"Lucky Buddah" has been completed and is available exclusively @ Crossroads Coffee, South Side, Richmond VA, USA. $5.
It is the second in a five part series of recordings that started with "Carnival of Sound", which is also available there.
Here's Bill Lupoletti's review from his Global A Go-Go Blog
Richmond’s Happy Lucky Combo is a think-globally, act-locally trio that
started as a street band. Nowadays drummer Pippin Barnett usually sits
behind a full kit rather than marching with a snare, and bassist Dave
Yohe plays an instrument that’s uniquely ill-equipped to be portable;
accordionist Barry Bless continues to be fully mobile.
After years of gigging all over town, the band has gotten serious
about producing recorded documents (this is the second in a planned
series of five releases) of their unique blend of klezmer, tango,
zydeco, oriental music, blues, jazz and all the other musical ideas
bouncing around in their heads. This time the focus is on their
oriental side: track 1 is Happy Lucky’s take on Martin Denny-style
exotica, and 6 is a stately Japanese melody with a spaghetti-western
twist. Track 2 re-examines the band’s fascination with klezmer, and
perhaps best of all is 7: imagine Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango and French musette
set to a funky shuffle rhythm. Guests include some of Richmond’s
finest open-minded musicians: Antonia Begonia (track 1), John Winn (2),
Emily Avesian (5), Stephen Williams (6), Bob Jacobs (7) and Paul Watson
(9).
TOP TRACKS: 1 2 6 7
ALSO RECOMMENDED: 3 5 9
In my opinion Pippin is the best producer in town and beyond. Beautiful music and recording, it is also reflected in the RIGO recordings. Well done lads!
ReplyDeleteI used a tune from a RIGO track for my Universoul Circus short and it is doing really well. Either of the groups could score a major movie production. All is needed is a little luck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z0U4nba_8o