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_\ Steve Ferguson - Mama U-Seapa /_
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| genre........: Blues songs............: 11 |
| source.......: CDDA time.............: 55:30 min |
| type.........: Album size.............: 69,0 MB |
| label........: Schoolkids Records encoder..........: Lame 3.97 |
| catalog......: SKR 1520 release.date.....: 11-04-2011 |
| year.........: 1995 quality..........: VBR kbps |
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| 01. fight like you talk [05:46] |
| 02. shake & bake [05:10] |
| 03. hoo doo lovin' [06:02] |
| 04. right string baby, wrong yo-yo [03:16] |
| 05. hey little brother [03:12] |
| 06. cops & robbers [07:37] |
| 07. coo cha [02:54] |
| 08. lyin' cheatin' blues [07:11] |
| 09. you hung the moon [04:17] |
| 10. pig latin love song [04:06] |
| 11. jungle love [05:59] |
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| 55:30 min|
| 69,0 MB |
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| It's hard to restrain myself as I write about this record. Steve |
| Ferguson certainly didn't restrain himself, and neither did the Midwest |
| Creole Ensemble. They just hung it out in the wind and made a great |
| record. Period. Mama U-Seapa is a stellar slice of American music, with |
| a capital A, in the biggest and best sense of the word. With a little |
| help from some famous and not so famous folks, Ferguson has cooked up a |
| gem. |
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| The original guitarist in NRBQ, Ferguson left the band in the mid-'70s |
| and dropped out of sight for twenty-odd years. Rumor has it he never |
| fell out of favor in Louisville, Kentucky where he remains a cherished |
| local treasure. He resurfaced for general consumption in 1994, turning |
| in guitar and songwriting duties on Chuck Berry piano-man Johnnie |
| Johnson's comeback album, Johnnie B. Bad. He followed that with his own |
| effort on Schoolkids' Records, Jack Salmon and Derby Sauce, and now |
| gives us Mama U-Seapa, a sizzling gumbo of blues, rhythm-and-blues, and |
| real rock-and-roll, all served up with plenty of New Orleans spice. |
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| Both the liner notes and the music paint a picture of another place in |
| another time. Ferguson has built a mythology around Mama U-Seapa, the |
| mystical proprietress of a riverside cafe, a "mecca of easy virtue". |
| The atmosphere is heavy with the smells of barbecue and fried jack |
| salmon, and thick with intrigue. Innocents cross paths with the world |
| weary. Lonely men seek temporary comfort. The bourbon flows freely as a |
| ragtag bunch punches out pig Latin blues in exchange for a hot meal. |
| Meantime, the Creole princess's black magic hangs in the air, keeping |
| the Upper Mississippi crossroads safe for all peaceful comers. |
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| It'd be easy to dismiss Mama U-Seapa as fantasy, but there's no denying |
| that someone or something like her brought life to the music on this |
| record. The richness and flavor of the tunes were inspired by a |
| powerful force, something organic, vivid and wonderful. Or maybe it's |
| the other way around. Either way, the finished concoction will leave |
| you as woozy and intoxicated as if you'd been there yourself. |
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| Unfortunately, you're unlikely to ever hear any of this record on the |
| radio, unless you spend your time skulking around the extreme left-hand |
| end of the dial. Even then, you're likely to miss it. You'd be hard |
| pressed to squeeze Ferguson into any record label genre that shows up |
| on the charts. Comparisons to Dr. John, Professor Longhair and other |
| old-time New Orleans folks wouldn't be out of line, but when's the last |
| time you heard any of that stuff on the radio? |
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| On the other hand, the Midwest Creole Ensemble is said to put on |
| legendary live shows. At Ypsilanti, Michigan's Frog Island Festival |
| last year, they reportedly left headliners Los Lobos (no slouches |
| themselves) slack-jawed in awe. If the live playing approaches what |
| they captured in the studio, I believe every word of it. There are a |
| ton of great players on the record, not even counting the famous guys |
| (NRBQ hands Adams, Spampinato and Ardolino, and Johnnie Johnson). All |
| turn in mouth-watering piano, organ, horn, accordion and vocal parts. |
| The backing tracks would be plenty tasty even without Ferguson's |
| slippery flatpicking and greasy vocals. It takes musicianship like this |
| to do justice to Ferguson's songwriting. From the achingly sweet, "You |
| Hung The Moon" to the turbocharged Bo Diddley beat of "Pig Latin Love |
| Song", the tunes are savory, simple and clean, familiar but fresh. |
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| If it's been a while since you've been to a hootenanny, a fish fry and |
| a Saturday night social all rolled into one, you owe it to yourself to |
| have a listen to this record. It might be another twenty years before |
| you get your next chance. |
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