All the demo tracks were recorded live, no overdubs, no studio fixes, on a Sunday morning in a cold recording studio. We're pleased with the result - but imagine how this band gets firing in a great venue full of blues fans! Enjoy, Joe Nethercoat - August 2008
"I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use," 1952 (Lester Williams) - A lesser known gem revived by Re-loaded - Lester Williams' debut single for Specialty Records made the Texas singer-guitarist a big winner on the blues circuit from New Orleans to New Mexico during the Fifties; and even led to an appearance at Carnegie Hall. (The song was also covered a decade later by B.B. King.) A little more information on this artist can be found at: http://www.music.us/biography/artist/26001/lester_williams.html
"Love That Burns" - Peter Green, Cliff Adams - 1968. Can any blues player really match the touch of Peter Green? We gave it our best shot at 10.00am on a cold Sunday morning in a freezing recording studio. In my view, Tommy's tenor gets VERY close!
"I Put a Spell on You" - 1958 - (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) - A memorable song - made great by Tommy "The Gents" superb tenor sax - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Put_a_Spell_on_You for some excellent information on the original recording and later covers of this great song.
"When My Baby She Left Me" - Sonny Boy Williamson II. Most famously recorded by Buddy Guy and Junior Wells in 1972, and played live many times by Rory Gallagher - This great song always rocks the house when played live by Re-loaded - Check out that key change!
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II
"Loving Machine" - 1951 - Wynonie Harris. One of the artists revealed to Re-loaded by the great Toots Webster. Like Toots himself, few blues shouters embody the rollicking good times they sing of quite like the raucous Wynonie Harris. Known as "Mr. Blues", Harris joyously related risque tales of sex, booze, and endless parties in his trademark raspy voice over some of the jumpingest horn-powered combos of the postwar era. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynonie_Harris
"Spider and the Fly" - 1965 - Jagger and Richards. Surely a Jimmy Reed inspired number, this song always seems to get the crowd dancing! - In deference to the age of the members of Re-loaded we've switched the female subject of the song's age from 30 to 60 - that may need increasing soon! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_and_the_Fly_(song)
