Format Details:
Release Date: 13 July 2018
Label: Alligator Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 014551498322
Description
Bishop and his Big Fun Trio return for more joyous houserockin’, including a comic title track declaration on U.S. politics as only Elvin can deliver.
The album mixes rousing, new originals, reinventions of three Bishop classics and some unexpected, soul-shaking covers. Something Smells Funky ‘Round Here was produced by Bishop and Steve Savage and recorded at Bishop’s Hog Heaven Studio in Lagunitas, California. Bishop wrote or co-wrote five songs (including two by the entire trio). The potent title track—a tongue-in-cheek State Of The Union address as only Elvin can deliver— kicks the album off with Bishop aiming his lyrical truths at those in power. The humorous but piercingly direct lyrics take aim at the current political scene while Bishop’s deep blues guitar playing drives the point home.
Lookin’ Good finds Bishop autobiographically gazing in the rearview mirror with sharp, wry lyrics accompanied by Welsh’s perfect blues piano. Willy Jordan sings lead on four songs, including blistering reinventions of Jackie Wilson’s Higher And Higher and Ann Peebles’ I Can’t Stand The Rain. Bob Welsh, whose guitar or piano playing highlight every song, pounds the ivories on his own Bob’s Boogie. “This album fell together easily,” says Bishop. “Everything I visualized about the songs—from Bob’s playing to Willy’s singing, came true. Bob and Willy are great musicians.”
Tracklisting
Christone Kingfish Ingram
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
Tinsley Ellis
Shemekia Copeland
Curtis Salgado
Albert Collins
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
Tommy Castro
Josh Joplin Group
David Ramirez
David Dondero
Wishbone Ash
The Chats
The Chats
Magnolia Park
Craig Finn
