11347 - CHRIS RUSSELL`S CHICKEN WALK (2012)

CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK
''CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK''
OCTOBER 19 2012
44:51
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1 Evil (W. Dixon) 04:06
2 Skinny Girl 07:19
3 Lying To Myself 03:35
4 Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed (Trad.) 06:43
5 Worry Me In The Daytime 05:19
6 Bad Things Too 05:58
7 Strange 05:22
8 Ride Me 06:24
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Chris Russell - Guitar, Vocals
Dean Muller - Drums, Handclaps
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BIOGRAPHY/OFFICIAL
Barely seven months after the release of the debut (self-titled) album, Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk return with Shakedown, their second swinging expedition deep into the hypnotic boogie of Northern Mississippi juke joints.

Cementing their reputation as the hardest working blues combo in the country, 2013 has already seen Chicken Walk receive the famed golden boot at Golden Plains, tour the nation twice with Tony Joe White and Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes, as well as share stages with everyone from Jimmy Cliff to Santana to Gary Clark Jr.

Somehow amongst all of this, the irrepressible combo found time to write and record album number two. Whereas the first album was famously built on the foundation of a mere handful of shows, Shakedown sees a road-matured Chicken Walk displaying a newfound focus and heartworn confidence, propelled by the extramural themes of shining sun, pouring rain, rivers, roads and trains.

Effortlessly charged, Shakedown finds Chicken Walk delivering a richer, fuller sound and more exploratory songwriting. The hard-luck baladeering of ‘Someday My Sun Gonna Shine’ provides a tender counterpoint to the driving, elemental crowd favourites ‘(Somebody Call The) Po’Po’’ and ‘Bad Motherfucker’, whilst still displaying all the charm and wit synonymous with a Chicken Walk live show.

Each song was recorded in only two takes; all live, honest and shimmering with the personality of the players. Chris’ swagger and (recently departed drummer) Dean’s sense of style delivering the one-two punch as natural and unforced as the land around them. Or in Chris’ words ‘real, living music’.
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4026 - CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK (2012)

CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK
''CHRIS RUSSELL'S CHICKEN WALK''
OCTOBER 19 2012
44:53

1. Evil (W. Dixon)/4:06
2. Skinny Girl/7:21
3. Lying to Myself/3:37
4. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed (Trad.)/6:44
5. Worry Me in the Daytime/5:19
6. Bad Things Too/6:00
7. Strange/5:22
8. Ride Me/6:24

For two and a half years, Chicken Walk was just Chris playing solo with just an open tuned sea foam green Danelectro and a Goldentone reverbmaster for company on stage. His annual pilgrimages with his wife to the Mississippi Delta facilitated his evolution from sitting in with the local living masters, to performing the prized Juke Joints with Cadillac John Nolden, The Corn Lickers, Cameron Kimbrough and Lightnin’ Malcolm.

“The first time I hopped off the bus in Clarksdale, Mississippi, I looked around me. I could see fields of cotton, corn and beans. It was so hot the crops were shimmering. The earth had such a presence that I could hear music in the silence. It was if musi- cians from this area – from Muddy Waters to Robert ‘Wolfman’ Belfour, had plugged their guitars straight into the soil and blues had come pouring out.” – Chris Russell

In December 2011, Chicken Walk grew to a ‘two-piece feed’, adding Dean Muller (Hoss, Cosmic Psychos) on drums and this newly evolved duo’s live sound begun filling rooms with hypnotic boogie and pulsating Northern Mississippi Hill Country Blues. They have since shared the stage with the likes of Graveyard Train, Old Gray Mule and perennial festival favourite Gary Clark Jr. They have also just been announced to play Golden Plains in 2013 with Parliament Funkadelic and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and also the inaugural Deni Blues & Roots Fest alongside the legendary Bonnie Raitt, Tony Joe White and Jimmy Cliff.

Their eponymous self-titled debut is now available on deluxe vinyl, CD and digital through Cobra Snake Necktie Records and Love & Theft Recordings. Upon release it immediately rocketed to top spot for a fortnight on the Amrap AirIt Charts and was officially launched to a beyond capacity and jumpin’ crowd in early November. Extremely positive reviews amongst print media and community radio ensued, most notably PBSfm Album of the Week.

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