BILLY HAMILTON & THE LOWRIDERS
''PAY SOME MONEY''
2016
51:06
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01 - Pay Some Money 03:02
02 - One More Day in Prison Blues 03:35
03 - Fancy Man 02:44
04 - Don't Waste Your Time 03:30
05 - It Hurts 03:27
06 - Fever 04:34
07 - Big Mama’s House Husband 04:25
08 - Never Gonna Learn (Until You Lose) 03:15
09 - Bad Man's Babies 03:28
10 - Donna Rae 03:03
11 - Something Is Wrong 02:57
12 - Bar Room Gasoline 03:26
13 - Use Me 05:09
14 - No Shame in My Game 04:25
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
Blues Art Journal/Vienna, Austria
Now these guys are good! Based in the Cincinnati/ Dayton, Ohio area, leader Billy Hamilton has a fine voice and plays sharp, tight harmonica, his breaks concentrating on content rather than flash, and he writes some excellent material with pointed and/ or humorous lyrics. The originals are in the majority, though there are also some intriguing borrowings. His band, The Lowriders, is sympathetic and cool, providing a subtle but often driving backdrop often based around Jeff Long's Hammond B-3 or piano. Their influences seem to range from vintage Buddy Guy, Ray Charles and Chuck Berry through Professor Longhair and the boundary leaping organ grooves of the likes of Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff and Brother Jack MacDuff on to the likes of the funky R&B of Lee Dorsey and Robert Parker, the Stax sound and seventies funk. They never stray into self-indulgent territory, preferring instead to maintain the groove, and solos are kept short and sharp. Particularly worth noting, as it is such a rarity these days, is the excellent straight-ahead production by Lynn Long, with tasteful guitar solos sometimes reminiscent of Anson Funderburgh.
The CD contains many tight, focused, self-written blues/R&B tunes.
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''PAY SOME MONEY''
2016
51:06
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01 - Pay Some Money 03:02
02 - One More Day in Prison Blues 03:35
03 - Fancy Man 02:44
04 - Don't Waste Your Time 03:30
05 - It Hurts 03:27
06 - Fever 04:34
07 - Big Mama’s House Husband 04:25
08 - Never Gonna Learn (Until You Lose) 03:15
09 - Bad Man's Babies 03:28
10 - Donna Rae 03:03
11 - Something Is Wrong 02:57
12 - Bar Room Gasoline 03:26
13 - Use Me 05:09
14 - No Shame in My Game 04:25
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
Blues Art Journal/Vienna, Austria
Now these guys are good! Based in the Cincinnati/ Dayton, Ohio area, leader Billy Hamilton has a fine voice and plays sharp, tight harmonica, his breaks concentrating on content rather than flash, and he writes some excellent material with pointed and/ or humorous lyrics. The originals are in the majority, though there are also some intriguing borrowings. His band, The Lowriders, is sympathetic and cool, providing a subtle but often driving backdrop often based around Jeff Long's Hammond B-3 or piano. Their influences seem to range from vintage Buddy Guy, Ray Charles and Chuck Berry through Professor Longhair and the boundary leaping organ grooves of the likes of Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff and Brother Jack MacDuff on to the likes of the funky R&B of Lee Dorsey and Robert Parker, the Stax sound and seventies funk. They never stray into self-indulgent territory, preferring instead to maintain the groove, and solos are kept short and sharp. Particularly worth noting, as it is such a rarity these days, is the excellent straight-ahead production by Lynn Long, with tasteful guitar solos sometimes reminiscent of Anson Funderburgh.
The CD contains many tight, focused, self-written blues/R&B tunes.
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