Time: 40:48
File: MP3 @ 320K - Flac/s
Released: 2021
Styles: contemporary blues, rockin' blues
Art: Front
1. You Wanna Rock? You Gotta Learn The Blues (5:24)
2. When Koko Came to Town (4:14)
3. Quid Pro Quo (3:39)
4. My Baby Be Cray Cray Cray (4:37)
5. I Slow Danced With Joni Mitchell (3:51)
6. Chicks Dig Me (4:08)
7. The Creamy Caramel Café (4:23)
8. Kettle Black (3:03)
9. Texas Weiner (3:53)
10. I Like Cleavage (3:31)
Chris BADNEWS Barnes and Grammy Award-winning producer, Tom Hambridge, have
teamed up for Barnes’ first ever original blues album, BADNEWS RISING. This is
Barnes’ third release with Vizztone Records. All ten original offerings
written by Barnes & Hambridge were recorded at Nashville’s Sound Stage Studio
with top studio musicians, Kevin McKendree (Delbert McClinton, Anson
Funderburgh) on Piano/B3, Tommy MacDonald (Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter) playing
Bass. Pat Buchanan (Cameo, Hall & Oates) on Guitar/Harmonica and Tom Hambridge
(Buddy Guy, Susan Tedeschi, Roy Buchanan) behind the console and drum kit as
both producer and drummer. BADNEWS RISING delivers the same stock and trade
ironic, salacious Hokum Blues lyrics that Barnes is known for. Barnes, a
former Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock & Carol Burnett television show
performer and writer, has made his mark in the blues community being hailed as
The King of Hokum Blues by Elmore Magazine. His first Vizztone Release; Hokum
Blues was an homage to The Hokum Boys, i.e .Tampa Red & Georgia Tom, a number
one Chart Topper recruiting fellow New York City musicians Will Lee (David
Letterman), Jimmy Vivino (Conan O’Brien), Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live
Band), Bete Sussman (Bette Midler), and Harmonica virtuoso Steve Guyger (Jimmy
Rogers). His second Vizztone release LIVE, was recorded aboard the Legendary
Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Tony Braunagel produced the album which received two
Independent Blues Award nominations; Best Live CD and Best Blues Band. LIVE
hit number eight on Billboard and number five on Amazon. Keeping the Blues
Alive Award Winning Radio Broadcaster, Vincente’ Zummel, writes : “BADNEWS
Barnes is in Blues what Frank Zappa was in 70’s underground sound. Great.”
While BADNEWS RISING is an all original album the satiric muses are also
punctuated with honest biographical blues driven gems like : When Koko Came to
Town, Barnes tells the story of his early Hokum days performing at Tramps in
New York City and sharing the stage with legends like Koko Taylor, Pinetop
Perkins, Johnny Copeland. I Slow Danced with Joni Mitchell is a powerful
juxtaposition of the highs and lows of Barnes’ celebrated career. A dark
treacherous slow ballad co-written with John Hahn (Shemika Copeland) entitled,
You Wanna Rock, You Gotta Learn The Blues is sure to draw you in. Two other
co-writes , Quid Pro Quo with Chicago Blues authority Terry Abrahamson (Muddy
Waters) and Chicks Dig Me, with John Murray, Bill Murray’s younger brother.
BADNEWS RISING is exactly what we all need to bring us out of the crazy times.
The deep driving rhythm combined with Barnes’ witty lyrics will have you
singing right along with Texas Weiner, I Like Cleavage and My Baby Be Cray
Cray.
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