Bluerunners
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This "new" roots driven approach is a pleasant new shift for the Bluerunners. They seem to be keeping away from the rock'n'roll of their earlier discs and the music slides easily into overlying circles of Cajun, Zydeco, rock and folk music. They expand the boundaries of each distinctive type of music until there are no boundaries. This is definitely a Southern Louisiana band playing music from their region, while at the same time adding new territory onto that region. This is also a more acoustic driven extended set, 71 plus minutes, than anything they have done, and it shows off the band in very fine form. This is a band I would love to have play at a dance because the tonations and beats vary; yet for all the variations they hold together. There are burn down the barn Cajun rockers such as DOORWAY, which they dovetail very nicely with the quieter, and more refined work on OSSUN TWO-STEP, the only traditional tune on the disc.
This disc is made stronger by the very fine song writing, 14 of the 15 songs are written by one or more members of the group. The tunes show off a wide-ranging interest in music that also stands together as one fine set of music. The band draws on a strong instrumental background with a great variety of instrumental textures using both traditional instruments, fiddle and accordion, in conjunction with electric guitars and saxophones. I very much like the directions this band is heading in and look forward to their next release.Songs, times, and writers
1. THE LONGEST DAY - 5:31 - Mark Meaux
2. AU BOUT DU CHEMIN - 4:56 - Steve LeBlanc
3. LANDSLIDE - 4:51 - Mark Meaux
4. RHODE ISLAND - 5:11 - Mark Meaux
5. STRINGBEAN - 4:20 - Steve LeBlanc
6. AU BORD DU BAYOU - 3:55 - Adrian Huval
7. CURB SERVICE - 4:48 - Steve LeBlanc
8. SOUNDS OF LOVE - 5:25 - Mark Meaux
9. AU FESTIVAL - 4:49 - Steve LeBlanc
10. DOORWAY - 6:52 - Mark Meaux
11. OSSUN TWO-STEP - 3:07 - Traditional
12. QUAND LA NUIT COULE DU CIEL - 3:38 - Mark Meaux
13. TO THE COUNTRY - 5:22 - Steve LeBlanc
14. MADE UP MY MIND - 4:27 - Mark Meaux
15. BLUECO - 3:45 - Mark Meaux - Steve LeBlanc
Musicians -
Mark Meaux - mandolin, fiddle, acoustic and electric guitars, and vocal
Steve LeBlanc - fiddle, triple-row accordion, accordion, guitar, and vocals
Willie Golden - lap steel, tenor and baritone sax, frottoir, and slide guitar
Bennie Hasha - bass
Frank Kincel drums
Adrian Huval - 'tit fer, accordion, and alto sax
Stacey Huval - 'tit fer
Tony Daigle - acoustic guitar
Produced by - Scott Billington and the Bluerunners