I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Bluesland Theme Park by Heavydrunk and Watermelon Slim and it's really sweet! Opening with charging, Bluesland Theme Park, a high stepper with vaudevillian sound and Mad Dogs and Englishman horn vamp. With Rob Robinson on lead vocals and Watermelon Slim on harmonica this is really potent. Featuring great interpretative innovation by Roy Agee on trombone, Emmanuel Echem and Lorenzo Molino on trumpet, Evan Cobb and Maxwell Abrams on sax this is a potent opener. Funky, New Wine is another meaty track with excellent vocals and notable bass by John Allouise and Brian Allen, Ricky Burkhead on drums and some real nice slide work by Slim. Watermelon Girl has a really nice Texmex/island feel with excellent vocals, nice slide and great percussion work by Burkhead. Another favorite on the release is Better Worser Too with thick vocals and, sassy horn work and funky funky bottom. Can be remiss by not mentioning the excellent backing vocals by Etta Britt, Tabitha Fair and Maggie Richardson. Grinding guitar work and punchy horn work by Echem, Molina and Agee make this one of my absolute favorites! Acoustic, Little Bighorn featuring Slim on vocal and dobro is really a tasty track with authentic country blues feel. Very nice. Wrapping the release is R&B flavored, Fresh, featuring Robinson on lead vocal and punchy horn work, cradled by Kevin McKendree and Eric Bikales on keys. This really is a terrific release and this is a solid closer. A must hear release.

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