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Too Slim and The Taildraggers: Anthology

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Label: Underworld Records
Released: 2014.06.17
Time:
 74:39 / 76:12
Category: Blues Rock
Producer(s): Tom Hambridge
Rating:
Media type: CD double
Web address: www.tooslim.org
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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Disc 1

[1] Wishing Well (Tom Hambridge / Tim Langford) - 4:41
[2] Mississippi Moon (Tim Langford) - 5:11
[3] Last Train (Tim Langford) - 4:06
[4] Stoned Again (Tim Langford) - 4:36
[5] Wash My Hands (Tim Langford) - 4:05
[6] The Fortune Teller (Tim Langford) - 4:45
[7] Little Gun Motel (Tim Langford / Jim Suhler) - 2:56
[8] When Whiskey Was My Friend (Tim Langford) - 3:30
[9] Walk on Water (Tim Langford) - 4:30
[10] Givers and Takers (Tim Langford) - 6:21
[11] Cowboy Boot (Tim Langford) - 5:24
[12] Mexico (Tim Langford) - 4:29
[13] When You Love Somebody (Tim Langford) - 4:57
[14] Devil in a Doublewide (Tim Langford) - 3:56
[15] Been Through Hell (Tim Langford) - 4:11
[16] Wish I Was Fishin' (Tim Langford) - 6:21
[17] She Sees Ghosts (Tim Langford) - 4:42


Disc 2

[1] Everybody's Got Something (Tim Langford) - 5:03
[2] Blue Heart (Tim Langford) - 4:55
[3] Shaking a Cup (Tim Langford) - 3:32
[4] Daddies Bones (Tim Langford) - 4:57
[5] La Llorona (Tim Langford) - 2:55
[6] Inside of Me (Tim Langford) - 4:29
[7] Good To See You Smile Again (Tim Langford) - 3:24
[8] Dollar Girl (Tim Langford) - 5:44
[9] Three Chords (Tim Langford) - 5:03
[10] Lonesome Alone (Tim Langford) - 3:45
[11] Big Ole House (Tom Hambridge / Tim Langford) - 4:24
[12] Peace with the Maker (Tim Langford) - 4:55
[13] Throw Me a Rope (Tim Langford) - 4:45
[14] The Light (Tim Langford) - 6:10
[15] Too Cool (Tim Langford) - 5:49
[16] Bucerius (Tim Langford) - 4:31
[17] Princeville Serenade (Tim Langford) - 2:10

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Tim Langford - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Executive Producer
Tom Hambridge - Drums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals, Mastering, Mixing, Producer
Bob Britt - Guitar
Jon Coleman - Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer
Tommy Macdonald - Bass

Lauren Evans - Vocals
Jimmy Hall - Vocals

Nancy Langford - Executive Producer, Graphic Design, Layout
Michael Saint-Leon - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
Carla Ciuffo - Cover Art, Photography
Curtis Salgado - Guest Artist, Vocals

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Tim Langford is Too Slim and the recipient of many awards in the last two and a half decades as well as having released fifteen albums during that time both solo and with the Taildraggers. Anthology is a double CD and the latest release from Too Slim and the Taildraggers. Anthology features three previously unreleased tracks, alternate versions of previous releases and cuts from Tim 'Too Slim' Langford's acoustic album. This is an introspective CD which includes material from the breadth of the Underworld Records catalog. The first disc contains the Blues/Rock side of Too Slim's catalog and the second CD features more blues and acoustic based material.

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Wow. What a treat. After 28 years and 18 albums, Tim “Too Slim” Langford and his Taildraggers have released an absolute peach of a “best of” album, which also features three new tracks produced by noted Grammy-winner, Tom Hambridge (who has previously worked with the likes of Buddy Guy, George Thorogood, James Cotton and Joe Louis Walker, amongst many others). The other 31 songs on the two discs come from Langford’s previous recordings on the Underworld Records catalogue over the last 15 years.

Everything one would expect from a Too Slim and the Taildraggers anthology is present and correct, from the foot-tapping groove of “Blue Heart” to the gorgeous Blind Willie Johnson-influenced acoustic slide of “La Llorana”; from the slashing electric slide guitar licks of “Mississippi Moon” to the melodic lead guitar lines of “Last Train”. And it’s all topped off with that smokey, lived-in voice that sounds like a worn-down, beaten-up Mark Knopfler. Pleasingly, each song retains a sparkling vitality and energy, sounding as fresh today as when it was first released.

