Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2024/2026
Time:36:12
Size:83,3 MB
Label:Rhythm Bomb Rbr 6020
Styles:Blues/R&B
Art:Front
Year:2024/2026
Time:36:12
Size:83,3 MB
Label:Rhythm Bomb Rbr 6020
Styles:Blues/R&B
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Feed my Body to the fishes - 3:35
2. Messin' with the Blues - 3:53
3. Tiny Legs, Big Soul! - 3:48
4. My Love is Real - 3:31
5. Driftin' - 3:49
6. Way Down - 2:57
7. You're the Boss - 3:11
8. Real Crazy - 3:21
9. Frolic Time - 3:02
10. A Sinner's Gospel (feat. James Harman) - 2:10
11. Close the Door - 2:49
1. Feed my Body to the fishes - 3:35
2. Messin' with the Blues - 3:53
3. Tiny Legs, Big Soul! - 3:48
4. My Love is Real - 3:31
5. Driftin' - 3:49
6. Way Down - 2:57
7. You're the Boss - 3:11
8. Real Crazy - 3:21
9. Frolic Time - 3:02
10. A Sinner's Gospel (feat. James Harman) - 2:10
11. Close the Door - 2:49
The blues can also lift you ‘Way Up!’ Shakedown Tim brings down home blues and uptown boogie reminiscent of the 1940s and '50s. Top singer-guitar player in an outfit that rocks.
Anyone who's ever attended a blues or roots party will know Tim Ielegems, "Shakedown"—we saw him perform three times this year. Whether it was with his Rhythm Revue, as a guest at Steven Troch's birthday concert, or as Roland van Campenhout's right-hand man at Sortie Blues, it was always crystal clear that his natural habitat is the stage. He perfectly captures that joy of playing and that live feel on "Way Up!": from the very first notes, it feels like the band is actually playing in your living room. This album has all the ingredients for an energetic, steamy performance: a driven frontman (with the inseparable hat and fat body guitar), a balanced mix of original songs and covers (mostly from the early fifties), plenty of variety between slower and more up-tempo numbers, musical guests who regularly appear on stage to stoke the party mood, and last but not least: a tight, well-oiled band featuring Ilias Scotch on piano and organ, Kurt Lens on double bass, and Koen Van Peteghem on drums.
The sparkling "Feed My Body To The Fishes"—a cover of a seventy-year-old song by Delta Blues pianist Willie Love & His Three Aces—kicks things off, immediately followed by the much slower, (captivatingly) compelling blues of the self-penned "Messin' With The Blues." Not only does Ilias Scotch provide vocal support, but harmonica virtuoso Steven Troch also makes his debut appearance, stoking the fire even further.
Over twenty years ago, Troch and Ielegems took the blues world by storm with their band Fried Bourbon, and one of the many friends they made back then was Tiny Legs Tim (De Graeve), the late, late blues jam-sessions leader at Missy Sippy's in Ghent. He receives a fitting tribute on "Way Up!" with "Tiny Legs, Big Soul," a song about "what should have been" that's anything but sad, but rather a stirring, almost mantra-like song in which Shakedown Tim, his Rhythm Revue, Steven Troch, and singer Naomi Sijmons seem to dance a polonaise through the Ghent club "for old times' sake."
With the slow "My Love Is Real" and the swinging "Driftin'," we're back with two more covers. The first, thanks to Shakedown Tim's guitar work and Ilias Scotch's piano playing, surpasses James Reed's original, while the second revives an old Eddie Boyd and His Chessmen song with great enthusiasm and conviction. This fast tempo is maintained on their own composition, "Way Down," featuring not only Steven Troch as a guest but also, for the first time, Little Walter, Tim's dachshund.
In the duet "You're The Boss," written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Shakedown Tim and Naomi Sijmons convincingly embody the flirtatious couple from the lyrics, immediately raising the temperature. This version—featuring familiar face Bart Stone on sax—most closely resembles the original rendition by LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks and is in no way inferior to what Elvis Presley (with Ann-Margret), B.B. King (with Ruth Brown), or The Brian Setzer Orchestra (with Gwen Stefani) later created. The boogie-woogie blues of Real Crazy (an Amos Milburn cover), featuring a superb Ielegems on guitar, is also truly memorable. Frolic Time truly lifts our spirits, as Little Walter is called back onto the stage to dance a Charleston with his owner. It seems like a trivial matter, but the song is so naturally irresistible and well-crafted that it's impossible to shoo it back into its cage.
And then, it's as if a door suddenly blows open, and we're momentarily sucked into another dimension with A Sinner's Gospel...
