10309 - LENNY HENRY - NEW MILLENNIUM BLUES (2015)
LENNY HENRY
''NEW MILLENNIUM BLUES''
OCTOBER 2 2015
51:33
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1 New Millennium Blues 03:57
2 Hoochie Coochie Man 03:55
3 The Cops Don't Know 05:45
4 Who Is He (And What Is He to You) 04:43
5 If That's Not Good Enough 05:04
6 The Stealer 04:10
7 Daughter of a Preacher Man 03:36
8 You're so Fine 02:15
9 Back Door Man 04:56
10 Shame, Shame, Shame 03:11
11 What Kind of Blues 06:53
12 Down in the Bottom 03:04
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REVIEW
E. Kelly, www.amazon.co.uk
Well done Lenny, this is another feather to put in your multi-talented cap. You've made it into my dedicated computer's big juke box, between ( alphabetically ) Lene Lovich ( remember her ? ) and Leon Redbone. The dude from Dudley can certainly sing the Blues like the best. The title track has a Gil Scott Heron feel to it, then we get treated to another and yet another good track, all the way through to the end, mixing RnB politics side by side with Blues classics. Lenny's rendition of 'Back Door Man' can hold it's head up next to Howlin Wolf's powerful version any day, and that is no small achievement. 'The Stealer' is treated to a more funked up approach than the Paul Rodgers original with 'Free', but sounds just as stonkingly good. The album has a very appealing competence to it with excellent backing vocals and instrumentation. Mind you, the harp player could have blown a bit harder in places. As an aside, I think Hugh Laurie could do with some help with his ropy vocals. Maybe Lenny could turn up to lend him a hand sometime, releasing Hugh to his talent of tinkling the ivories like a demon. I hope we get more albums from Lenny. He has a real musical talent and is not just a celebrity chancing his luck for a quick buck.
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ABOUT LENNY HENRY
Sir Lenworth George Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is a British stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television presenter, and comedian, best known for co-founding charity Comic Relief and presenting various television programmes, including The Magicians for BBC One. The album features five original songs by Lenny & his co writer Jakko Jakszyk (king crimson) & seven covers including ‘Hoochie coochie man' by Willie Dixon, 'Who is he (and what is he to you)?' by Bill Withers
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''NEW MILLENNIUM BLUES''
OCTOBER 2 2015
51:33
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1 New Millennium Blues 03:57
2 Hoochie Coochie Man 03:55
3 The Cops Don't Know 05:45
4 Who Is He (And What Is He to You) 04:43
5 If That's Not Good Enough 05:04
6 The Stealer 04:10
7 Daughter of a Preacher Man 03:36
8 You're so Fine 02:15
9 Back Door Man 04:56
10 Shame, Shame, Shame 03:11
11 What Kind of Blues 06:53
12 Down in the Bottom 03:04
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REVIEW
E. Kelly, www.amazon.co.uk
Well done Lenny, this is another feather to put in your multi-talented cap. You've made it into my dedicated computer's big juke box, between ( alphabetically ) Lene Lovich ( remember her ? ) and Leon Redbone. The dude from Dudley can certainly sing the Blues like the best. The title track has a Gil Scott Heron feel to it, then we get treated to another and yet another good track, all the way through to the end, mixing RnB politics side by side with Blues classics. Lenny's rendition of 'Back Door Man' can hold it's head up next to Howlin Wolf's powerful version any day, and that is no small achievement. 'The Stealer' is treated to a more funked up approach than the Paul Rodgers original with 'Free', but sounds just as stonkingly good. The album has a very appealing competence to it with excellent backing vocals and instrumentation. Mind you, the harp player could have blown a bit harder in places. As an aside, I think Hugh Laurie could do with some help with his ropy vocals. Maybe Lenny could turn up to lend him a hand sometime, releasing Hugh to his talent of tinkling the ivories like a demon. I hope we get more albums from Lenny. He has a real musical talent and is not just a celebrity chancing his luck for a quick buck.
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ABOUT LENNY HENRY
Sir Lenworth George Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is a British stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television presenter, and comedian, best known for co-founding charity Comic Relief and presenting various television programmes, including The Magicians for BBC One. The album features five original songs by Lenny & his co writer Jakko Jakszyk (king crimson) & seven covers including ‘Hoochie coochie man' by Willie Dixon, 'Who is he (and what is he to you)?' by Bill Withers
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