Chris Russell's Chicken Walk - Shakedown

Size: 272 MB
Time: 42:31
File: Flac
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, rock
Art: Front

1. (Somebody Call The) Po'Po' (5:18)
2. Pretty Little Girl (5:54)
3. Someday My Sun Gonna Shine (4:24)
4. Mississippi River (5:38)
5. Catfish Blues (6:11)
6. Down In Tennessee (3:38)
7. Long Haired Doney (4:33)
8. Bad Motherfucker (6:52)

"Music that was born in Mississippi but reared in Melbourne....superbly driven by one of the dirtiest guitar tones you'll ever hear.....this great album is best enjoyed LOUD." - Baz Maxwell, Blues On the Hill Barely seven months after the release of the debut (self titled) album, Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk return with Shakedown, their second swinging expedition deep into the hypnotic boogie of Northern Mississippi juke joints. Cementing their reputation as the hardest working blues combo in the country, 2013 has already seen Chicken Walk receive the famed golden boot at Golden Plains, tour the nation twice with Tony Joe White and Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes, as well as share stages with everyone from Jimmy Cliff to Santana to Parliament Funkadelic to Gary Clark Jr. Somehow amongst all of this, the irrepressible combo found time to write and record album number two. Whereas the first album was famously built on the foundation of a mere handful of shows, Shakedown sees a road-matured Chicken Walk displaying a newfound focus and heartworn confidence, propelled by the extramural themes of shining sun, pouring rain, rivers, roads and trains. Effortlessly charged, Shakedown finds Chicken Walk... more credits released July 26, 2013 Chris Russell - Guitars, Vocals Dean Muller - Drums/Handclaps Max Crawdaddy - Spiritual Advisement

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Chris Russell's Chicken Walk - Shakedown

Size: 272 MB
Time: 42:31
File: Flac
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. (Somebody Call The) Po'Po' (5:18)
2. Pretty Little Girl (5:54)
3. Someday My Sun Gonna Shine (4:24)
4. Mississippi River (5:38)
5. Catfish Blues (6:11)
6. Down In Tennessee (3:38)
7. Long Haired Doney (4:33)
8. Bad Motherfucker (6:52)

On the inside sleeve of Shakedown, Melbourne bluesman Chris Russell gives the lowdown. Sentences like “driving down the blacktops in the US southeast, the Mississippi river never far away”, paired with the opening riffs to (Somebody Call The) Po' Po' gives the listener an instant connection with the raw, rambunctious nature of Chris Russell's Chicken Walk. Since dropping their debut in late-2011, the duo of Russell and Dean Muller played plenty of shows both in Australia and abroad, their guitar-and-drums take on the Delta blues gaining fans wherever they go (including this year's Golden Plains, where they were given The Boot – a moment captured in the album's packaging). CRCW's first album introduced a new generation of local music fans to the blues, an ostensibly American genre whose seductive, dirty sound was baptised by Robert Johnson and confirmed by BB King, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. It was a juicy catfish to be washed down with an ice cold beer and a slice of sweet potato pie. Shakedown is equally as good, but not noticeably better. Whereas their first album harboured an urgency in its pace and Russell's lyrics, Shakedown instead takes the road less travelled and uses the slow, steady pulse of the mighty Mississip' as its reference point. For every guttural vocal line there's a guitar riff or solo getting worked over like nobody's business. Although the differences between Shakedown and Chris Russell's Chicken Walk are few and far between, those unfamiliar to CRCW will be impressed. It's not for everyone, but for those looking for a local introduction to the blues it's an example better than most.

Shakedown FLAC

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