There, we're welcomed by the spirit of blues harpist James Harman, producer of (and musician on) the previous Shakedown Tim And The Rhythm Revue album. This fragment of oppressive music (Ielegems on slide guitar and with a sepulchral voice, Harman with a devilish growl in the background) was recorded during a joint tour in 2018. They drew inspiration from a quote from mutual friend and former Blasters, Red Devils, and Canned Heat pianist Gene Taylor: "I hope God gives me what I need, and definitely not what I deserve!" Tim Ielegems dedicates the song to Harman and Taylor, who both passed away in 2021.
The final word goes to Close The Door, an instrumental with touches of jazz and blues, which further emphasizes the craftsmanship and clever interplay between the five musicians (Bart Stone also participates).
Anyone who's ever attended a blues or roots party will know Tim Ielegems, "Shakedown"—we saw him perform three times this year. Whether it was with his Rhythm Revue, as a guest at Steven Troch's birthday concert, or as Roland van Campenhout's right-hand man at Sortie Blues, it was always crystal clear that his natural habitat is the stage. He perfectly captures that joy of playing and that live feel on "Way Up!": from the very first notes, it feels like the band is actually playing in your living room. This album has all the ingredients for an energetic, steamy performance: a driven frontman (with the inseparable hat and fat body guitar), a balanced mix of original songs and covers (mostly from the early fifties), plenty of variety between slower and more up-tempo numbers, musical guests who regularly appear on stage to stoke the party mood, and last but not least: a tight, well-oiled band featuring Ilias Scotch on piano and organ, Kurt Lens on double bass, and Koen Van Peteghem on drums.
The sparkling "Feed My Body To The Fishes"—a cover of a seventy-year-old song by Delta Blues pianist Willie Love & His Three Aces—kicks things off, immediately followed by the much slower, (captivatingly) compelling blues of the self-penned "Messin' With The Blues." Not only does Ilias Scotch provide vocal support, but harmonica virtuoso Steven Troch also makes his debut appearance, stoking the fire even further.
Over twenty years ago, Troch and Ielegems took the blues world by storm with their band Fried Bourbon, and one of the many friends they made back then was Tiny Legs Tim (De Graeve), the late, late blues jam-sessions leader at Missy Sippy's in Ghent. He receives a fitting tribute on "Way Up!" with "Tiny Legs, Big Soul," a song about "what should have been" that's anything but sad, but rather a stirring, almost mantra-like song in which Shakedown Tim, his Rhythm Revue, Steven Troch, and singer Naomi Sijmons seem to dance a polonaise through the Ghent club "for old times' sake."
With the slow "My Love Is Real" and the swinging "Driftin'," we're back with two more covers. The first, thanks to Shakedown Tim's guitar work and Ilias Scotch's piano playing, surpasses James Reed's original, while the second revives an old Eddie Boyd and His Chessmen song with great enthusiasm and conviction. This fast tempo is maintained on their own composition, "Way Down," featuring not only Steven Troch as a guest but also, for the first time, Little Walter, Tim's dachshund.
In the duet "You're The Boss," written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Shakedown Tim and Naomi Sijmons convincingly embody the flirtatious couple from the lyrics, immediately raising the temperature. This version—featuring familiar face Bart Stone on sax—most closely resembles the original rendition by LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks and is in no way inferior to what Elvis Presley (with Ann-Margret), B.B. King (with Ruth Brown), or The Brian Setzer Orchestra (with Gwen Stefani) later created. The boogie-woogie blues of Real Crazy (an Amos Milburn cover), featuring a superb Ielegems on guitar, is also truly memorable. Frolic Time truly lifts our spirits, as Little Walter is called back onto the stage to dance a Charleston with his owner. It seems like a trivial matter, but the song is so naturally irresistible and well-crafted that it's impossible to shoo it back into its cage.
And then, it's as if a door suddenly blows open, and we're momentarily sucked into another dimension with A Sinner's Gospel...
There, we're welcomed by the spirit of blues harpist James Harman, producer of (and musician on) the previous Shakedown Tim And The Rhythm Revue album. This fragment of oppressive music (Ielegems on slide guitar and with a sepulchral voice, Harman with a devilish growl in the background) was recorded during a joint tour in 2018. They drew inspiration from a quote from mutual friend and former Blasters, Red Devils, and Canned Heat pianist Gene Taylor: "I hope God gives me what I need, and definitely not what I deserve!" Tim Ielegems dedicates the song to Harman and Taylor, who both passed away in 2021.
The final word goes to Close The Door, an instrumental with touches of jazz and blues, which further emphasizes the craftsmanship and clever interplay between the five musicians (Bart Stone also participates).
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