The Mighty Bosscats - 2 albums: Ticket Of Life / The 7 Deadly Sins

Album: Ticket Of Life
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:35
Size: 127.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Electric blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:46] 1. Last Train To Midnight
[5:01] 2. The House Of Blues
[4:57] 3. Hey Mr Bird
[3:46] 4. The Rain Keeps Coming
[4:46] 5. Ticket Of Life
[4:14] 6. One Of These Days
[4:58] 7. Plenty Of Time
[5:46] 8. Gonna Be BB King
[3:41] 9. She's Gone
[4:28] 10. Lost On The Way
[3:33] 11. Little Stevie
[5:32] 12. 7 Long Years

Richard Townend - Guitar/Vocals; Phil Wilson - Bass; Glen Buck - Drums; Phil Pawsey - Harp/Keys.

‘Ticket Of Life’ is a collection of songs in various Blues styles from a dark and soulful Mississippi Blues style through Blues with country touches and some delightful lithe Blues picking too. ‘House Of Blues’ is wonderful: dark and hypnotic with some beautiful guitar playing, ‘Ticket of Life’ has real Dire Straits touches with more upbeat playing and a whispery vocal and "Gonna be B.B. King" has a gently rollicking gait.

Ticket Of Life

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Album: The 7 Deadly Sins
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:32
Size: 67.6 MB
Styles: R&B, Electric blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. Sweet Wine
[4:42] 2. 15 Minute Blues
[4:36] 3. Angry Words
[4:10] 4. Tired Old Blues
[5:18] 5. The Diamonds
[3:15] 6. Lazy
[4:15] 7. Indiana State Prison Blues

It's not often you find a songwriter turning to the Bible or Dante for material but this is what the talented song-writer Richard Townend has bravely done with his latest album 'The 7 Deadly Sins'. I say bravely -not because the catholics have been arguing about them ever since Dante came up with his Purgatory to Paradise mountain-but because it is one of those subjects on which everyone has an opinion. We can all cheerfully own up to a sin or a vice –or, if necessary, innocently profess to not encountering any of them. The album rather usefully comes with a printed version of the lyrics and some background as to the writer's journey to understanding the sins. This is a sensible move by Richard as he has taken on a complex subject, given it his beady song-writer's eye and produced a fascinating sidelong alternative take on all of them. The lyrics are crucial, smart and dead centre. If you look carefully -you can have a quite small sin, which, for all I know, is probably not as bad. Greed, for example, is an interesting take on the 'blood diamond' trade, whereas Envy homes in on a prisoner serving time, with a lyric full of bitter sentiment about how destructive this sin can be. For me a stand out track is his cynical piece on Lust which not only characterises this sin as maybe 'Fifteeen Minutes' of passion but is the best example of the fine musicianship that runs throughout the album. Here Greg Camburn is given full licence to let his sax roam free beautifully in an arrangement that takes its time and winds its way around the telling lyrics with Richard's guitar setting the tone. All the tracks demonstrate thoughtful arrangements allowing everyone a piece of the action. I am sure that somewhere I have heard Richard acknowledge Herbie Hancock's influence and certainly there is a cool jazz vibe present all through this.

The 7 Deadly Sins

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