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Saturday, March 11, 2017

John Firmin, Dick Fegy Project - The Ripple Sessions

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:37
Size: 125.0 MB
Styles: Country, Folk, Blues, Jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:22] 1. Dick's Fourteen Bars
[4:56] 2. Ripple
[3:11] 3. Apache
[4:58] 4. Wild Women Don't Get The Blues
[4:04] 5. The Jakester
[3:45] 6. Lee Allen
[3:23] 7. Cow Cow Boogie
[5:51] 8. Johnny Nocturne Tango
[4:05] 9. Keep Movin'
[3:12] 10. Makes No Difference
[3:20] 11. Lil Liza Jane
[4:37] 12. Dick's Goin Down The Road
[4:46] 13. Snake Eyes

Dick Fegy: banjo and mandolin, guitar; John Firmin: tenor and bass sax, clarinet, bass clarinet; Peter Ecklund: trumpet; Henry Salvia: organ, piano and accordion; Alex Baum: bass; Kent Bryson: drums; Kathleen Enright: vocals on Ripple, Makes No Difference; Kim Nally: vocals on Cow Cow Boogie, Lil Liza Jane, Wild Woman Don't Get the Blues.

The Ripple Sessions is an eclectic mix of David Bromberg, Grateful Dead-style folk, New Orleans and swing, country, and rock & roll. Most tracks featuring Dick's unique mandolin playing. Dick Fegy and John Firmin met each in the spring of 1975 when they both joined what became the legendary period of the David Bromberg Band. In the mid 1990's till Dick's passing in December 2001, John and Dick recorded a series of tunes, compositions, songs at Alex Baum's studio in Berkeley, California. In the spirit of of being complete most of the titles recorded are available. Fellow Bromberg Band member Peter Ecklund plays trumpet on several tracks helping with the eclectic mix of styles.

The Ripple Sessions