RUF RECORDS SETS FEBRUARY 14 RELEASE DATE FOR OMAR & THE HOWLERS ESSENTIAL COLLECTION 2-CD SET

RUF RECORDS SETS FEBRUARY 14 RELEASE DATE FOR OMAR & THE HOWLERS ESSENTIAL COLLECTION 2-CD SET

ONE DISC INCLUDES “OMAR’S PICKS” OF SONGS SPECIAL TO HIM

Band to celebrate release with in-store at Waterloo Records in Austin on February 14

AUSTIN, TX – Ruf Records announces a February 14 release date for the Essential Collection, a special 2-CD set from seminal roots band Omar & the Howlers. Ruf Records is distributed in the U.S. by the Allegro Corporation. The twin-disc pack is comprised of one CD titled “The Best of,” while the second one is called “Omar’s Picks,” which are songs that “represent a snapshot of influences and heroes throughout my career and are special to me for one reason or another,” says Omar.

Omar & the Howlers will celebrate the release of the new album with a special

in-store performance at Waterloo Records in Austin on February 14 at 5PM Central Time.

The 30 studio and live recordings on the Essential Collection were culled from albums originally released beginning in the early 1990s and includes selections from such albums as Courts of Lu Lu (named after a blues laundromat in his hometown of McComb, Mississippi), Muddy Springs Road, World Wide Open, Swing Land and his Blues Music Award nominated collaboration with Jimmie Vaughan, Jimmy Reed Highway. Also featured are such fan favorite Omar & the Howlers’ classics as “Magic Man,” “Border Girl,” “Hard Times In the Land of Plenty,” “Wall of Pride,” “Mississippi Hoo Doo Man” and “Boogie Man,” among many others.

“My career has been a long and rich journey from the time I began playing at 12 years old until the present day,” says “Omar” Kent Dykes in the album’s liner notes. “It has been a blast from 1962 until now. The Essential Omar & the Howlers includes songs that are considered my biggest hits combined with songs I believe to be some of my best work. The collection compiles my entire life’s work in the music industry: writing, recording, touring and making the blues rock for over five decades.”

Omar & the Howlers – Essential Collection Track Listing

DISC 1 – Best Of

01. Magic Man

02. East Side Blues

03. Border Girl

04. Hard Times In the Land of Plenty

05. Bad Seed

06. Wall of Pride

07. Mississippi Hoo Doo Man

08. Big Chief Pontiac

09. Tears Like Rain

10. Monkey Land

11. Snake Oil Doctor

12. Muddy Springs Road

13. Boogie Man

14. You Made Me Laugh

15. Jimmy Reed Highway

DISC 2 – Omar’s Picks

16. I Want You

17. Snake Rhythm Rock

18. Burn It To the Ground

19. Got My Heart Set On You

20. Work Song

21. Alligator Wine

22. Do It for Daddy

23. I’m Wild About You

24. That’s Your Daddy Yaddy Yo

25. Stone Cold Blues

26. Girl’s Got Rhythm

27. Life Without You

28. World of Trouble

29. Sugar Ditch

30. Built for Comfort

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