Release: Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans - The Music Get us Thru 2021

Release: Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans - The Music Get us Thru 2021

THE MUSIC GETS US THRU - BRAD VICKERS & HIS VESTAPOLITANS
MAN HAT TONE 2010 RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

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The Music Gets Us Thru... just about anything!
After this extraordinary year, we are truly grateful to bring you this, our seventh CD. Recorded before lockdown, our great core band of myself, bassist Margey Peters, drummer Bill Rankin, and saxman Jim Davis again had a fantastic time playing with some dear and terrifically talented friends. Joining us on various cuts are wonderful special guests: Charlie Burnham on violin, Dave Gross on guitar, Mikey Junior on harmonica and vocals, Dave Keyes on piano and organ, Dean Shot on guitar, and our versatile co-producer, V. D. King on an array of instruments, including accordion (!)

As always we celebrate the music that we love, and the styles that have influenced us: blues, folk, jump, and “great American roots ’n’ roll”. Once again, along with new originals by both myself and Margey, we cover a few long-time favorites. We start the album off with a new one of mine, “Dumb Like A Fox,” an uptempo number with a swampy feel. Next, a chorus of friends helps out on one of my favorite Jimmy Reed numbers, “Take It Slow.” My original “Please Don’t Say” pays tribute to Cajun pop classics. Margey’s swingy “Big Wind” provides a much needed dose of optimism. What would a Vestapolitans recording be without a Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) song? We celebrate him with our version of his “I’ll Never Let You Go.” Margey’s rocking “The Music Gets Us Thru” shows how music helps us to keep on pushing. Next, written by Margey with the late Steve Tarshis, on “Now It’s Time For Me To Sing The Blues” we find that, eventually, everyone’s got to ante up. Changing pace, my “What In The World” gives me a chance to take out my slide and pay homage to the Sacred Steel sound. Margey’s “Grab My Car Keys” is a simple blues about loss. Then we have some fun on one of my favorite classics, Larry Darnell’s “I’ll Be Sittin’, I’ll Be Rockin’. ” With her “Birds On My Family Tree”, Margey gives a nod to Annie Ross. We wrap things up with the rousing “When I Am Drinking,” by the great bluesman J.B. Lenoir.

Tracklist: 01 Dumb Like A Fox 02 Take It Slow 03 Please Don’t Say 04 Big Wind 05 I’ll Never Let You Go 06 The Music Gets Us Thru 07 Now it’s Time For Me Sing The Blues 08 What In The World 09 Crab My Car Keys 10 I’ll Be Sittin’, I’ll Be Rockin’ 11 Birds On My Family Tree 12 When I Am Drinking

Baritone Saxophone – V.D. King (tracks: 1 to 3, 8,) Bass, Vocals – Margey Peters Clarinet – Jim Davis (28) (tracks: 5) Design, Photography – Margey Peters Double Bass – V.D. King (tracks: 4, 8) Drums – Bill Rankin (3) (tracks:) Executive-Producer – Brad Vickers, Margey Peters Guitar – Dave Gross (tracks: 4, 7, 11), Dean Shot (tracks: 2) Guitar, Vocals – Brad Vickers Photography – Nelson Onofre Piano – Dave Keyes (tracks: 6, 7), V.D. King (tracks: 3) Recorded By, Mixed By, Executive-Producer – V.D. King Tambourine – V.D. King (tracks: 3, 6) Tenor Saxophone – Jim Davis (28) (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 to 12)

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