Memphis Hang, The

Shearer, Jim & Charlie Wood
Summit Records
Jazz | Jul 2008

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2008-08-11
straight head Jazz with male vocal, featuring trombone & piano
Very good male vocals. Excellent comments on each track in the notes on what they did and where each version comes from. Give it a read.
1: 3:57 straight head Jazz with male scat style vocal, trombone, barrelhouse/boogie woogie piano
2: 5:17 mid tempo male vocal, piano & trombone featured
3: 5:51 slower male vocal, lazy trombone. piano noodling
4: 4:21 mid tempo male vocal, Hammond B3 & brass
5: 3:04 faster vocal, trombone & piano noodling
** 6: 6:33 mid tempo instrumental, nice B3
***7: 4:55 slow Blues male vocal " Not When I've Been Drinkin' "nice lazy trombone, harmonica & piano
8: 5:19 slow to mid tempo vocal
9: 5:09 mid tempo instrumental
****10: 6:31 slow, vocal, VERY NICE cover of " Goodbye Porkpie Hat" very very low TUBA magic
11: 6:15  slow to mid vocal, piano & trombone some whistling fits the title "cool" D Farrell   08/2008

Recent airplay

Well You Needn't
No Cover, No MinimumOct 03, 2008
Goodbye Porkpie Hat
No Cover, No MinimumSep 12, 2008
Not When I've Been Drinkin'
Not When I've Been Drinkin'
No Cover, No MinimumSep 05, 2008
Goodbye Porkpie Hat
Well You Needn't
New World DisorderAug 23, 2008

Charting

2008-08-10 — 2008-10-12 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 5 1
Sep 14 2
Sep 7 1
Aug 31 1
Aug 24 1
Aug 17 4

Track listing

1. Well You Needn't
2. Seduced
3. Mound Bayou
4. That Note Costs A Dollar
5. Can't Take You Nowhere
6. Secret Love
7. Not When I've Been Drinkin'
8. Blue Turning Gray Over You
9. The Memphis Hang
10. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
11. Cool