7 Walkers formed out of informal collaborations between Bill Kreutzmann (ex-Grateful Dead), New Orleans bass man George Porter, Jr, and Papa Mali (ex-Killer Bees). The style is somewhat of a fusion of Bay area jam-rock with greasy New Orleans rhythm and blues and Texas blues. Or as Kreutzmann says, "swampadelic."
The band plays loose and rootsy in a manner that will appeal to jam band fans (Deadheads take note), and if Kreutzmann in the mix were not enough of a selling point, the lyrics were written by a gentleman named Robert Hunter. There's even a guest vocal appearance by Willie Nelson on "King Cotton Blues."
Mali's vocals are in the Tom Waits/Louis Armstrong/Muddy Waters vein, and suit the music well. 7 Walkers is organic and original music that goes for the creative jugular. Full of imaginative lyrics and music that blends quite a few styles, but amid all of the undercurrents, manages to coalesce into something new.
Larry, why don't you blog about groups and albums from A to Z during April? I'm sure you could come up with that pretty easily.
ReplyDeleteLee
Tossing It Out and the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2011
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ReplyDeleteIt was gonna be a surprise...
I was going to sign up this weekend and not tell you what I would do...
But I'm thinking a review each day for band from each letter of the alphabet.
LC
Great! That would be so cool. I like the idea of people creating ongoing posts related to their passions, although randomness can be okay too.
ReplyDeleteYou asked about putting the Linky on your site. I'll have to ask Jen since she set the Linky up and it doesn't look like she added the function that allowed the list to be added to other sites.
Lee
Tossing It Out and the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2011