Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:41:07
Size:95,2 MB
Label:Quarto Valley Records
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Blues Rock
Art:Front
Year:2025
Time:41:07
Size:95,2 MB
Label:Quarto Valley Records
Styles:Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Blues Rock
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Willie Dixon's Gone - 3:12
2. Everytime I Sing The Blues - 4:21
3. I Want You Bad - 3:14
4. How Blues Is That - 4:15
5. Hard Times - 3:41
6. What Does That Tell You - 3:19
7. Believe These Blues - 5:14
8. Making Lemonade - 2:08
9. What Might Have Been - 3:20
10. You Gotta Go Through St. Louis - 2:42
11. Start Drinking Early Day - 2:29
12. I Wanna Know About You - 3:06
1. Willie Dixon's Gone - 3:12
2. Everytime I Sing The Blues - 4:21
3. I Want You Bad - 3:14
4. How Blues Is That - 4:15
5. Hard Times - 3:41
6. What Does That Tell You - 3:19
7. Believe These Blues - 5:14
8. Making Lemonade - 2:08
9. What Might Have Been - 3:20
10. You Gotta Go Through St. Louis - 2:42
11. Start Drinking Early Day - 2:29
12. I Wanna Know About You - 3:06
Four-time GRAMMY®-winner, drummer/producer/songwriter Tom Hambridge will release his new studio album ‘Down The Hatch’ on August 29th. This marks the second release on Quarto Valley Records following his critically acclaimed 2023 ‘Blu Ja Vu.’
The new album demonstrates the sheer joy Tom receives from creating music. “It is me being me,” says Tom. I love the blues, I love rock ‘n roll, I love Willie Dixon, I love Buddy Guy; this album is me doing what I love. It’s what I do; it’s in my blood.”
‘Down The Hatch’ offers 12 original songs that reflect the blues sounds of the past, present and future. Some of the tunes included on this release were originally written or co-written by Hambridge for others, like “Every Time I Sing The Blues,” “Willie Dixon’s Gone” and “Believe These Blues” “I wanted to do my version — the way I heard them in my head while writing them,” says Tom. There are also a handful of new tunes. All the songs have a common thread — whether he’s in the studio creating for Christone “Kingfish’ Ingram, George Thorogood or Buddy Guy, the award-winning drummer is motoring the whole thing –- and, in this case, Tom is the songwriter, drummer, arranger and producer.
A favorite on the new album is “Every Time I Sing The Blues,” originally recorded by Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy. Tom felt strongly about including his version of this ‘traditional blues-sounding’ song as he believes it’s the closest to how it feels when you have the blues with lyrics, stating “I find my inspiration in tears and desperation. It’s a sad, sad story that we all know so well; I’m just trying to tell the truth, every time I sing the blues.”
“Willie Dixon’s Gone” is a nod to the legendary Chess Recording Artist. This tune was originally co-written with George Thorogood for his album of Chess songs that Tom produced and played drums on. The song features Rob McNelley on guitar (Bob Seger), Tommy MacDonald on bass (Johnny Winter) with Tom on vocals and drums.
The message is pretty clear in the track “You Gotta Go Through St. Louis.” This is a rock and roll number that brings an emotionally charged and electrified sound from the legendary guitarist Buddy Guy. Tom played drums for the great Chuck Berry, who hails from St. Louis and he wrote this track as an homage to the rock idol with Buddy in mind for the guitar. Kevin McKendree (Brian Setzer) is on piano and Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler) on bass. “If you want to play rock and roll, you have to go through St. Louis!” reiterates Tom.
“What Might Have Been” features Tom on vocals and Bob Britt (Bob Dylan) on guitar. There is a guitar-picking Delta Blues sound to it and a psychedelic style to this song to the point of purposely avoiding the standard blues method.
Recorded at Blackbird Studio A and Ronnie’s Place in Nashville, TN, Down The Hatch was mixed and mastered by Michael Saint-Leon and Tom Hambridge at The Switchyard. Tom has hand-assembled a stellar group of talented musicians for this album: Rob McNelley (Bob Seger), Tom Bukovac (Joe Walsh), Bob Britt (Bob Dylan) and Buddy Guy on guitar; Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler), Tommy MacDonald (Johnny Winter) and Anton Nesbitt (BeBe & CeCe Winans) on bass; Mike Rojas (The Black Keys) Kevin Mckendree (Brian Setzer) and Noah Forbes on keyboard. Tim Lauer (The Smashing Pumpkins) is contributing on accordion with Tom on drums, vocals and percussion.
