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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> Rick Holmstrom
:: Title.......> Late in the Night
:: Label.......> M. C. Records
:: Genre.......> Blues
:: Rip.Date....> 06.05.2007
:: Street.Date.> 05.24.2007
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBR / avg. 188kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
:: Encoder.....> LAME 3.97/V2/VBRNEW
:: URL.........> n/a
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:: Track Listing:
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:: 01. Peculiar Hop 04:34
:: 02. I'm Leaving 03:27
:: 03. One Last Chance 02:36
:: 04. 77 Red V8 05:04
:: 05. Tutwiler 04:24
:: 06. Better Way 04:02
:: 07. On the Vine 03:28
:: 08. Descanso 05:48
:: 09. Dig Myself A Hole 04:18
:: 10. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 03:27
:: 11. Hey Johnny 02:09
:: 12. Wham-O 02:51
:: 13. In the Night 04:57
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:: Total Playtime: 51:05 min
:: Total Size: 70,2 MB
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:: Release Notes:
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:: Great blues guitarists are about tone, mood, and style. Being
:: nimble helps, but intensity and passion more often exist
:: between the notes. Rick Holmstrom revels in this abundance on
:: his first album in five years. A West Coast veteran who
:: backed harp greats William Clarke, Billy Boy Arnold, and Rod
:: Piazza, Holmstrom can swing with the best of them. But 2002's
:: controversial drum-loop-powered Hydraulic Groove showed the
:: guitarist expanding blues boundaries rather then repeating
:: past sounds. His fourth solo release retreats from those
:: techno trappings, concentrating on a tough yet loose vibe
:: driven by a stripped-down band of bassist/sax player Jeff
:: Turmes and drummer Stephen Hodges, best known for his work
:: with Tom Waits. Holmstrom kicks off with one of the album's
:: five fiery instrumentals, slinging out resilient, ragged
:: lines that build until finally exploding into the immortal
:: riff from "Rumble," a nod to Link Wray, also no stranger to
:: gristly tone. There's a sure sense of balance and tension as
:: Holmstrom expertly weaves his gripping solos between the taut
:: rhythm section's own dusky rumble. John Lee Hooker, another
:: master of atmosphere, is the reference for "'77 Red V8" and a
:: raw, instrumental take on Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 &
:: 35"--one of only two covers--gets an unusually sleazy
:: treatment thanks in part to Turmes' strip-club-style sax.
:: Holmstrom is an effective, unfussy vocalist with an
:: understated croon perfect for this album's dusky quality. But
:: it's his guitar that really sings on Late in the Night, as it
:: takes us on a rain-drenched stroll to the dodgy side of town.
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