TOO SMALL TO DANCE

Black Magic

Pacific Blues

November 1993

Ce groupe rassemble Kid Ramos (guitare), Lynwood Slim alias Richard Duran (voix, harmonica), Richard Innes (batterie), Fred Kaplan (piano, orgue) et Tyler Pedersen (basse). Pour ce seul et unique album, ils sont rejoints par une belle section cuivres (Jeff Turmes, Tom Dennison, Spyder Mittleman). Ensemble, ils délivrent une belle tranche de blues californien inspiré et bien produit. On peut retenir de cet excellent programme "Let it go", "Sure cure for the blues", "Don't start cryin' now", "Oil can Harry", "I stepped in quicksand", "That mellow saxophone", "Song for Mr Tiny", "Too small to dance".

This group brings together Kid Ramos (guitar), Lynwood Slim aka Richard Duran (vocals, harmonica), Richard Innes (drums), Fred Kaplan (piano, organ) and Tyler Pedersen (bass). For this one and only album, they are joined by a fine horn section (Jeff Turmes, Tom Dennison, Spyder Mittleman). Together, they deliver a beautiful slice of inspired and well-produced california blues. Highlights from this excellent program include "Let it go", "Sure cure for the blues", "Don't start cryin' now", "Oil can Harry", "I stepped in quicksand", "That mellow saxophone", "Song for Mr Tiny", "Too small to dance".