Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings - No Fluff, Just The Stuff

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:57
Size: 98.3 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:27] 1. Waiting On The Other Shoe To Drop
[3:54] 2. Long Road To Tomorrow
[5:20] 3. Hurry Up And Wait
[4:36] 4. Easiest Thing I'll Ever Do
[3:32] 5. Hey Pardner!
[3:07] 6. More Things Change
[3:21] 7. Shuffle King Boogie
[7:55] 8. Hardest Part Of Loving You
[3:44] 9. Look Here Baby
[2:58] 10. No Fluff, Just The Stuff

It has been a decade since guitarist Tom Holland released his first recording with his band, the Shuffle Kings. In the interim, Holland certainly has managed to stay busy with his gig as the guitar player for the Chicago blues harp legend, James Cotton. When he wasn’t on the road with Cotton, Holland could be found leading the Shuffle Kings in clubs throughout the greater Chicago area.

Holland certainly has been educated by some of the best. He got his start working with L.V. Banks and by the time Cotton hired him, Holland had also spent several years as a member of John Primer’s Real Deal Blues Band, followed by a stint in Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater’s group. The long stretch between recordings gave Holland plenty of time to write a batch of high-quality songs that rest squarely in the middle of the electric blues tradition. And once you start listening, it quickly becomes obvious that the Shuffle Kings have been hard at work, using their club dates to hone each tune to fine edge without losing the energy and spirit that is unique to the live stage. Solid rhythm section of Mike Scharf on bass and Tino Cortes on drums. ~Mark Thompson

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