6. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!
The Lost Highway record label debut of this great Austin, TX soul and blues band led by Joe Lewis is pretty good. The production is great and the songs are tight and jumping.
from Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!
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HAPPY 2010! We’re celebrating today with the first half of Uncle T’s favorite albums of 2009.
1. Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
This third effort is essentially an Erika Wennerstrom solo CD with great production work by Mike McCarthy (Spoon), recorded after the departure of the band’s bassist and drummer and before the latest players had [...]
Wilco – Gentilly Stage [5:30 pm]:
Wilco is:
• Jeff Tweedy: Vocals, guitar
• John Stirratt: bass
• Nels Cline: lead guitar, lap steel
• Pat Sansone: keyboards, guitar
• Mikeal Jorgensen: piano, keyboards
• Glenn Kotche:`drums
Set review:
Before the set began several Wilco fanatics debated whether or not they’d play any new songs off their soon-to-be-released CD. The main Wilco [...]
Joe Krown with Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr. – Gentilly Stage [11:20am]:
Joe Krown
Set review:
I caught most of this wonderful set by this trio of New Orleans greats. Guitarist Walter “Wolfman” Washington did the lead vocals, while Joe Krown played some nice keyboards on the Hammond B-3 and drummer Russell Batiste Jr. kept [...]
Uncle T continues his reviews of New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009
Spoon – Gentilly Stage [5:30pm]:
Spoon is:
•Britt Daniel–vocals, guitar (photo below)
•Jim Eno–drums
•Eric Harvey–piano, keyboards, guitar
•Rob Pope–bass, guitar, keyboards
Set review:
Stage headliner Spoon played a really nice set, augmented by horn playing members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band on a few of their songs, such as “The [...]
Uncle T continues his reviews of New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Gentilly Stage [3:45pm]:
Set review:
I first saw this local musical prodigy at the 2004 Jazz Fest, and he was 18 years old then. Now at age 23, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews has one of the hottest bands in New [...]
Uncle T, my brother and our down-south connection, attended part of this year’s New Orleans Jazz Festival. We’ll have a couple of posts covering the acts that he saw. Alt-gramma signing off and turning it over to Uncle T:
2009 New Orleans Jazz Festival – Friday April 24
I arrived just prior to the gates [...]
