Imagine a band which could play to perfection a mixture of 40 and 50' s Jump-blues, swing, jive and of rock' roll with authenticity and an overflowing energy while developing their own style and composing some solid songs. A band which could set a ballroom on fire with only the first bars of a brass section. Imagine nine guys ready to party and make you spend an unforgettable evening and which for that will give all that they have! You think that kind a band has never existed and will never exist neither in Europe, neither in States nor in any area of the world. But I can swear to you that this band really exist (cause I saw them!) and that they just released their third album "Tohuwabohu" for Crazy Love Records. This group is The "Ray Collins’ Hot Club", a german bunch of wild guys which signed their first album in 2001 -“Shaking That Boogie”- and which since became a reference.
Some bands are good in studio and disappointing on stage. Some others are just the opposite; they are great entertainers but their albums are flat and without any “fever” or “guts” whatever you call it. In this case, we are dealing with this rare species of band who are at the same time achieved showmen and which sign original albums with no fillers or tracks to be thrown away.
Some bands are good in studio and disappointing on stage. Some others are just the opposite; they are great entertainers but their albums are flat and without any “fever” or “guts” whatever you call it. In this case, we are dealing with this rare species of band who are at the same time achieved showmen and which sign original albums with no fillers or tracks to be thrown away.
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:35
Size: 95.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Swing, Jump blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[2:46] 1. Hit
[2:54] 2. The Date
[3:25] 3. Right Eye’s Jumping
[2:00] 4. Don’t Wait
[1:38] 5. Chicken Shit
[3:56] 6. The Grind
[4:53] 7. Lord Oh Lord
[2:16] 8. Give It Up
[2:52] 9. I Know Your Name
[3:05] 10. I Wish
[2:36] 11. Bacon Feet
[3:08] 12. You Do Something
[3:27] 13. Hi-Fi Phono
[2:32] 14. Bechstein Stomp
Crazy and tough times led to this album. Some tracks were recorded on a simple cassette. We still get a lot of shouts to play HIGH FI PHONO. And we still enjoy to do so. Give it up was literally recorded in a shag. In a tiny, little and beautiful studio in Dixon USA while we were on tour. Later we shot a short film containg songs of this album. And even though everything was shot the film was never finished due to too many projects.
Lord Oh Lord mc
Lord Oh Lord zippy
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:12
Size: 103.5 MB
Styles: R&B, Swing, Jump blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front
[3:13] 1. Yeah Yeah Baby You’re Right
[2:55] 2. Barefoot
[3:20] 3. Rock’n’roll
[3:07] 4. Bye Bye Paris
[2:55] 5. Elephant Parade
[2:46] 6. Don’t Drop
[4:07] 7. The Hot-Club Is Coming To Town
[3:30] 8. Great Big Troubles And Joy
[3:06] 9. Run Brother Run
[4:18] 10. What You Want Me To
[3:40] 11. Schlomo’s Song
[3:26] 12. Nothing But The Boogie
[2:13] 13. Tohuwabohu
[2:29] 14. Waiting For Crazy
TOHUWABOHU, a German word for a big mess proved unpronounceble for the rest of the world. That´s why English record dealers call it Towamba. With BAREFOOT and BYE BYE PARIS it contains two of the most popular songs of the Hot-Club. After we were booked to appear in the movie BARFUSS, Til Schweiger suggested we might try to make a title song. We are glad that happend because the song came out pretty good and is still fun to play. Many artists covered this tune. There is an italian version and for some reason russian people use it as a soundtrack for all kind of youtube videos. We always love to find new versions.
Tohuwabohu mc
Tohuwabohu zippy
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