Frankie's Blues Mission - Sleepin' Dog

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2010
Time:53:43 
Size:124,3 MB 
Label:Frankie's Blues Mission LLC 
Styles:Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. I'm So Lonely Since You're Gone - 4:14
 2. Lyin' Thinkin' - 5:39
 3. Sleepin' Dog - 5:53
 4. Five Long Years - 4:53
 5. Blues For CK - 4:01
 6. I Need Me Some You - 6:02
 7. When A Guitar Plays The Blues - 5:31
 8. Soul Shuffle - 3:03
 9. Who Been Talking - 4:31
10. Woke Up This Morning - 5:46
11. McDaniel Street - 4:05

Frankie’s Blues Mission is an Atlanta-based trio that plays it pretty close to traditional blues (especially Chicago West Side blues) and R&B, adding their own touches of soul and jazz to their sound. Their debut release, Sleepin’ Dog, bears strong witness to their artistry.
Frank “Frankie Lee” Robinson has been immersed in the blues since his early days….his father managed several bands in the southeast Georgia area. When Robinson moved with his family to Pennsylvania in his early teens, he discovered an old Kay acoustic guitar that had been left in their new apartment. He began to learn to play (taking lessons from Georgia blues/R&B legend Roy Lee Johnson at one time) and when the family moved to Atlanta when he was in his late teens, he saw B. B. King perform and knew he wanted to play the blues (wonder how many people B. B. King has influenced over the years?).
Robinson formed Frankie’s Blues Mission in 2000 and his current line-up (Kermit J. Maxwell – bass, Alfonso Largo – drums) has been together for four years. All three have years of experience playing blues, R&B, and jazz, and while the roots of their music is the blues, they’re not worried about taking things in other directions when so moved.
Sleepin’ Dog consists of 11 tracks, seven originals by the band. The opener, “I’m So Lonely Since You’ve Gone,” despite its mournful theme, pops along against a funky backdrop. The title cut is a tough West Side shuffle, featuring harmonica from Vince Alexander, and “I Need Me Some You” has a great guitar intro from Robinson. There are also three instrumentals – “Blues for C.K.” showcases Robinson playing some particularly grungy guitar, “Soul Shuffle” is a tight soul groover, and “McDaniel Street” leans toward the jazz side of blues.
There are also five solid covers, notably Roy Lee Johnson’s “When A Guitar Plays The Blues,” and two fine tributes to B. B. King (Eddie Boyd’s “Five Long Years” and “Woke Up This Morning”). The band’s take on Howlin’ Wolf’s “Who’s Been Talking” is also very good, staying pretty true to the original.
The band does an excellent job in support, and the addition of Martin Kearnes on keyboards for several of the tracks is an added bonus. An already great product is made even better thanks to the production skills of veteran Rodney Mills, who’s previously worked with Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Tinsley Ellis, and Sean Costello,
If smooth urban blues and R&B are your bag, you need to check out Frankie’s Blues Mission first chance you get. 

Sleepin' Dog