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2007 Bad Town Blues' third album. 11 more original tracks by Bad Town Blues, powerful and energetic. This could be the best album yet! Very good reviews received. |
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2006 A further compilation of Essex Blues Bands including "Bad Town Blues" and "Back2Blues". This time all the songs are original material, written by the bands themselves and not available on any other recordings. see www.essexdeltablues.co.uk or www.badmoon.uk.com for full details
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2005 Latest CD release "Oblivion Road" by "Bad Town Blues" 15 original tracks by Clive Mulcahy, Ray Bartrip and Adam Norton. see www.badtownblues.com or www.badmoon.uk.com for full details |
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Released in 2004/2005 containing 17 tracks by Essex Bands. including "Bad Town Blues". Has had great reviews and sold plenty. see www.essexdeltablues.co.uk or www.badmoon.uk.com for full details |
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This is my solo album "Happy Days", just me and the piano and my own songs. It contains sixteen vocal and two instrumental tracks in the Blues/Boogie style. 1 - All Dressed Up - a jump-jive boogie about having nowhere to go. 2 - I've Been So Blind - Guy breaks up with girl - guy gets drunk - guy sobers up - guy feels bad! 3 - The Blues Sneakin' Up On You - sometimes, very gradually, life gets worse! 4 - Just Sittin' Blues (Instrumental) - A Hot Afternoon in Louisiana. 5 - Baby, What You Doin' To Me - A rhumba about the difficulties of being in love. 6 - You Get What You Get - Hard driving philosophical advice. 7 - Call Me Home (Instrumental) - Slow, resonant, hymn. 8 - Drivin' This Road - Lively Boogie regarding emotional attachments. 9 - Rainy Night - Medium blues about women again. 10 - Life In The Slow Lane - Slow blues with observations on middle age. 11 - Never Never Woman - Unrequited Lust with a New Orleansy feel. 12 - Shake Your Stuff - Fast jump-jive, fun. 13 - Blues Coming Down On Me - Traditional Sounding Lament. 14 - Bad Moon - Running from something nasty, with a railroad rhythm. 15 - Clinging To The Wreckage - Mariner's Lament. 16 - How Many Hearts (Did You Break Today) - Fast Boogie about a wayward lass. 17 - Great North Eastern - Another railroad song about a woman having cleared off on a train. 18 - I wanna Know - Rueful New Orleansy song about infidelity.
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