Rob Orlemans & Half Past Midnight - Shake Them Down

Size: 461 MB
Time: 59:40
File: Flac
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues-rock
Art: Front

1. Boogie On Down The Line (3:27)
2. Into The Night (4:11)
3. Never Be Ready (2:55)
4. Honkin' To The Blues (4:45)
5. A Dirty Shame (4:09)
6. Shake Them Down (3:33)
7. Give That Thang To Me (3:21)
8. Song For Erik (4:03)
9. Nadine (4:48)
10. Love Like A Man (7:14)
11. Moonlight Rumble (3:20)
12. Desire (2:12)
13. JL Boogie (Live) (6:08)
14. Red Moon Rising (5:26)

Rob Orlemans and Half past midnight play on Shake the down as if they are being chased and they have to shake off their attacker, Shake them Down. With his regular companions drummer Ernst van Ee and bassist Piet Tromp, the left-handed Rob Orlemans plays another solid game of blues rock on Shake them down. They pound and tear through the fourteen songs on this album. Fourteen varied songs but with intensity. From the opener Boogie On Down The Line to track 7 Give That Thang To Me, the cut is over. Take track 5, A Dirty Shame, for example, here Rob Orlemans sounds like Lemmy from Motorhead. The opener Boogie down the road has the feel of ZZ top. The drawn-out guitar work in Into The Night and the title track Shake em down are of the rougher type of blues rock that fortunately is also made on Dutch soil. Rob Orlemans may not be the best singer, but he holds his own on his guitar. His interpretation of the Ten years after song Love like a man says it all. His guitar also tears through the song in the Redbone-like Moonlight rumble. Just like in Desire, where his guitar howls through the song in an acoustic setting and drummer Ernst stamps the skins out of his bass drum. The two closing live tracks are a showpiece of what can be expected live from Rob Orlemans and Halfpast midnight. The last track, Red Moon Rising, is a live track with fellow like-minded blues rocker Michael Katon. In Red Moon Rising, the two go on a merciless rampage. A moment to reflect on is the instrumental Song for Erik. When asked who this song is dedicated to, Rob replied: “The song is dedicated to Erik, who was our roadie for 15 years. Erik was always there and arranged everything for the construction and dismantling of my amplifiers and took care of the guitars. Just when we wanted to start recording songs in the studio, we received the message that Erik, like his brother, had died of ALS. Spontaneously we improvised this song for him and recorded it in one take, but the acoustic rhythm guitar was added in the background”. In the instrumental Song for Erik, the band honors their roadie, a song that Rob's playing does justice to its significance to the band.

Shake Them Down FLAC

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