Thursday, October 8, 2009

Barbecue BOB & The Spareribs - Pass The Biscuits 1999


Barbecue BOB & The Spareribs - Pass The Biscuits 1999
Label: DaDa

Blues

The entire CD was recorded live on Tuesday, June 13, 1999 at Coyote Studios in Brooklyn and the result is the actual energy of live show. Unlike, say, the Rolling Stones, who stripped it down for their acoustic outing, only to employ back-up singers, keyboardists and other sweeteners, these guys are the raw deal. When they grab Bruce Martin for a little Hammond B-3, Charles Otis for percussion or Neil Tex Thomas for piano, accordion or washboard, it's to fill out the sound, not to pad it. There's a difference. Only goes to show you how screwed up the music business is these days that guys playing their instruments live in a room could be considered such a novel idea.

This ain't a nostalgia show. Eleven of the thirteen here are originals that in a blindfold test you wouldn't be able to correctly date. Could have been written fifty years ago, could have been yesterday. The rhythm section is a mother and you can hear it steamroll through "Too Bored to Live, Too Dumb to Die," "Hot Biscuit" or "Gorillacillin" if you feel the need to impulsively shake your ass.
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01. Get It While the Gettin' Is Good  3.18
02. Turn Your Lamp Down Low  4.57
03. A Bullet For You  6.03
04. Too Bored to Live, Too Dumb to Die  3.18
05. My Home Is a Prison  4.39
06. High Cotton  3.26
07. Hot Biscuit  2.53
08. Gorillacillin  3.26
09. Meet Me After Midnight  4.42
10. One Step Closer  2.51
11. Ass, Gas, or Grass  3.06
12. My Baby's Sweeter  7.02
13. The Backslider  4.16
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