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1. Take It Slow And Easy Jesse Fuller 4:16 2. Hundred Dollar Women Johnson/Solberg 3:24 3. Walkin' Blues Robert Johnson 3:25 4. Crazy 'Bout You Reggie Miles 2:13 5. Goin' To Brownsville Sleepy John Estes 3:55 6. Blues Around Midnight Willie McTell 3:21 7. 32-20 Blues Big Maceo 4:20 8. Framed Leiber/Stoller 3:46 9. Baby Please Don't Go Big Joe Williams 3:56 10. 51 Highway Blues Big Joe Williams 4:40 11. Dead Presidents Willie Dixon 2:38 12. Back Door Man Willie Dixon 4:16 13. Please Baby Joe McCoy 4:53 14. Stray Dog Blues OneMan Johnson 2:23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Performed and arranged by Reggie Miles Recorded Mixed and Mastered by Zack Reinig at The Art Institute of Seattle and Triad Studios Cover Art by Gary Eagle Produced by Zack Reinig and Reggie Miles Stray Dog Productions 001 © 1995 Re-released by Starving For Your Attention Productions 007 © 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country blues with Reggie's novelty twist. With a down home gravely voice, and a driving bottleneck guitar, and harmonica backing, you get a batch of Reggie's love in such classics as Fuller's "Take It Slow and Easy" to Robert Johnson's "Walking Blues", to Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" and "51 Highway Blues." He covers Dixon, Muddy, McTell and McCoy among others. Plus you get a Reggie original "Crazy 'Bout You" with it's laid back slide and vocal.The playing and singing are consistently good and clear. A highly enjoyable collection. Favorite is his version of "Back Door Man." Blues and novelty lovers this is a must buy. (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reggie Miles "An American primitive" (JW Weiss) Reggie fuses the influences of Leadbelly, McTell, Charley Patton, all those old blues and ragtime authors, with original songs and those of musical acquaintances. The intensity and excitement he generates reflects the raw emotion of the rural Delta blues that rocked the juke joints of the twenties and thirties. Combine Reggie's powerful vocals and hand-built *resophonic slide guitar bottle-neckin' with the rhythmic huffs and moans of his harmonica and you've got a recipe for foot stompin'. "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, and three parts Mister T!" (Amos Jessup) "Poster boy for nonconvention" (Rod Backman) *Resophonic: Reggie's homemade guitar is a product of his own Frankenstinian experimentation. Constructed from pieces of door kick plate, piano soundboard, vegetable steamer, record player, table leg and baseball bat, it is a unique hybrid of both the National and Dobro acoustically amplified resonator instruments. Reggie dubs it his Nobro. He uses a sizeable frictionless marine propeller-shaft bearing as a bottleneck slide and is quick to remind those who stare, "It's not the size of your slide, it's the slide of your size." Reggie has performed as an opening act for legends: John Lee Hooker, Clifton Chenier, Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Rivers.... He has shared stages with noted performers: Elizabeth Cotton, Delbert McClinton, Lee Oscar.... He's been featured on Seattle area television and radio stations: KCTS TV, KING TV, KCPQ TV, KPLU, KBCS, KUOW, KVTI, KSER, KMTT, KMPS.... Besides his own, Reggie has been a featured performer on 12 additional recordings by other noted Northwest artists. Check out the artist's website: http://www.myspace.com/reggiemiles Track List: 1. Take it Slow And Easy 2. Hundred Dollar Women 3. Walkin' Blues 4. Crazy 'Bout You 5. Goin' To Brownsville 6. Blues Around Midnight 7. 32-20 Blues 8. Framed 9. Baby Please Don't Go 10. 51 Highway Blues 11. Dead Presidents 12. Back Door Man 13. Please Baby 14. Stray Dog Blues Other Genres:
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