Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2010
Time:64:30
Size:147,8 MB
Label:Pi Records
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock/Roots Rock
Art:Front
Year:2010
Time:64:30
Size:147,8 MB
Label:Pi Records
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock/Roots Rock
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Skywriting - 4:18
2. World's a Place - 5:10
3. Outside Woman Blues - 5:26
4. Crying At the Sun - 6:28
5. Liv - 5:36
6. Last of the Great Train Robbers - 5:00
7. Day At the Races - 4:23
8. Poor Me - 3:51
9. Doctor Blues - 4:47
10. Hatchet Blues - 9:14
11. Going Down - 3:59
12. Levels Jam (Bonus Track) - 6:13
1. Skywriting - 4:18
2. World's a Place - 5:10
3. Outside Woman Blues - 5:26
4. Crying At the Sun - 6:28
5. Liv - 5:36
6. Last of the Great Train Robbers - 5:00
7. Day At the Races - 4:23
8. Poor Me - 3:51
9. Doctor Blues - 4:47
10. Hatchet Blues - 9:14
11. Going Down - 3:59
12. Levels Jam (Bonus Track) - 6:13
Musicians:
Mike Hallal- Guitar, Vocals;
Chris Schluntz- Guitar;
Robert DeCorte- Bass, Vocals;
Jim Antonellis- Drums.
Mike Hallal- Guitar, Vocals;
Chris Schluntz- Guitar;
Robert DeCorte- Bass, Vocals;
Jim Antonellis- Drums.
The Boston-based Mike Hallal Band has released a 12-song, 64-minute album of original roots rock/blues rock, titled Hatchet Blues. Featuring live-in-studio recordings of basic tracks and lead vocals, the album captures the raw power and spontaneity of the 4-piece “gutbucket blues” crew (as The Noise tagged them in ’09). The band’s previous release, Live at Lizard Lounge, was named one of the Top 100 New CDs of ’09 by Real Blues magazine, in the company of albums from Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy and other notables.
On track 2 of Hatchet Blues, the hard driving “World’s a Place” recasts a story found in Barack Obama’s pre-presidential biography, Dreams from My Father (pp. 249-51). Lyrics echo the narrative’s South Side “Johnnie,” a “philosopher of the blues,” reflecting on a young girl’s suicide in 1987—and the matter-of-fact mantra Obama discovered in his streetwise talk. “We started with some sex-you-up words on that one,” says Hallal, “but the darker tale won the day.”
The title track, a 9-minute slow blues, may be darker still. The song rides on a mournful melody played on the lower registers of electric baritone guitar. And Hallal’s pensive verses wrestle with murder and revenge, alluding to Shakespeare’s Hamlet along the way.
In addition to 8 original songs, the new album includes fresh takes on lesser-known gems from bluesmen Charlie Patton and Henry Townsend. Patton’s haunting “Poor Me” (recorded at his last session in 1934) is fleshed out with slide guitar, bass and 4-on-the-floor drums. Townsend’s 1931 hit “Doctor Oh Doctor” gets a riff-heavy remake that speaks to modern frustrations.
Joining singer/songwriter/guitarist Hallal in the band are drummer Jim Antonellis, bassist Robert DeCorte and lead guitarist Chris Schluntz. DeCorte wrote and sings the evocative “Last of the Great Train Robbers” (track 6), and Schluntz authored the music for “World’s a Place.” The group’s improv skills are especially evident on the bonus track—a funky, off-the-cuff “Levels Jam.” Guest Doug Batchelder adds Keith Richards-style guitar on the opening rocker “Skywriting,” understated keys on the ballad “Liv” and backing vocals throughout.
Recording was done at Batchelder’s Den (N. Reading, MA). The Neighborhoods’ David Minehan mixed all but the bonus track at his Woolly Mammoth Sound (Waltham, MA). Dave Locke of JP Masters (Charlotte, NC) did the mastering. “Got this one on rotation in the car,” says Locke, whose label credits include EMI, Universal and Warner.
On track 2 of Hatchet Blues, the hard driving “World’s a Place” recasts a story found in Barack Obama’s pre-presidential biography, Dreams from My Father (pp. 249-51). Lyrics echo the narrative’s South Side “Johnnie,” a “philosopher of the blues,” reflecting on a young girl’s suicide in 1987—and the matter-of-fact mantra Obama discovered in his streetwise talk. “We started with some sex-you-up words on that one,” says Hallal, “but the darker tale won the day.”
The title track, a 9-minute slow blues, may be darker still. The song rides on a mournful melody played on the lower registers of electric baritone guitar. And Hallal’s pensive verses wrestle with murder and revenge, alluding to Shakespeare’s Hamlet along the way.
In addition to 8 original songs, the new album includes fresh takes on lesser-known gems from bluesmen Charlie Patton and Henry Townsend. Patton’s haunting “Poor Me” (recorded at his last session in 1934) is fleshed out with slide guitar, bass and 4-on-the-floor drums. Townsend’s 1931 hit “Doctor Oh Doctor” gets a riff-heavy remake that speaks to modern frustrations.
Joining singer/songwriter/guitarist Hallal in the band are drummer Jim Antonellis, bassist Robert DeCorte and lead guitarist Chris Schluntz. DeCorte wrote and sings the evocative “Last of the Great Train Robbers” (track 6), and Schluntz authored the music for “World’s a Place.” The group’s improv skills are especially evident on the bonus track—a funky, off-the-cuff “Levels Jam.” Guest Doug Batchelder adds Keith Richards-style guitar on the opening rocker “Skywriting,” understated keys on the ballad “Liv” and backing vocals throughout.
Recording was done at Batchelder’s Den (N. Reading, MA). The Neighborhoods’ David Minehan mixed all but the bonus track at his Woolly Mammoth Sound (Waltham, MA). Dave Locke of JP Masters (Charlotte, NC) did the mastering. “Got this one on rotation in the car,” says Locke, whose label credits include EMI, Universal and Warner.
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