Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2021
Time:69:36
Size:160,6 MB
Label:Self-Released
Styles:Blues/Roots/Americana/Country/Harmonica Blues/Gospel/Mix
Art:Front
Year:2021
Time:69:36
Size:160,6 MB
Label:Self-Released
Styles:Blues/Roots/Americana/Country/Harmonica Blues/Gospel/Mix
Art:Front
Tracks Listing:
1. The Forgotten Man - 4:27
2. Mississippi Bound - 4:12
3. Travlin' Woman - 4:46
4. Losin' My Mind over You - 4:02
5. Ohio - 5:43
6. Just Me and My Friend - 5:59
7. Little Turtle Nightlight - 4:57
8. No Smoking - 4:44
9. Much Better Now - 2:55
10. Heart of Mine - 3:52
11. Sweet Nadene - 2:49
12. Have Ourself a Ball - 3:07
13. Ollie Ollie - 3:04
14. The Briar Hopper - 3:12
15. Highball and a Covered Dish - 4:45
16. She Drives Me to Drink - 3:10
17. One Way Gal - 3:43
1. The Forgotten Man - 4:27
2. Mississippi Bound - 4:12
3. Travlin' Woman - 4:46
4. Losin' My Mind over You - 4:02
5. Ohio - 5:43
6. Just Me and My Friend - 5:59
7. Little Turtle Nightlight - 4:57
8. No Smoking - 4:44
9. Much Better Now - 2:55
10. Heart of Mine - 3:52
11. Sweet Nadene - 2:49
12. Have Ourself a Ball - 3:07
13. Ollie Ollie - 3:04
14. The Briar Hopper - 3:12
15. Highball and a Covered Dish - 4:45
16. She Drives Me to Drink - 3:10
17. One Way Gal - 3:43
"I put together this specific collection of songs for two reasons:
1. To demonstrate the diversity in my songwriting as well as my Harmonica playing and my Vocals.
2. To shine a spotlight on some of the amazing and talented people that I am fortunate to work with on a regular basis, AND call my friends.
I am thrilled to be able to present this music to the listening public, and I truly hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I've enjoyed creating it!
My sincere thanks to you!"(Charlie Barath)
An Exciting Assortment of Sizzling Harmonica Drenched Country, Blues and Roots Too. Here at RMHQ we try to keep our finger on the musical pulse, bringing you a vast array of musical delights, some you will like, some you will love others you will just dismiss out of hand …. which I personally find quite sad; but truly understand.
As part of that package I love it when someone in the middle of nowhere finds us and thinks that we have the ability to share their music to and around the world; which is what we have here.
I doubt Charlie Barath could find Newcastle on a map; nor I his hometown in Pittsburgh ; but the fates have brought us together with his first full length Long Player. Why do I care? Why am I so excited?
Well; I’m fundamentally a sucker for a harmonica and when someone can knock a tune out of this tiny yet powerful instrument the way Charlie does; then …. I’m in for the long haul.
The album opens in a weird manner, as The Forgotten Man is something of a ‘chain gang’ song; with Gospel undertones which feature a slightly overdubbed Chris Sutton on haunting vocals and Barath on occasional wheezing harmonica …. as that hammer keeps on a ‘falling. Obviously it is what it is at face value; but take a step back and it may even be a metaphor for the world we find ourselves in in 2021.With Country Blues as the spine that all things grow off here, Barath does go off on several musical tangents taking lead vocals on everything bar that opening track; but never enough for them to jar with that spine. There are 17 tracks ; all culled from over three years of recordings and re-recordings; and that time has certainly been well spent when the outcome is as strong as the Honky-Tonkying No Smoking or Ohio, with its deep Grapes of Wrath style message and of course the title track Just Me and My Friend which will still have your toes tapping five minutes after it’s ended.While quite a few songs carry a message that needs to be listened to; Barath isn’t afraid to have a bit of fun too ….. adding kazzo to a steel-guitar on The Briar Hopper and Have Ourself a Ball is Saturday night distilled into three minutes of fun and frolics, whereas High Ball and a Covered Dish is a slinky and sassy Chicago Blues in the style of Jimmie Vaughan and/or The Fabulous Thunderbirds at their sexiest. Apart from the exceptional musicianship throughout; is the way Barath takes us on a road trip across America; using light and shade to colour in the various moods he encounters (https://rockingmagpie.wordpress.com).
1. To demonstrate the diversity in my songwriting as well as my Harmonica playing and my Vocals.
2. To shine a spotlight on some of the amazing and talented people that I am fortunate to work with on a regular basis, AND call my friends.
I am thrilled to be able to present this music to the listening public, and I truly hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I've enjoyed creating it!
My sincere thanks to you!"(Charlie Barath)
An Exciting Assortment of Sizzling Harmonica Drenched Country, Blues and Roots Too. Here at RMHQ we try to keep our finger on the musical pulse, bringing you a vast array of musical delights, some you will like, some you will love others you will just dismiss out of hand …. which I personally find quite sad; but truly understand.
As part of that package I love it when someone in the middle of nowhere finds us and thinks that we have the ability to share their music to and around the world; which is what we have here.
I doubt Charlie Barath could find Newcastle on a map; nor I his hometown in Pittsburgh ; but the fates have brought us together with his first full length Long Player. Why do I care? Why am I so excited?
Well; I’m fundamentally a sucker for a harmonica and when someone can knock a tune out of this tiny yet powerful instrument the way Charlie does; then …. I’m in for the long haul.
The album opens in a weird manner, as The Forgotten Man is something of a ‘chain gang’ song; with Gospel undertones which feature a slightly overdubbed Chris Sutton on haunting vocals and Barath on occasional wheezing harmonica …. as that hammer keeps on a ‘falling. Obviously it is what it is at face value; but take a step back and it may even be a metaphor for the world we find ourselves in in 2021.With Country Blues as the spine that all things grow off here, Barath does go off on several musical tangents taking lead vocals on everything bar that opening track; but never enough for them to jar with that spine. There are 17 tracks ; all culled from over three years of recordings and re-recordings; and that time has certainly been well spent when the outcome is as strong as the Honky-Tonkying No Smoking or Ohio, with its deep Grapes of Wrath style message and of course the title track Just Me and My Friend which will still have your toes tapping five minutes after it’s ended.While quite a few songs carry a message that needs to be listened to; Barath isn’t afraid to have a bit of fun too ….. adding kazzo to a steel-guitar on The Briar Hopper and Have Ourself a Ball is Saturday night distilled into three minutes of fun and frolics, whereas High Ball and a Covered Dish is a slinky and sassy Chicago Blues in the style of Jimmie Vaughan and/or The Fabulous Thunderbirds at their sexiest. Apart from the exceptional musicianship throughout; is the way Barath takes us on a road trip across America; using light and shade to colour in the various moods he encounters (https://rockingmagpie.wordpress.com).
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