The three songs produced by (and co-written with) Hambridge are fitting additions to the Too Slim canon. The album opens with “Wishing Well”, a swampy blues-rocker that cautions the listener against the false prophets who only want to separate us from our money: “Throw your money in the wishing well. That’s what they tell you, that’s what they sell. Pay for heaven or go to hell. Throw your money in the wishing well.” As the song nimbly changes keys, Langford and guest guitarist Bob Britt swap sharply-taken solos. Slim’s vicious slide guitar takes centre stage on the upbeat rocker, “Little Gun Motel” and the ballad “Big Ole House” showcases a classic Too Slim lyric, anthropomorphising the feelings of a house where he and his former love used to live.

Other than the three new tracks (and Slim even co-wrote two of them with Hambridge), all the other songs were written by Langford, who has maintained a consistently high quality threshold over the years. He has never been a traditional dyed in the wool bluesman, introducing large chunks of blues-rock and dashes of Americana and country into the mix. What sets him apart from many other guitar-driven blues-rockers, however, is a sharp intelligence and an acute understanding of dynamics.

Lyrical topics range from the clever reversal of a traditional blues lament in “Good To See You Smile Again” (featuring the great Jimmy Hall on guest vocals) to the social commentary of “Shaking A Cup”; and from the humorous advice on how to write a song in “Three Chords” to the surrealism of “She Sees Ghosts” (a narrative about Too Slim’s pet dog and her spectral visions).

The first CD contains the more rock-influenced numbers. The second CD is a little more mellow. Both are joyful.

It’s pretty difficult to pick holes in this release. Anyone who is already a fan of Too Slim and the Taildraggers will want this album for the three new tracks (and as a reminder of some of the great stuff the band has released in the past). Anyone who isn’t yet a fan will become one when they hear this outstanding record. Unmissable.

Rhys Williams - Blues Blast Magazine



I guess when you have a career that has now spanned 28 years and have 18 Albums under you belt, it makes perfect sense to put out an Anthology of your amazing work over the years. That is exactly what Too Slim And The Taildraggers decided to do and I, for one, am extremely pleased that they did.

"Anthology" is a 2 disc beauty consisting of 17 Tracks each. All the songs were written solely by Tim "Too Slim" Langford, except for 3, 2 of which were co-written with Tom Hambridge and 1 co-written with Jim Suhler. Once again, the Legend in the making, Tom Hambridge, is on board as not only a Performer but also Producer, Co-Mixer, and Co-Masterer.

As with a number of well Produced Double Albums, we usually get a split on what type of music we get on each one. "Anthology" was certainly no different, the first disc being a more uptempo affair and the second being a little more mellow and laid back. Both discs are extremely good, but I did prefer the first disc over the second, as I am just more of a hard core Blues Rock listener. Of special note though for disc 2 was the exceptionally good Vocals by Curtis Salgado, Jimmy Hall, and Lauren Evans, whom took the reins on one song each and really put their hearts into it.

Previous to "Anthology", I had received 3 other albums from Too Slim And The Taildraggers, "Blue Heart" (2013), "Free Your Mind" (2009), and "The Fortune Teller" (2007) and I was quite happy to see quite a few of the best of from those albums on this one, most notably my big favorites, "Cowboy Boot" (The Fortune Teller), "Wash My Hands" (Blue Heart), and "When Whiskey Was my Friend" (Blue Heart).

In addition to a bunch of my favorites, "Anthology" also introduced me to some awesome tunes from albums I had not received from Too Slim And The Taildraggers, which included "Wishing Well", "Mississippi Moon", and "Little Gun Hotel". All those and more really set in stone not only Tim "Too Slim" Langford's Guitar mastery, but also his mastery of Songwriting.

"Anthology" is, for all intensive purposes, what an Anthology should be. First off it should be at least 2 Albums, and contain not only your very best, but also Tracks of perhaps a few of your less well known yet equally impressive tunes and it should be headlined and overseen by a really fine Production team. "Anthology" is all this and more, making it a super treat for all the fans of Tim "Too Slim" Langford's music.

John Vermilyea - Blues Underground Network
 

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