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Al Basile- Me & The Originator

SKU: 669469098623
Dhs. 64.00
the album cover for Al Basile - Me & The Originator
the album cover for Al Basile - Me & The Originator

Me & The Originator is Al Basile fifteenth release on Sweetspot. It's a concept album which tells a story through a hybrid of narration and songs about an imaginary musician who has a career which harbors a dark secret. This CD asks the questions "who makes the song?" and "Who can call a song their own?" - another way of thinking about the history of blues as it has passed down to us latter day interpreters. Produced by Duke Robillard, with the same lineup as on Al's BMA nominated best contemporary blues album Mid-Century Modern in 2016. 200 station national radio promotion by Todd Glazer Promotions. 4 month publicity campaign by Mark Pucci Media. Print ads in the two Living Blues issues surrounding the release date.

Tracklist:

  1. The Trunk
  2. Poor Boy's Day
  3. What He Carried
  4. My J-O-B
  5. Useless Good Advice
  6. Lefty's Nine Lessons
  7. Self-Reliance
  8. She Made Me Believe It
  9. The Bee's Lot
  10. Here Come Your Trouble
  11. What He Deserved
  12. I Forgot How To Care
  13. Learn To Draw!
  14. First One To Go
  15. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
  16. What You Got For Me
  17. Who Owns It
  18. All Right
  19. Solo
  20. A Go Of It
  21. Young And Old
  22. So Wrong For So Long
  23. Confessing The Blues
  24. If It Goes, It Goes
  25. How It Goes
Format: New CD/Blues

Al Basile- Me & The Originator

SKU: 669469098623
Dhs. 64.00

Release Date: 06.15.2018

 
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Me & The Originator is Al Basile fifteenth release on Sweetspot. It's a concept album which tells a story through a hybrid of narration and songs about an imaginary musician who has a career which harbors a dark secret. This CD asks the questions "who makes the song?" and "Who can call a song their own?" - another way of thinking about the history of blues as it has passed down to us latter day interpreters. Produced by Duke Robillard, with the same lineup as on Al's BMA nominated best contemporary blues album Mid-Century Modern in 2016. 200 station national radio promotion by Todd Glazer Promotions. 4 month publicity campaign by Mark Pucci Media. Print ads in the two Living Blues issues surrounding the release date.

Tracklist:

  1. The Trunk
  2. Poor Boy's Day
  3. What He Carried
  4. My J-O-B
  5. Useless Good Advice
  6. Lefty's Nine Lessons
  7. Self-Reliance
  8. She Made Me Believe It
  9. The Bee's Lot
  10. Here Come Your Trouble
  11. What He Deserved
  12. I Forgot How To Care
  13. Learn To Draw!
  14. First One To Go
  15. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
  16. What You Got For Me
  17. Who Owns It
  18. All Right
  19. Solo
  20. A Go Of It
  21. Young And Old
  22. So Wrong For So Long
  23. Confessing The Blues
  24. If It Goes, It Goes
  25. How It Goes