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A few months ago I reviewed the Dogskin Suit CD that was recorded live at the Blue Gator club and I was blown away by its excellence. Well the Blue Gator must have some kind of ultra cool mojo working for it. This live anthology with the aforementioned Dogskin Suit, Glockwerk Orange, Blues Tribe, Blues on Tap, and Ricky and the Blue Cats is uniformly superb and illustrates just how strong the blues scene is in the Central Okanagan. Someone ought to get a copy of this to Holger Petersen of Stony Plain Records out of Edmonton, who specializes in roots music. One listen to this deluxe biscuit and Petersen just might move his whole operation here! Anyway, there are just too many highlights to mention them all as each act had only three songs to add to this compilation and they have certainly chosen their tunes well. Dogskin Suit offer a marvelous, extended take of Savoy Brown's Made Up My Mind while Glockwerk Orange stick to the roots with Willie Dixon's I Just Wanna Make Love To You. This latter cut is probably my fav track here as the Glock boys find the perfect groove and ride it smoothly. There is a hint of country to the blues of Blues On Tap and their wonderful original Long Hard Road, whereas Blues Tribe rip through a fine take of Jr. Wells’ signature song Messin' With The Kid. Last but hardly least is Ricky and the Blue Cats who tackle the challenging nugget Can't Hold Out and actually surpass the Eric Clapton version according to my ears. I also like the fact this disc was released on Canada Day as this is a fine tribute to Canadian-made blues. Finally, hats have to go off to Sky Z Limit Productions who were absolutely masterful at getting a great sound throughout this disc. The infrastructure is certainly here for this situation to really blossom and I know I've mentioned this before: watch the blues boom after Ken Burns PBS documentaries this fall. So head down to the Blue Gator now before the lineups become common place. ***** (and I'm not just being a homeboy reviewer).
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Design by Sky Z Limit Production 2005 |
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