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| Fortune
Peter Gelling featuring Doug Williams Released September 2003 Australian Label: Bent Notes APN No. 9 330 357 002 107 MusicOz Blues Award for Track 10. International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2nd Prize for Track 7. Contemporary blues album encompassing soul, jazz, gospel, funk and world music, plus loops and sound effects. Features the spectacular voice of Doug Williams. |
| Reviews...
"With a little help from the soulful voice of Doug Williams, Peter Gelling's bristling imagination has blown apart any straitjacketed preconceptions of the blues without losing the music's beating heart. This is an album of constant surprises ... tied together by the sumptuous sound quality, by Gelling's stinging guitar and superbly crafted arrangements, and by the smoky vocals of Doug Williams ... Includes one of the best versions of 'Eleanor Rigby' you will ever hear (including the Beatles'). Among Gelling's originals, blues still feature prominently, as does some crunching R&B." John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 January, 2004. "A cerebral approach to the blues ... that brings with it a heart and soul that is firmly in tune with the history of the genre ... a significant landmark on the contemporary blues landscape ... Lennon/McCartney's 'Eleanor Rigby' ... will leave you breathless ... Leonard Cohen's ... 'Bird on a Wire' ... and the traditional ... 'Nobody's Fault but Mine' ... are gospels of alienation ... and wonderful vehicles for the beautiful soul voice of Doug Williams ... [The original] 'If it Wasn't for the Blues' continues Gelling's lesson in song about the history of the blues. Lessons like this I can take! 'Strong Medicine' is a nice bit of New Orleans tonic that's easy to swallow ... [while] 'Too Late' and 'No Tomorrow' dish up a hearty serve of Memphis-type soul" David Stoeckel, SA Blues Society online review, January 2004. "Adelaide guitarist virtuoso Peter Gelling breaks new ground with one of the most musically adventurous albums of blues-based music ever recorded in Australia. Fortune ... incorporates loops, samples, sound effects, hip-hop and techno as he redefines the blues with musical surprises that enhance every track ... one of 2003's outstanding releases." Billy Pinnell, Rhythms, November 2003 "Peter Gelling again shows himself to be a fine player, songwriter and arranger, whose knowledge of rhythm and blues, both from the perspective of a musician and a historian, is quite remarkable. Doug Williams' singing is up there with any of the best blues or soul singers ... a very fine album indeed ... The stand-out track on the album [is] ... a pared down version of Phil Ochs' 'There But for Fortune', which features some quite haunting and beautiful soprano sax ... " Dean Edgecombe, Canberra Blues Society, October 2003 | |||
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| Tracks
01. Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney) 02. If it Wasn't For The Blues (Peter Gelling) 03. Mary Don't You Weep (Traditional) 04. Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen) 05. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Traditional) 06. Home on the Grange (Peter Gelling) 07. Strong Medicine (Peter Gelling) 08. Too Late (Peter Gelling) 09. No Tomorrow (P Gelling, B Taylor, T Spellman) 10. Tell Me Blues (Peter Gelling) 11. Five Wheel Drive (Peter Gelling) 12. There But For Fortune (Phil Ochs) | |||
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| Musicians:
Peter Gelling - guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica, backing vocals, banjo, bazouki, percussion, soundscapes, loops, samples and programming Doug Williams - vocals Fraser Brown - keyboards (Tracks 1-9) Craig Lauritsen - drums (Tracks 1-11) James Annesley - tenor sax (Track 6) George Arhontoulis - bass (Track 7) Bailey Broome-Peake - hand drums (Track 10) Miroslav Bukovsky - trumpet (Tracks 5 & 8) Steve Fieldhouse - Rebirth synth (Track 10) Andrew Gaetjens - trumpet (Track 6) James Greening - trombone (Track 5 & 8) Heide Hackworth - guitar (Track 5) Ben Hauptmann - guitar (Track 11) Zoe Hauptmann - double bass (Track 11) Mekhla Kumar - oboe (Track 1) Josh Nicholls - drum loops (Track 5, with Peter Gelling) Matthew Ottignon - saxophone (Tracks 5 & 8) Mark Punch - guitar (Track 12) Don Reid - soprano saxophone (Track 12) Stephan Richter - cello (Track 1) Chris Soole - saxophone (Track 11) Backing Vocals: Luke Ashby (Track 1) Sarah Bleby (Track 1) Kate Boumelha (Track 1) Lillian Boutte (Track 10) Cafe at the Gate of Salvation Choir (Track 5) Tracy Canini (Track 5) Naomi Crellin (Track 1) Toni Mott (Tracks 5 & 7) Gemma Munro (Track 1) Josh Nicholls (Track 1) Heath Weber (Track 1) ^Top
| Produced by:
| Peter Gelling Executive Producer: Lesley Beasley Recorded at: Krell Studios, Adelaide, and Electric Avenue, Sydney. Engineered by: Phil Punch, Peter Gelling, Andrew Wallace, Steve Fieldhouse Mixed by: Phil Punch at Electric Avenue, Sydney. Except for Track 7 mixed by Andrew Wallace & Peter Gelling. Edited by: Peter Gelling, Phil Punch, Mark Punch Mastered by: Don Bartley at Studios 301, Sydney Artwork by: ArtState ^Top
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