California Session Vol I
Blues
Here’s a new CD full of original blues tracks, recorded in California (in 2006) by a Dane !
Now there’s a mix!
The album is called “Big Boy Boogie” and it is subtitled “California Sessions Vol. 1” – hopefully this could mean a volume 2 is lurking somewhere!
Peter Nande is well known on the European blues scene, particularly in Scandinavia, and of course in his home country of Denmark, having been a harmonica player since the early 1990s.
With his old band Nande & The Big Difference, he backed a lot of great US musicians when they were touring Europe – people like Lazy Lester, RJ Mischo & Gary Primich – so he built up an exceptional feeling for the blues from authentic musicians.
I think this is the best thing that he has produced so far, and it’s made even more special by the fact that he wrote, or co-wrote, every track on the album.
He was helped in his mission to create a new album by James Harman & Nathan James, who recorded the album in his home studio.
The album opens with “Cat Be Gone” – an instrumental with the harp way out front. It’s a nice medium tempo introduction to the album and gets the listener’s feet tapping straight away – it put me in mind of some old Walter Shaky Horton numbers.
The first vocal track follows up, and slows the tempo down just a little – “I Need A Woman” showcases some good guitar work from a couple of the musicians rounded up to help, Nathan James (recording engineer etc etc), and Ronni Busack-Boysen, a Danish friend of Nande’s.
The tempo picks up to a medium shuffle beat with “Mover & Shaker”, which feature some excellent piano work by Carl Sonny Leyland contrasting nicely with the guitar work of Ronni Busack-Boysen.
Throughout the album the tempo changes, the style changes and the beat changes – but what doesn’t change is the quality of the music or the musicians.
When I got to track 7 (“Snollygoster”) I was hooked! This track makes buying this CD worthwhile all on it’s own – a superb instrumental with a great driving beat to it and Busack-Buysen playing a bit of Elmore James inspired guitar! The harmonica really carries the band along, and gives a tremendous insight into just how good Nande’s harp playing is.
Ask me to pick a favourite track and I’m stuck between “Snollygoster” and the swampy Louisiana flavoured “Lucky Charm” – I just can’t pick between the two – they are so different, but so good.
Buy the CD and listen to some authentic Danish blues!!
By Terry Clear. (Mr. FatAss)
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01. Cat Be-gone 2.39
02. I Need a Woman 3.35
03. Mover & Shaker 3.45
04. Comin’ Home 3.46
05. She’s Mad Again 2.28
06. Confessions Of A Workaholic 4.57
07. Snollygoster 3.25
08. Ol’ Sleepyhead 3.31
09. Kiss Me Now 3.56
10. King of Bad Excuses 3.12
11. Mr. Nice 5.29
12. Lucky Charm 4.51
13. Big Boy Boogie 3.03
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