Reviewed: 2018-03-23
Genre: General
FCCs: none
Review: This delightful duo pulls the pages from several songbooks and make them their own, while still evoking the era they came from
If You Like: Leon Redbone, Black Gardenia, Dan Hicks, Jolie Holland
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
*1/ When You’re Smiling (2:35) – female vocal starts> slow song> swings to lightning fast song> quick stop
*2/ Perhaps (3:28) – guitar starts> midtempo song/tango with sultry vocals> melodica solo> guitar solo> song swings into midtempo strut> quick stop
*3/ Stardust (5:00) – guitar starts> slow torch song> quick fade> – female vocal starts> slow blues song> guitar solo> song> fade
4/ Bye Bye Blues (3:15) – hardly a blues – uptempo vamp with clarinet solo & quirky guitar solo> quick fade
5/ If The Stars Were Mine (2:44) – guitar starts> midtempo song> slow fade
6/ Embraceable You (3:22) – guitar starts> slow love song> guitar solo> slow song> fade
*7/ The Best Is Yet To Come (3:15) – guitar starts> uptempo song> guitar solo> uptempo song & scat> fade
*8/ Caravan (3:47) – guitar starts> fast tempo song> guitar solo> melodica solo> scintillating guitar solo> song> quick stop
9/ Bang Bang (3:09) – guitar starts> slow haunting song> slow fade
*10/ A Love I Can’t Explain (2:38) – guitar starts> uptempo song> melodica solo> bubbly guitar solo> song> quick stop
11/ A Wink And A Smile (3:13) – guitar starts> slow song> whistling solo> song> fade on vocal
*12/ S’ Wonderful (2:29) – guitar crescendos> fast tempo song> guitar solo> melodica solo> song with chorus> quick stop
13/ My Blue Heaven (3:38) – vocal starts> midtempo song> guitar solo> melodica solo> song> quick fade
*14/ Anytime (2:22) – guitar/vocal starts> uptempo song> melodica solo> guitar solo> song quick stop on vocal
*15/ Crescent City Blues (4:20) – guitar starts> slow bluesy song> guitar solo> melodica solo> song> fade on vocal