with that sentiment. In the meantime, Phil's met a few of the many pedigree musicians in Austin, has big fun and as a "happy accident" an MP.TU recording was created, also coming soon. 
Superb heavy electric BLUES / ROCK from a master muso. He plays just about all the instruments on this release and it's pure guitar bliss. From the spectacular covers of ROLLING AND TUMBLING and IF 6 WAS 9 to some of the coolest original tunes, this is brilliant. His original songs are exceptional and his style sits very comfortably between HENDRIX / LUKATHER and JEFF BECK. All the influences turn out to sound PHIL BROWN.
His vocals are another plus. He has a very smoky delivery that fits his music like a glove. If HENDRIX / SRV / LUKATHER / BECK are amongst your favourites, please give this guy a chance. You won't be sorry. If it were possible I'd include a MONEY BACK guarantee. That's how confident I am about this release.

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