Release: Paul Oscher "Cool Cat"Date: October 19, 2018
"Cool Cat" is pure Paul Oscher, a recording of deep blues feeling and great stories that paint vivid pictures in your mind, as some of the world’s best blues instrumentalists engage in a musical conversation with Paul’s voice and guitar. This is blues from the source--no one knows this music better than Paul, who joined Muddy Waters’ band in the ‘60s, lived in Muddy's house and shared the basement with the great Otis Spann.
He can wring pure blues from a guitar, harmonica, or piano, as well as from his own voice. Aficionados know—and have honored Paul with two BMA awards and nine nominations. Cool Cat, at once sophisticated and deeply honest, is another chapter in the living legacy that is Paul Oscher.
The playing on Cool Cat is direct and forceful. You’ll laugh as Miss Lavelle White tells the story of the “Dirty Dealin’ Mama” and despair at “Poor Man Blues.” You’ll see whole films in your head to “Mississippi” and “Ain’t That A Man.” “Money Makin’ Woman” will take you to New Orleans and “Hide Out Baby” will bring you to south side Chicago. Even “On The Edge,” a venture into jazz, is steeped in blues feeling.
This is the stuff that has made blues so timeless, and Paul Oscher delivers it with no punches pulled
1. MONEY MAKIN’ WOMAN 4:03
2. BLUES AND TROUBLE 4:12
3. HIDE OUT BABY 3:12
4. WORK THAT STUFF 4:58
5. ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’ 4:42
6. COOL CAT (R&B) PROLOGUE 2:14
7. COOL CAT (JAZZ QUARTET) 4:16
8. MISSISSIPPI POEM 0:31
9. AIN’T THAT A MAN (DEDICATED TO MR.COTTON) 3:35
10. DIRTY DEALIN MAMA 4:49
11. ON THE EDGE (JAZZ QUARTET) 2:11
12. POOR MAN BLUES 4:01
13. COOL CAT (R&B) LONG VERSION [Video]
MUSICIANS
Paul Oscher – Vocals except tracks 8,9,10,12 and 13
Guitar tracks 3,5,9,10, and all harmonica ,piano and
tambourine.
Johnny Ace – Bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 & 12
Sarah Brown - Bass on tracks 5, 10 & 13
Chris Alcaraz – Bass on tracks 7 & 11
Kid Andersen– Bass on track 13
Russell Lee- Drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 & 12; drum
solo on 13, vocals on 8, 9 & 12
Ernie Durawa - Drums on tracks 7 & 11
June Core - Drums on track 13
Mick Schermer – Guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 & 12
Mike Keller – Guitar on tracks 5, 10, & 13; Guitar like
bass on track 9
Eric Burnhardt – Baritone sax on tracks 1, 2, 4 & 12
Tom Robinson – Tenor sax on tracks 1, 2, 10, 12 & 13
Tomas Ramirez – Tenor sax on track 7 & 11
Sunny Lowdown - Background vocals on track 5
Jeremy Dowden – Background vocals on track 5
Miss Lavelle White – Vocals on track 10
Lisa Leuschner – Vocals on track 13
FRANK ROSZAK, KBA-Awardee, 2014
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