Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band - Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 412 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 144 MB | Covers - 53 MB
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Harp Inc. (GELM 4200)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 412 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 144 MB | Covers - 53 MB
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Big Band | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blue Harp Inc. (GELM 4200)
Southside Johnny Lyon has been fronting one of America's most consistently hard-rocking R&B show bands, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, for well over 30 years, so this album should come as something of a surprise to longtime fans - here Southside sings a dozen tunes from the songbook of Tom Waits alongside a jazzy, full-bodied big band led by Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg, a longtime fixture in the Asbury Jukes horn section (and a member of Max Weinberg's band on Late Night with Conan O'Brien). While this is very much a change of pace, it's one that both Lyon and Rosenberg handle with confidence and aplomb; Lyon's voice shows a touch more grain than it did in his salad days with the Jukes, but his sense of phrasing and showman's touch is superb, and he brings swagger, heart, and sincerity to every performance here, and when Waits shows up for a duet on "Walk Away," the two trade lines as if they've been singing together for years…