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| Artist : Kelly Joe Phelps |
| Album : Tunesmith Retrofit (Advance) |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
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| Label : Rounder Records |
| Year : 2006 |
| Genre : Blues |
| Rip date : Jul-21-2006 |
| Store date : Aug-01-2006 |
| Size : 46,7 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Crow's Nest 04:52 |
| 02 - The Anvil 03:35 |
| 03 - Spanish Hands 04:11 |
| 04 - Plumb Line 03:01 |
| 05 - Scapegoat 01:40 |
| 06 - Big Shaky 04:49 |
| 07 - Tight To The Jar 05:44 |
| 08 - MacDougal 03:21 |
| 09 - Loud As Ears 04:01 |
| 10 - Red Light Nickel 03:59 |
| 11 - Handful Of Arrows 03:31 |
| 12 - Tunesmith Retrofit 02:10 |
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| 44:54 min |
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| Portland, Oregon-based acoustic/slide guitar player and |
| singer-songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps has been carving a growing niche for |
| his music throughout the 1990s and Roll Away The Stone (Rykodisc, 1997). |
| Phelps was raised in Washington and learned country and folk songs, as |
| well as drums and piano, from his father. At first, he concentrated on |
| free jazz and took his cues from musicians like Ornette Coleman, Miles |
| Davis and John Coltrane before finding his true calling as a blues |
| musician in the late '80s, when he began listening to acoustic blues |
| masters like Fred McDowell and Robert Pete Williams. He began singing as |
| well, and released his critically praised debut, Lead Me On, in 1995. |
| Six original songs showcase Phelps' ability in the blues idiom, but he |
| also tackles, and does justice to, traditional numbers like "Motherless |
| Children" and "Fare Thee Well." Phelps, as deft and creative an acoustic |
| slide guitarist as you'll hear anywhere in the U.S., also made |
| appearances on Greg Brown's album Further In, Tony Furtado's Roll My |
| Blues Away, and Townes Van Zandt's The Highway Kind. In recent years, |
| he's opened shows for B.B. King, Leo Kottke, Keb' Mo', Robben Ford and |
| Little Feat. He released his second album, Roll Away the Stone, in 1997, |
| and followed it up with 1999's Shine Eyed Mister Zen. Sky Like A Broken |
| Clock, which appeared in 2001 exuded a more sultry disposition from |
| Phelps; it's companion piece, the Beggar's Oil EP, was a critic's fave |
| in 2002. Phelps was on fire, however changes loomed ahead. He switched |
| up his role from solo act to bandleader when it came to recording a |
| fifth studio effort in late 2002. Phelps wanted a dramatic orchestrated |
| sound, so he collected guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Keith Lowe as |
| well as Zubot and Dawson's Steve Dawson, Jesse Zubot and Andrew Downing |
| (bass) for the recording of Slingshot Professionals; the album appeared |
| in March 2003 and quickly earned critical acclaim among indie critics. |
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