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| Bluestime
Peter Gelling Released 1999 Australian Label: Bent Notes APN 6 44804 99902 5 ARIA-nominated blues album with a strong Chicago feel, along with traditional Delta blues and some funky R & B. Arranged, produced and most of the instruments played by Peter Gelling. Features spoken-word voices of Howlin' Wolf + Margie Evans on the track "Echoes". |
| What reviewers said...
When I sat down to listen to Bluestime, what poured from the speakers blew me away. I've listened to it a million times already and when I've worn it out, I'll go get another copy ... I never want to be without this outstanding record ... It's impossible to fault this album. Peter's treatment of James Oden's "Going' Down Slow" is simply superb ... [and] the instrumental 'Blues For Otto' almost had this old cynic weeping ... [Bluestime] is an authentic masterpiece which no blues fan can afford to ignore ... On a scale of one to ten, this magnificent album scores a twelve. 'Big' Mike Hotz, Rhythms, November 1999. Peter Gelling demands and commands your attention ... there is no denying that this man thrills. Herald Sun, September 19, 1999. The opening title track hits hard, sizzling harmonica and guitar riffs in what I consider to be one of the hottest instrumentals to open a CD ... In a real treat "Echoes" not only features solid bass lines and soulful guitar lines, but also monologues by the legendary Howlin' Wolf and also Margie Evans. The way Peter has incorporated these monologues is nothing short of outstanding. Mark 'Radar' Watson, Mr Blues website, 25 August 1999 |
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| Tracks
01. Bluestime (Peter Gelling) 02. Echoes (Peter Gelling) 03. Snake Oil (Peter Gelling) 04. My Only True Friend is the Blues (Peter Gelling) 05. Movin' South (Peter Gelling) 06. Blues Singing Dog (Peter Gelling) 07. I'm Goin' Home (Peter Gelling) 08. Blues for Otto (Peter Gelling) 09. Watch Your Step (Peter Gelling) 10. Goin' Down Slow (James Oden) |
| Musicians:
Peter Gelling - guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica vocals Craig Lauritsen - drums Fraser Brown - keyboards on "Snake Oil", "Movin' South" and "Goin' Down Slow" Jess Green - guitar on "Watch Your Step" Don Holdernesse - alto sax on "Watch Your Step" Robert Susz - vocals on "I'm Goin' Home" and "Goin' Down Slow" Wayne Jury - vocals on "Snake Oil" and "My Only True Friend is the Blues" All arrangements by: Peter Gelling Special thanks: Margie Evans - voice from interview by Peter Gelling, 1995 Voice of Howlin' Wolf courtesy of Universal Music. |
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| Produced by:
Peter Gelling Recorded at: Krell Studios, Adelaide and Electric Avenue, Sydney. Engineered by: Jon Skinner, Don Holdernesse and Anton Hagop Mixed by: Don Holdernesse, except for "Echoes" mixed by Andrew Wallace Mastered by: Don Bartley at Studios 301, Sydney |
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