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When The Levee Breaks
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Recorded live at the Running Horse, Nottingham, September, 2005. Tim Aves: vocals/slide guitar; Owen Barry: guitar;Paul Lester: percussion.
funky blues
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Blues-rock/funky Texas blues, influenced by SRV, T-Birds, Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Landreth. Great guitar, harp, slide guitar and male and female vocals
The Rockin' Armadillos are one of Europe's most exciting blues-rock attraction. In a world full of so-so blues bands, The Rockin Armadillos' tough-rockin, funky style stands head and shoulders above the run-of-the-mill. If you love powerful, passionate guitar playing, the Armadillos have it by the spadeful - courtesy of two of the hottest young players in the whole of Europe. If you enjoy irresistible rhythms that you can't help dancing to, the band's rhythm section will connect directly with your feet. And if the combination of a gritty male vocal and a sweet, soulful country-tinged female voice is to your liking, you'll find both these here, too - with a generous side-order of wailing harmonica and some down-and-dirty slide guitar thrown in for good measure! Whether it's sinuous, funky up-tempo numbers, toe-tapping Texas shuffles or soulful, heartfelt slow blues tunes, the Armadillos are THE band...
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Genre
Blues Blues General
Charts
#5,737 today Peak #77
#2,459 in subgenre Peak #24
Author
Memphis Minnie
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Tim Aves
Uploaded
April 02, 2006
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MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:28
Story behind the song
I've been playing this version of this song - inspired by the late John Campbell - for years as a solo artiste, but after Katrina hit last year, it just seemed so appropriate to work it into Armadillos' set. The old Runner's in-house engineer had a multitrack recorder on his FOH desk and recorded the gig.
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