Time: 61:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Louisiana Blues, Funky Blues
Art: Full
01. All Right You Got It (0:12)
02. Bon Ton Roulet (4:56)
03. Man Of Many Words (4:10)
04. Walk On Guilded Splinters (9:50)
05. I'm The One (7:22)
06. La Bebida Por Su Vida (0:15)
07. Keep Happy (4:42)
08. Fleabite Junior The Third (0:14)
09. If I Ever Get Right (5:03)
10. Fire Water (6:52)
11. Cottonfields And Bayous (5:04)
12. Skeleton Bug (5:02)
13. South Austin Lullaby (7:18)
Thunder Chicken, the debut album from Austin's Papa Mali & The Instigators, is a powerful concoction of lowdown Texas swamp blues and New Orleans second line funk. Malcolm Welbourne, a.k.a. Papa Mali, gets it honest though. He grew up sandwiched between the two states, just outside of Shreveport, Louisiana. He spent many summers visiting his grandparents in New Orleans and soaking up the rhythms that are impossible to ignore. And he's spent untold years honing his skills in one of the greatest music towns anywhere: Austin, Texas. Welbourne was also a founding member of the Killer Bees, a widely acclaimed reggae band who hit their heyday in the 1980s.
On Thunder Chicken, Papa Mali explores his memories of growing up in Shreveport. Many of the original songs here revolve around his youthful shenanigans of sneaking across town to buy a cheap, fortified wine called Thunder Chicken ("Keep Happy") or the retelling of family superstitions by his grandmother ("Skeleton Bug"). Having been so deeply influenced by New Orleans, it's only natural that a couple of Crescent City songs be included too and the choices here are great. The Wild Magnolia's "Fire Water" is New Orleans funk, and these guys do it right with thick, nasty grooves and Welbourne's soulful Dr. John-like voice. The version of Dr. John's "Guilded Splinters" here is just downright spooky - don't listen to this one with the lights off unless you just want to hallucinate dancing spirits on the walls as chills roll down your spine. (It's all right if you do, though). Papa Mali is one hell of guitarist too, and his bone-chilling slide work here will also make you shiver.
As for the Instigators, they're no novices either. Welbourne's chief collaborator here is drummer Barry "Frosty" Smith who has played with everyone from Sly and the Family Stone to Delbert McClinton to Soul Hat. Frosty's tasty second line beats put the spice in the gumbo and propel such tunes as the R&B-flavored "I'm the One" and the classic "Bon Temps Roulet." ~Tom Speed
On Thunder Chicken, Papa Mali explores his memories of growing up in Shreveport. Many of the original songs here revolve around his youthful shenanigans of sneaking across town to buy a cheap, fortified wine called Thunder Chicken ("Keep Happy") or the retelling of family superstitions by his grandmother ("Skeleton Bug"). Having been so deeply influenced by New Orleans, it's only natural that a couple of Crescent City songs be included too and the choices here are great. The Wild Magnolia's "Fire Water" is New Orleans funk, and these guys do it right with thick, nasty grooves and Welbourne's soulful Dr. John-like voice. The version of Dr. John's "Guilded Splinters" here is just downright spooky - don't listen to this one with the lights off unless you just want to hallucinate dancing spirits on the walls as chills roll down your spine. (It's all right if you do, though). Papa Mali is one hell of guitarist too, and his bone-chilling slide work here will also make you shiver.
As for the Instigators, they're no novices either. Welbourne's chief collaborator here is drummer Barry "Frosty" Smith who has played with everyone from Sly and the Family Stone to Delbert McClinton to Soul Hat. Frosty's tasty second line beats put the spice in the gumbo and propel such tunes as the R&B-flavored "I'm the One" and the classic "Bon Temps Roulet." ~Tom Speed
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Please an mp3 re-up?
New links for this post (mp3 version) can be found below. Different copy from the one originally posted.
Papa Mali & The Instagators - Thunder Chicken (1999) [320]
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Thanks a lot, Red Rooster!
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