It’s only been two years since his 2023 chart-topping release Blu Ja Vu on Quarto Valley Records, but prior to that, he hadn’t released his own work since 2018. “I think I got excited with Bruce Quarto and Quarto Valley Records when putting out Blue Ja Vu, explains Tom. “It got my juices flowing again. I’ve been so busy being a producer and a songwriter and this other guy that I forgot how much I love putting out records and touring, singing my owns songs and doing my own thing. With Bruce and the label, I just felt like there’s a home and there are people who are excited about having me do my thing.”
The new album demonstrates the sheer joy Tom receives from creating music. “It is me being me,” says Tom. I love the blues, I love rock ‘n roll, I love Willie Dixon, I love Buddy Guy; this album is me doing what I love. It’s what I do; it’s in my blood.”
‘Down The Hatch’ offers 12 original songs that reflect the blues sounds of the past, present and future. Some of the tunes included on this release were originally written or co-written by Hambridge for others, like “Every Time I Sing The Blues,” “Willie Dixon’s Gone” and “Believe These Blues” “I wanted to do my version — the way I heard them in my head while writing them,” says Tom. There are also a handful of new tunes. All the songs have a common thread — whether he’s in the studio creating for Christone “Kingfish’ Ingram, George Thorogood or Buddy Guy, the award-winning drummer is motoring the whole thing –- and, in this case, Tom is the songwriter, drummer, arranger and producer.
A favorite on the new album is “Every Time I Sing The Blues,” originally recorded by Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy. Tom felt strongly about including his version of this ‘traditional blues-sounding’ song as he believes it’s the closest to how it feels when you have the blues with lyrics, stating “I find my inspiration in tears and desperation. It’s a sad, sad story that we all know so well; I’m just trying to tell the truth, every time I sing the blues.”
“Willie Dixon’s Gone” is a nod to the legendary Chess Recording Artist. This tune was originally co-written with George Thorogood for his album of Chess songs that Tom produced and played drums on. The song features Rob McNelley on guitar (Bob Seger), Tommy MacDonald on bass (Johnny Winter) with Tom on vocals and drums.
The message is pretty clear in the track “You Gotta Go Through St. Louis.” This is a rock and roll number that brings an emotionally charged and electrified sound from the legendary guitarist Buddy Guy. Tom played drums for the great Chuck Berry, who hails from St. Louis and he wrote this track as an homage to the rock idol with Buddy in mind for the guitar. Kevin McKendree (Brian Setzer) is on piano and Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler) on bass. “If you want to play rock and roll, you have to go through St. Louis!” reiterates Tom.
“What Might Have Been” features Tom on vocals and Bob Britt (Bob Dylan) on guitar. There is a guitar-picking Delta Blues sound to it and a psychedelic style to this song to the point of purposely avoiding the standard blues method.
Recorded at Blackbird Studio A and Ronnie’s Place in Nashville, TN, Down The Hatch was mixed and mastered by Michael Saint-Leon and Tom Hambridge at The Switchyard. Tom has hand-assembled a stellar group of talented musicians for this album: Rob McNelley (Bob Seger), Tom Bukovac (Joe Walsh), Bob Britt (Bob Dylan) and Buddy Guy on guitar; Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler), Tommy MacDonald (Johnny Winter) and Anton Nesbitt (BeBe & CeCe Winans) on bass; Mike Rojas (The Black Keys) Kevin Mckendree (Brian Setzer) and Noah Forbes on keyboard. Tim Lauer (The Smashing Pumpkins) is contributing on accordion with Tom on drums, vocals and percussion.
It’s only been two years since his 2023 chart-topping release Blu Ja Vu on Quarto Valley Records, but prior to that, he hadn’t released his own work since 2018. “I think I got excited with Bruce Quarto and Quarto Valley Records when putting out Blue Ja Vu, explains Tom. “It got my juices flowing again. I’ve been so busy being a producer and a songwriter and this other guy that I forgot how much I love putting out records and touring, singing my owns songs and doing my own thing. With Bruce and the label, I just felt like there’s a home and there are people who are excited about having me do my thing.”
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