- Audio CD (30 Jan 2007)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Nettwerk
- ASIN: B000LPR5BG
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 495,977 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this on spec after visiting the Old Crow Medicine Show's Myspace page and following the link to Gill Landry.He's supporting them on tour in the USA and I can see, or rather hear, why.He's a little bit OCMS (enough that he's even composed and sung a track on their great new album), a good bit Tom Waits, maybe even a little bit Jolie Holland, and there's echoes of people like John Prine in there too.Just about all of the tracks are different, ranging in style from down home country to, I think, a tango, with good tunes and lyrics. There's a nice use of brass, mostly trumpet, on some of the songs and Landry himself has a distinctive voice, something lacking in so many artist, comparable to a young Tom Waits. Overall the album's got a good feel to it, it's not great, but it is very good and speaks well of better things to come.It's one of those albums that grows on me a little more every time I play it and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes any of the artists I've mentioned.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Maybe the world will discover this guy now...
31 Jan 2007
Format:Audio CD
For many a year, Gill Landry has fronted a delightful jug band called the Kitchen Syncopators. Six albums of sheer genius that the band produced, released and distributed privately, and countless nights in clubs and days at festivals could not bring this band the fame or fortune they deserve...(but you can buy the records through the band's web site, kitchensyncopators.com, and you should buy them all, and buy the early Gill Landry solo album for sale there while you are at it).
So, now comes a (relatively) major release for the front man, Gill Landry, who has a rich, expressive voice that deserves the beautiful production on this record. The songs are great - even the ones that are retreads from his earlier eponymous independent release deserve a listen here, because the earlier Syncopators and Landry solo records were not so nicely recorded as this one.
Sure, I miss the covers of old Mississipi John Hurt Songs, and I miss Slim's harmonica playing and Bob's washboard playing and Huck on the kazoo and piano - all staples of the Syncopators repertoire - but this album, taken on its own terms, is brilliant and I love it. I'll see Mr Landry perform in Seattle tomorrow night and I'm sure that it will be a fabulous show, as has been every Syncopators gig I've seen.
But if I have one hope, it's that this record will inspire people to check out the Kitchen Syncopators, a band for the ages, perhaps the greatest band of all time.
Steven in Seattle
So, now comes a (relatively) major release for the front man, Gill Landry, who has a rich, expressive voice that deserves the beautiful production on this record. The songs are great - even the ones that are retreads from his earlier eponymous independent release deserve a listen here, because the earlier Syncopators and Landry solo records were not so nicely recorded as this one.
Sure, I miss the covers of old Mississipi John Hurt Songs, and I miss Slim's harmonica playing and Bob's washboard playing and Huck on the kazoo and piano - all staples of the Syncopators repertoire - but this album, taken on its own terms, is brilliant and I love it. I'll see Mr Landry perform in Seattle tomorrow night and I'm sure that it will be a fabulous show, as has been every Syncopators gig I've seen.
But if I have one hope, it's that this record will inspire people to check out the Kitchen Syncopators, a band for the ages, perhaps the greatest band of all time.
Steven in Seattle
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"Old Timey" blues
16 May 2007
Format:Audio CD
I first heard Gil Landry playing with the rest of the Kitchen Syncopators at a street fair in Seattle. I was hooked immediately.
Gil deserves all the accolades he can muster. The man knows the blues and can break your heart with a guitar or ukulele with equal ease.
If you're a fan of the blues, give Gil a shot. You won't be dissapointed.
Gil deserves all the accolades he can muster. The man knows the blues and can break your heart with a guitar or ukulele with equal ease.
If you're a fan of the blues, give Gil a shot. You won't be dissapointed.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Yes, you should buy it!
23 Jun 2009
Format:Audio CD
I love this CD... and I didn't know Gill existed until I heard a few songs on Yahoo's now defunct Launchcast. I immediately loved it! It's got a great moodiness to it - and I can listen to the Lawless Soiree over and over again.
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