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Lørdag d. 27. Marts - MOJO Blues Bar, København! Showtime 22:00 |
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This is Your Chance France Baby! Released 2007, Gateway Music. Produced by Jarno Varsted and The Fried Okra Band. Guest appeareances by Troels Jensen and Søren Bøjgaard. |
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The album was nomintated for a "DANISH MUSIC AWARD" in the category |
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Jeg har sett våre danske venner i Fried Okra Band på hjemmebane bli omtalt som ”et fremadstormende swampbluesrock-band” – hva nå enn dette måtte være. Saken er vel heller at denne platedebuterende gjengen henter omtrent all sin rufsete inspirasjon oppe fra nord-Mississippi. Du vet, der oppe hos RL Burnside (RIP), Jr. Kimbrough (RIP), Robert Belfour – og for å nevne noen litt yngre krefter; Kenny Brown. Akkurat Kenny Brown – tidligere gitarist hos Rule Burnside - er vel verdt å dvele litt med, for gutta spilte sammen med Brown i København sist sommer. Og gjesteartist på piano og gitar på et par låter, Troels Jensen, har gitt ut plate sammen med ham. “This Is Your Chance, France Baby!” er blitt et fantastisk levende, rufsete og ekte stykke arbeid, med låter skrevet av alle de største fra The Mississippi Hill Country; Burnside, Kimbrough, Otha Turner og Robert Belfour. Samt noen fra mer delta-folk som Robert Johnson, Muddy og Corey Harris. Og én som muligens tenderer mot ”swamp”; Tom Waits’ ”Get Behind The Mule”. Skiva er spilt inn live på flere spillesteder i og rundt København. Uansett så har Fried Okra klart å fange både stemningen og energien i låtene på en fin måte, og jeg for min del gleder meg til en dag å få oppleve gjengen live. PS. Fried Okra er, så vidt meg bekjent, en grønnsaksrett fra syd-statene. |
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CD Review by M.D. Spencer for Think of this fine CD as Denmark does Mississippi – or, more specifically, as Fried Okra does Fat Possum. Four of the first five cuts are from artists featured on Fat Possum, a label that has single-handedly brought deserved attention to blues performers from the Mississippi hill country. “I been working seven days a week/Still can’t make ends meet,” Morten Lunn sings on R.L. Burnside’s “Poor Black Mattie” (misspelled on this CD cover as “Maddie”). The sound here is noisier and more electric that on the Fat Possum originals (Junior Kimbrough and Robert Belfour are also covered), but the slide stings, the drums clatter, the vocals are gruff, and the gritty feeling is exactly the same. The tracks were recorded live, but have some overdubs. The result is the best of both worlds – the immediacy of live performance combined with the discipline of the studio. Other songs by Corey Harris, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and Tom Waits fit right into the mix. “I was stirring my brandy with a nail,” Lunn growls on Waits’ “Get Behind The Mule” – and he sounds like the kind of guy who would do just that.The album ends with a brilliant, slowed-down reading of Johnson’s “Crossroads.” This album goes to show that Americans have no monopoly on the blues. You can create a genre but you can't own it. No spit, no shine, no polish – this is 100 percent real blues |
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