Bad Influence - 2 albums: Live At The Bad Habits Cafe / Under The Influence

Album: Live At The Bad Habits Cafe
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:54
Size: 144.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:46] 1. Woke Up This Morning
[3:30] 2. No Particular Place To Go
[4:25] 3. Alberta
[5:32] 4. Mustang Sally
[5:18] 5. Some Kind Of Wonderful
[4:34] 6. 'tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
[5:33] 7. Sweet Home Chicago
[3:48] 8. Bright Lights, Big City
[4:36] 9. My Baby's A Superstar
[7:04] 10. How Blue Can You Get
[4:45] 11. Rock Me Baby
[4:03] 12. Night Life
[5:54] 13. Why I Sing The Blues

Recorded live at DC's Bad Habits Cafe, this rollicking set spans the distance from jump blues to Motown with U-R-There directness that'll have you screaming, "Where's muh waitress?" This hard-rocking quartet features Whop Frazier (great name!) On bass and vocals, "Junior" Tash on guitar, Jay Corder on sax, and Dennis Hash on drums - they have a kind of retro/roots/soul-slam groove going, if you know what I mean.

But the centerpiece, the focus of it all, is Frazier - half intimate soul singer, half blues shouter - who pulls the songs along vocally while pushing them forward with his bouncy, bubbling bass. Tash is everywhere on this recording, a real master of the Stratocaster, and his fills, solos, and rhythm work are electrifying. This is one hell of a performance, given a recording to die for. I'm taking it with me to CES, where I'll be easy to find. Find a room with a party in it and I'll bet Bad Influence and I will be there. ~ Wes Phillips

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Album: Under The Inluence
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:26
Size: 115.5 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:56] 1. Man Child
[3:44] 2. Dressing Like You Don't Dress For Me
[3:27] 3. Hey Red
[2:59] 4. Do As I Say
[5:09] 5. Sugar Daddy Baby
[5:53] 6. Run Through The Jungle
[2:27] 7. Cat Fight, Pt. 2 Ptp
[3:33] 8. Looking Right At Me
[6:03] 9. As The Years Go Passing By
[3:24] 10. Room 111
[3:34] 11. Mailbox Blues
[2:31] 12. Hush Your Mouth
[3:40] 13. Rock In My Boogie (Aka Rockin' My Boogie)

Staying at the apex of the mid-Atlantic region’s competitive blues and roots music scene for a career that spans three decades isn’t easy. But that’s what the Bad Influence Band has done — even while extending their reputation across the country thanks to wildly entertaining, high-energy performances, extensive airplay and three well-received albums.

Whether performing at a festival, on a stage at Kennedy Center, a showcase at the NAMM Show or on Memphis’ hallowed Beale Street, the four-piece group featuring guitarist Michael Tash, harmonica ace and singer Roger Edsall, bassist-vocalist Bob Mallardi and drummer David Thaler are unabashed crowd pleasers thanks to their expert ensemble playing, strong melodies, addictive grooves, sly original songwriting and sheer intensity. Even audiences unfamiliar with blues and the other styles of roots music that inform the group’s wide repertoire are smitten with the Bad Influence Band’s joyful performances.

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