Release Date: 24 May 2004
Label: Dialtone
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 688923000729
Genres:
Release Date: 24 May 2004
Label: Dialtone
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 688923000729
Genres:
Description
Based in San Antonio, Texas, this sextet (three saxes, trumpet, keyboards and bass) - here augmented by a guitarist and drummer - have each worked extensively with a variety of R&B groups and bands, including those of Bobby Bland and Doug Sahm. Three of the band have intermittently worked with Sahm for a long time, the bass player being the original bassist with the Sir Douglas Quintet. On this CD they play a good solid set of studio recordings with a spontaneous groove, mixing R&B with some jazzier tunes. Along with two originals there are favourites remembered from Bill Doggett ("Rainbow Riot"), Donald Byrd ("Funky Mama"), Lou Donaldson ("Alligator Boogaloo"), Freddy King ("High Rise"), Mal Waldron ("Blue Greens 'n' Beans") and Joe Zawinul ("Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"). Also three vocal blues classics from the pen of the great Jimmy Reed, "You Got Me Dizzy", "You Don't Have To Go" and "The Sun Is Shining".
Tracklisting
Birdlegg
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas
Ray Reed
Reverend Km Williams
Bells of Joy
Texas Southside Kings
Texas Soul Sisters
Texas Northside Kings