Sunday, September 21, 2014

Andrew Swann - 2 albums: Southside Blues / 11th Street Shakedown

Album: Southside Blues
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:17
Size: 106.0 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[3:23] 1. Automobile
[3:38] 2. Wang Dang Doodle
[4:14] 3. Take Care Of Yourself
[3:06] 4. Move Me
[3:06] 5. Think
[4:09] 6. Takes A Lot To Laugh, Takes A Train To Cry
[3:11] 7. God
[4:26] 8. Katie May
[3:43] 9. Bleedin' Heart
[2:42] 10. Fan It
[3:05] 11. Let Me Be Your Little Dog
[4:10] 12. Who's Been Jivin' You
[3:19] 13. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

A style described as alternate swamp roots, Swann bridges the gap between gospel and old school Rn B performing original and authentic roots music. Swann’s music career began as a session freelance drummer working in Australia and internationally with many well known artists, culminating in 2005 with the release of his first solo album “The Braves”. An all-original country/jazz brew, Swann wrote, produced, engineered and laid down vocals, drums, guitars, piano and harps in his home studio.

Over the past 20 years Swann has performed his eclectic mix of blues and jazz in the USA, Australia, Japan, China, UK and at many of Europe’s music festivals including Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.

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Album: 11th Street Shakedown
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:33
Size: 129.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[0:51] 1. 11th Street Shakedown
[4:26] 2. Talkin' Pops Staples Blues
[2:36] 3. This Is Hip
[3:34] 4. I Just Wanna Make Love To You
[3:33] 5. Smokestack Lightnin
[2:49] 6. Thats Alright
[4:01] 7. Move To The Outskirts Of Town
[2:32] 8. Ain't It Crazy
[3:08] 9. Ain't Nobody's Business
[3:30] 10. Time Is Tight
[5:01] 11. We Can Fly
[2:40] 12. Get Out My Life
[3:22] 13. Many Rivers To Cross
[4:09] 14. Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
[2:46] 15. Cakewalk Blues
[3:25] 16. Worried Life Blues
[4:03] 17. Don't Let Your Troubles Get You Down

It sounds like a trivia question. Whose album contains covers of songs by Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Son House, Tampa Red, Slim Harpo, Bob Dylan and the Bee Gees? OK, it is obviously this one, but asked anywhere else and there would be head scratching and not a lot of answers. The amazing thing is, it works. Andrew Swann is a multi-instrumentalist, playing drums, guitars, harmonica and keyboards, but it is his voice that realises the ambition. He opens with a sweet, laid back vocal on his own Time is Tight, recalling such artists as J.J.Cale and Steve Forbert. But when it comes to the Wolf's songs, he has a blues growl straight from Chicago's Southside.

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