Tennessee

Praxis - Tennessee 2004 (2007) {ROIR RUSCD 8301 with Bill Laswell}
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© 2007 ROIR USA | RUSCD 8301
Experimental / Jazz / Funk / Dub / Funk-Metal / Avant-Garde

Bill Laswell led super group, featuring Buckethead (G n R), Bernie Worrell (P-Funk) and Brain (Primus). This live show from Bonnaroo, with over 100K in attendance, includes a jaw dropping 7-minute version of Hendrix's classic Machine Gun. No other Praxis album includes this track. Packaged in a Beautiful 4 Panel Digipak, it is over 58 Minutes long. Buckethead is becoming recognized as one of the top 10 shredders in the world. As Buckethead, with his customary aplomb, told Guitar Player magazine: Praxis is a big binge loaf, like terror long dangler buddies on a scoop rack. [To me], taking people away in their imaginations is a lot more important than freaking people out with the guitar. And who are we to argue? –Buckethead

The addition of jazz pianist Skip Rose gave a new dimension to the ensemble sound, and provided a perfect foil to Charlie's own soloing – especially on the re-take of "Cristo Redentor," extended to 11 minutes, shifting to double-time in spots. Rose's instrumental, "A Nice Day for Something," is a welcome change of pace, and Musselwhite's "Blue Feeling Today" compares favorably to fine covers of Little Walter and Fenton Robinson tunes.

Released in spring of 2017, Tennessee Night, is the result of three days tracking with producer Michael Crittenden at Mackinaw Harvest Studios in Grand Rapids, MI. The heart of the record was recorded live in July of 2016 in the midst of a summer heatwave. The album features Rob Avsharian on drums, James Simonson on bass, Drew Howard on Steel/electric guitar, Chris Ranney on Piano, and Michael Crittenden doing a little of everything. Also featured on the album are singer-songwriter Judy Banker (Heading Home Again), Tara Cleveland (Some Things), and Cole Hanson (Everything Is In Bloom, Promised Land, and Tennessee Night.)

There's an amazing twang and reverb on these 1956 sessions. They should have just let the band run through their entire repertoire. The Sun singles don't sound like this. The freshness and vitality of the new blasts through these recordings. They are quite awesome (despite the crackles) and I say that as someone who only owns a single Cash cd. If you know anyone who is a big Johnny Cash fan get this for them, you will make their day.

BGO Records has released two early ‘70s albums by the legendary John Lee Hooker. While admittedly not his best albums, they both still show this man did more than play the blues, he lived them. On these offerings, Hooker pumped out a slow moving steam engine of blues music that never picks up too much speed, yet keeps things chooglin’ along just fine.