| Details / Tracklist: |
1. CAN T LOSE EM ALL
2. LEAVIN
3. I LL BE AROUND
4. TRAVELING
5. MIDNIGHT LAKE MICHIGAN
6. HALF THE TRUTH
7. TEN MILLION SLAVES
8. BLACKJACK HEARTATTACK
9. BACK TO YOU
10. TIMES HAVE CHANGED
11. RAGGED & DIRTY
12. LEAVE THE CITY |
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| Number of discs: |
1 |
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| Extra-Infos: |
Blue |
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| Description: | For Ragged & Dirty, Devon left his Southern comfort zone, hired a crack Chicago band, and enlisted the
producing and writing talents of Grammy winning producer Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, George
Thorogood, Johnny Winter, James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker).
Though Hambridge wrote four tunes and Devon picked three to cover, it??s his original tunes that
speak to his artistic journey. To hear how a groove takes over, check out the spontaneity of his ??Midnight
Lake Michigan.? Devon??s dark and ominous guitar howls push the nine-minute instrumental with a
hoodoo aura. As the tension builds, the song adds Marty Sammon??s keyboards and Tom Hambridge??s
percussion in a swirl of primal rhythms.
To hear Devon??s vocal range, listen to the CD closer, ??Leave The City.? With only Hambridge keepin??
the sparse beat, Devon strips down and shows off his pleading, Allman-esque voice and stirring resonator
guitar in this move to country blues simplicity.
Luther Allison??s ??Ragged & Dirty? is a funk meets blues that provides Devon??s hot-shot Chicago
studio band of bassist Felton Crews (Charlie Musselwhite and others), guitarist Giles Corey (Billy Branch),
and keyboard ace Marty Sammon (Buddy Guy) along with Nashville??s Hambridge on drums room to show-
off. Allman??s ??Leavin??? provides the band the opportunity to play with a subdued delicacy, while ??Back To
You? builds from Devon??s expressive solo over Sammon??s B-3 foundation into a blistering slow blues
ballad. There??s an expressive side to Devon as he and Wendy Moten handle the Spinner??s classy ??I??ll Be
Around.? And Devon??s cover of Otis Taylor??s haunting ??Ten Million Slaves? commands our attention to bear
witness to our historic injustices. - BLUE180g audiophile pressing on translucent blue vinyl
Recorded at Joyride Studios, Chicago, Il. |
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| Manufacturer No.: |
0622016 |
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