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Christmas with the Blues CATEGORIES FOLLOW US News by John Taylor on November 27, 2012 10:09 AM | 0 Comments New Music Tuesday Home About Contact Topics Contributors Join Search David Gogo – Christmas With The Blues CATEGORIES FOLLOW US News By John_Taylor on November 27, 2012 10:09 AM | 0 Comments New Music Tuesday iTunes Chart Watch RECENT ENTRIES ShareShareShareShareShareShareShareMore 0 Blues Radio Report Review: The Slide Brothers Canada’s David Gogo – he’s Reviews - Robert Randolph from Vancouver Island, one of Features Presents The Slide the more isolated (and least Brothers Friday We're In Love urban) of the vast nation’s urban With The Cure DeepSoul: Michael areas – is primarily known as a Jackson - "Got To Be prodigiously talented blues BBS Music Television There" rocker. DeepSoul Depeche Mode, Blake This being a collection that The Weird Al Chronicles Shelton, Bowersox, celebrates a time of good cheer – Judging American Idol Bonamassa, The Strokes or not, given this is, after all, Retro Reminiscing Lead Week's New Christmas With The Blues – Releases Gogo here eschews his usual Off The Beaten Path Ronnie Earl and the aggressive attack for a lean, Hit Parade Broadcasters - Just For clean take on some holiday Two-Fer Tuesday Today surprises, with a handful of Bootleg Nation originals to help make his Review: The Lone Bellow Christmas parcel distinct from the Jukebox Junkyard Create Timeless Treasure rest. Playlists On Debut Ben Harper, Charlie That’s not to say Gogo’s lost his bite – there’s still a snarling ferocity to most of his solos. TOP TAGS Musselwhite Remain #1; But those solos are generally short and sweet, and Gogo’s tone is as sharp as the air on a Sons Of Legends Dominate cold winter’s night. American Idol News Blues Radio Chart Opener “Christmas Blues” sets the pace – a straightforward twelve-bar exercise with a Bbs Music Television CD Review: Thom Chacon nice biting solo – remove the lyrical reference to Christmas and this track would be a Deepsoul David Bowie Turns The highlight at any time of the year. Gogo’s own “Christmas On The Bayou” is appropriately Page And Wows Us Again moody and swampy, with squalling, atmospheric harmonica courtesy of up-and-comer New Music Tuesday On 'The Next Day' Shawn Hall. It’s probably not destined to become a seasonal standard but it’s a cool tune. Bruce Springsteen Justin Timberlake Debuts Freddie King’s “Christmas Tears” is a flat-out belly rubber, again holiday-themed only by Judging American Idol virtue of the lyrics – otherwise, it’s just a fine twelve-bar blues with exquisitely tasteful Season 10 #1 at iTunes, David Bowie 'The Next Day' #4 guitar work and sparkling piano from veteran David Vest. Scotty Mccreery More Macklemore & Gogo’s second contribution is obviously heartfelt – raised on a tree farm, a song called Buddy Guy Lewis? Duo Holds #1, Adds “Let’s Get A Real Tree” seems perfectly natural. A Chuck Berry-style rocker, it works quite Blues Radio Report Another Top 10 Song At well beyond the slightly corny spoken-word intro. The pace slows down with a Spotify comparatively gentle, fireside version of Charles Brown’s immortal “Please Come Home The X Factor For Christmas,” with Phil Dwyer’s creamy sax the dominant instrument. (Dwyer also Lauren Alaina Itunes contributes piano on this particular track). There’s a one-two punch with back-to-back Nick Moss versions of “Santa Claus Is Back In Town” and “Merry Christmas Baby,” both tough, no- nonsense guitar workouts , the latter enlivened by a fine horn section. Gogo’s instrumental James Durbin take on perennial favorite “Little Drummer Boy” features Hall once more on harmonica, Gregg Allman and again there’s a swampy, mysterious feel to the track, with Gogo’s shimmery guitar Gary Clark Jr adding an enigmatic edge to give the track an entirely unexpected feel. Things wrap up with Mack Rice’s funky “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’,” an upbeat romp that should Heavy Hittin start a few yuletide fires of one sort or another. Itunes Chart Watch Gogo sings well throughout, though his guitar is arguably the more eloquent, and the band Noel Gallagher is top-notch – there’s some great horn work, and pianist Vest (who’s worked with the likes of Big Joe Turner and Jimmy ‘T99’ Nelson) is a revelation. View all → All in all a wonderful antidote to the saccharine sweetness of most holiday offerings, this is a fine collection that, lyrics aside, would hold up well at any time of the year. Excellent stuff! 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