Oscar's Motel, By: Cash Box Kings - Model Number: ALCD5011

Description 

 

Another infectious celebration of Chicago blues in all it's electric forms. The Cash Box Kings keep real-deal Chicago blues alive and kicking with smart,
contemporary songwriting, tough vocals, world-class harmonica and razor-sharp
guitar. Living Blues magazine has called them œOne of the best blues bands in
the land.
The Cash Box Kings have played major festivals all over the world, including the
Chicago Blues Festival (over 10 times), the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Cambridge Folk Festival (UK), the Moulin Blues Festival (Netherlands), the Lucerne Blues Festival (Switzerland), the Hondarribia Blues Festival (Spain), BluesBaltica (Germany), Rock Around The Atomium (Brussels) and the Edmonton Blues Festival (Canada).
Oscar™s Motel was recorded in Chicago and features nine new original Cash Box Kings songs updating the classic juke-joint sound for the modern day. The band also breathes new life into Muddy Waters™ œPlease Have Mercy and Sonny Boy Williamson™s œPontiac Blues. Chicago blues diva Deitra Farr and Memphis blues great John Nemeth guest.

"Fearless, full-tilt Chicago blues...fervent vocals and soaring harmonica" “Chicago Tribune

Tracks

CD

Oscars Motel
Down On The South Side
Please Have Mercy
I Cant Stand You
Hot Little Mess
Nobody Called It The Blues
Pontiac Blues
Trying So Hard
She Dropped The Axe On Me
I Want What Chaz Has
Ride Santa Ride

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