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Dagmar
& The Seductones
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Little
Bitta Love
Tym Records 1001
A
Little Bitta Love - Red
Hot - Evil - Don't Stop -
Livin' A Lie - Stupid
Cupid - Lucky Stars -
Leavin' On Your Mind -
Let's Have A Party - A
Poor Man's Roses - Since
I Met You, Baby - You
Belong To Me
A very
pleasant debut album by
Dagmar and the Seductones.
Bob Newcaster and Bryan
Smith respectively guitar
player and bassist are no
stranger to rockabilly
fans as they played with
Tex Rubinowitz. A
Little Bitta Love,
a Dagmars own, is a
great rocker and so is
Red Hot that
leaves the listener
breathless. A perfect
showcase for a powerful
voice and nice piano too.
Its time to slow
down a bit and this is
what the Fever
type song Evil
does, and sees Dagmar in
a seductive mood. Living
A Lie and Since
I Met You Baby add
some blues to the mix and
shows how Dagmar is at
ease with that style too
with her warm voice.
Lucky Stars
is a nice Buddy Holly
type of song with a neo-rockabilly
feel in it. Its
time again to slow the
pace with the rocknroll
ballad Leavin
On Your Mind.
Lets Have A
Party is played in
a bluesy vein and they
dont try to compete
with Wanda Jackson and
this is a good point as I
think Wanda is unbeatable
on this one. Poor
Mans Roses
adds a very welcome touch
of honky tonk and so do
You Belong To Me.
You regret she doesnt
sing more in that style.
Hopefully, therell
be more like that in the
next one that should be
out very soon. Cd
available at cdbaby.
Fred "Virgil"
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Come
Back To Me
Tym Records 1002
Ain't Heard Nothin'
Yet - Bad Sad or Mad -
Mercy Mercy - As Long As
I'm Moving - I'm Not
Going To Cry - Me and My
Chauffeur Blues - Come
Back to Me - That
Doghouse Double Bass -
Come and Get It - You
Said - Hush Your Mouth -
Not My Concern - Old
Country Rock.
You'll find on this
second album the same
ingredients you liked on
the first one but maybe
with a bigger variety of
styles. With the same
team of accomplished
musicians they perform a
good set of red hot
rockabilly tunes like
"Ain't Heard Nothin'
Yet" and "As
Long As I'm Moving".
Equally good is "That
Doghouse Double Bass",
an acoustic rockabilly
tune that puts the
spotlight on Bryan
Smith's skill on that big
ol' instrument, close in
the spirit to Pee Wee
King's Bull Fiddle Boogie.
"Come And Get It"
is more electric and
sounds a bit like Kim
Lenz to give you a
comparison. The main
difference with their
previous effort is the
addition of a big dose of
blues in their repertoire.
From the great accoustic
Memphis Blues of Memphis
Minnie's "Me and My
Chauffeur Blues" to
the heavy Boogie-blues of
"Not My Concern"
with slide guitar (imagine
early ZZ Top going
rockabilly), they cover
half a century of music.
A guest joined the band
on baritone sax for two
pieces of fine juicy
Rhythm'n'Blues "Bad
Sad or Mad" and Huey
"Piano" Smith's
"Hush Your Mouth".
They also bring,
succesfully, a bit of
soul with Don Covay's
Mercy Mercy. The album
ends on a guitar only
instrumental which shows
Bob Newcaster's talent.
Maybe more blues and less
country than the previous
one, Dagmar's second
album is the perfect
complement to their
previous effort. You'll
find at least one tune to
please you on this varied
cd (and if you have just
one ounce of taste you'll
like them all), they even
have a song with a Rumba
beat, how can't you like
them?
Fred "Virgil"
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