Wamble, Doug / Country Libations
Album: Country Libations   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Wamble, Doug   Added:Sep 2003
Label:Rounder Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-09-29 Pull Date: 2003-12-01 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 12
Airplays: 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 08, 2003: Tofutti break!
Dim Tangy Tennessee Twang
2. Oct 06, 2003: Fly By Night
Walking on the Moon

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-10-05
A country/jazz/blues hybrid, a lot like Lyle Lovett's more recent stuff. Borrows especially from ragtime and showtune jazz, with Wamble adding strong vocals to most tracks. Lighthearted and likeable. Generous time alotted for the band's solos, which are often really good (see 4 especially)

1- Big grand gospel intro to #2
2*- Cool, thumpy, a bit funky. Stormy bop jazz with big chords.
3- Midtempo; old, bluesy and Southerny
4*- Slow bluesy country feel; great piano and violin solos
5- Cool crystal bop feel; nightclub jazz with a fiddle
6*-Bebop, nice twisty theme
7- Sparse Delta blues feel: solo voice and guitar
8- Slow and bluesy
9*- Cover of a Police song! Slow w/ wacky sax intro. Dig the click-clap "we will rock you" segment.
10- Gently gospel feel.

Track Listing
1. Libation #1 - Back of The...   6. Dim Tangy Tennessee Twang
2. Libation #2 - Trouble, Lord   7. Libation #7 - Along the Way
3. Baby, If You're Lyin'   8. The Sweet Magnolia Tree
4. Libation #4 - Ain't Quite...   9. Walking on the Moon
5. Libation #5 - Ranura Del Cao   10. If I Fall
  11. Back to the River