Shaggy Dogs - new CD

What does the future hold for a band who has decided to put an end to preconceived ideas about Blues and Rock'n'Roll while at the same time sticking to the fundamentals ?

Maybe the Shaggy Dogs should have thought about it before recording their fourth album, all the more with the arrival of a new experienced member on the drums - Guillermo. But who cares ? It's all about energy, meetings and having fun. Time will tell for the rest...

First rule : apply no rules. Then, take extra-ordinary ingredients : an English producer, Al Scott, known for his successful collaborations with Joe Strummer, the Levellers, Johnny Thunders, Asian Dub Foundation or John Peel's famous 'BBC Sessions'. Don't forget to ask a friend - Laurent Bourdier, known for his work on Stephen King and for being a HeavyRock'nrollBlues addict -- to write the lyrics, preferably not the usual 'Sex, Drugs and Rock'n Roll' stuff. And finally choose a talented illustrator - Oncle Red -- who has made his the subtleties of American comics as well as Obey's heritage.

Second rule : take possession of a perfectly structured recording studio in Normandy - Musicopré (76) -- and change the layout of the premises, for example by putting the drum kit in the kitchen !

Finally, you have to play live and very loud - « one shot old school » -- and only eat snacks while keeping cool and smiling under the British Big Chief's command.

And last but not least, for the final touch, you need to add juicy horns, a frantic piano, an orgasmic Hammond (Bala from Big Dez) and Joplinian (Wenta's) backing vocals.

Once everything has passed through the mixer, you get a taste of The Heavy's vintage rhythm'n'blues, the wild and spicy Rock'n'Roll of the Jim Jones Revue and the radical sound of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. The enigmatic dandy Andre Williams is not far...

Even if they are very proud of their first three albums, this new record sounds like a turning point in the career of the Shaggy Dogs. Touring in Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Switzerland or Japan has made the band's raw energy an evidence. The thirteen original songs go from hot-tempered Blues to unbridled Pub-Rock, trying to revive maximum R'n'B, like those crazy gigs at the mythic Marquee Club with Nine Below Zero and Dr Feelgood.

Who Let the Shaggy Dogs Out ?! smells like a powerful and rare vintage. A subtle mix or pride and humility -- two fundamental values for these white Frenchy rockers who play black music.

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• Shaggy Dogs
• blues
• Rock'n roll
• Rythm'n Blues

[naturesuphoria]

Great stuff...will give it a try asap!!!