With B.B. & The Blues Shacks from Hildesheim, Germany crosscut records has signed one of Europe's leading bands when it comes to traditional style, urban electric blues. Their first CrossCut album is pure fun.
The hot and spicey musical gumbo sounds very tasteful and entertaining, bringing you mostly originals. The source of their music is African-American music from the fifties. They dig Lousiana swamp blues, urban Chicago westside style, and r&b, alike.
The sound of the recording is superb, powerful and anything but slick. Jerry Hall flew in from Los Angeles. He was the man at the board.
The producing part was taken over by Marc Thijs of international fame. He was a member of the popular Electric Kings from Belgium, and has albums out under his own name.
B.B. & The Blues Shacks are a powerful and dynamic young band, playing more than 120 shows a year, all over Europe. If your not familiar with them, check them out! They are on top of Europe traditional blues league!
tracklist:
- Intro
- Take A Chance
- Oh Little Girl
- 5 To 12 Blues
- Strange Kind Of Feeling
- Till I Made Up My Mind
- Rob My Soul
- Tempo Twist
- You Better Don't Wanna Know
- Whole Lotta Love
- Moonshine Blues
- If You Want Me To Love You
- Your Cash Ain't Nothin'
- I'm Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil)
- Midnight Diner
- One More Drink
- Outro
musicians:
MICHAEL ARLT – voc/hca,
ANDREAS ARLT – guitar,
HENNING HAUERKEN – upright & electric bass,
ANDREAS BOCK – drums.
Special guests:
CHRISTIAN RANNENBERG – piano, Fender Rhodes piano,
MARC THIJS – percussion (tracks 8 & 14)