| Seasick Steve & The Level Devils / Cheap |
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| Album: | Cheap | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Seasick Steve & The Level Devils | Added: | 01/2014 | |
| Label: | There's A Dead Skunk Records | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 06, 2018: | Traditions Walkin' With The Devil | 2. | Feb 07, 2014: | The Songsmith Show Walkin' With The Devil |
| Album Review |
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| MC Dizzy Jackson Reviewed 2014-01-29 | ||
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Seasick Steve’s debut release (2004). He was raised in Oakland and spent many years as a hobo, hoppin’ trains, living outside (stories on #4 & #8). He’s been playing for years and produced Modest Mouse’s debut!! He plays dirty, greasy, houserockin’, gut-bucket blues. Seasick on gtr and vcls w/ Sweden’s Jo Husmo on bass and Kai Christoffersen on drums. Killer stuff all the way through. Play any. FCC #7. *My Favorites*: All of ‘em. 1. (4:03) Mid. Marchin’ beat, crunchy gtr, vcl fx, big cymbal strikes. 2. (3:34) Mid. Houserockin’ beat, killer drums, back vcls. 3. (2:59) Mid. Back-porchy w/ jaw harp, sparse gtr, brushes. 4. (5:44) Story on how to jump trains, being in jail, how to use food stamps. 5. (4:15) Mid. Kinda R.L. Burnside, houserockin’ trancey. 6. (3:42) Slow / Mid. Sparse, kinda quiet, love theme. 7. (5:12) Mid. FCC ‘shit’. Staccato beat. 8. (7:05) Story on how to live outside and finding food, getting work. 9. (4:41) Mid / Fast. Drivin’ back-porch w/ harmonica. Killer. 10. (3:39) Mid. Laid back march, killer gtr, grunts. 11. (4:15) Slow / Mid. Low-down blues, sparse. 12. (4:18) Mid. More houserockin’ w/ big drums, back vcls. 13. (10:47) Two songs 1. (10:47 to 6:50) Slow / Mid. Mellow w/ outbursts. 2. (6:18 to 0:00) Slow / Mid. Moaner get rockin' about jumpin’ a train. | ||
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