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Backbeat Drivers : The Emperor's New Blues
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A thoughtful and varied collection of 16 blues, rhythm & blues and rock songs featuring fine guitar, harmonica and vocal harmonies. Full lyrics. An R&B album of great value.
Genre: Blues: Rockin' Blues
Release Date: 2002
The Emperor's New Blues
Backbeat Drivers
Record Label: Backbeat Drivers
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. The Emperor's New Blues 3:35 + MP3 $0.99
2. Hundred Dollar Suit 3:13 + MP3 $0.99
3. My Baby's a Painter 3:11 + MP3 $0.99
4. Great Big Sky 5:37 + MP3 $0.99
5. When It Falls 4:28 + MP3 $0.99
6. Good Idea At The Time 3:52 + MP3 $0.99
7. The Party's Started 2:49 + MP3 $0.99
8. Pig Squadron 4:44 + MP3 $0.99
9. Brown Water 5:17 + MP3 $0.99
10. Return Ticket 2:56 + MP3 $0.99
11. Be Careful What You Say 2:38 + MP3 $0.99
12. What You Got 4:33 + MP3 $0.99
13. Ice Age Blues 3:45 + MP3 $0.99
14. Reinvent The Blues 5:22 + MP3 $0.99
15. The Black Hat 3:04 + MP3 $0.99
16. Trippin With Elvis 2:56 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

We're a guitar & harp-based blues / R&B band that people say sound like a mix of Charlie Musslewhite, Fabulous Thunderbirds and Little Charlie and the Nightcats.

Our songs draw on all the usual blues influences but their subjects range widely - party time, clothing styles, impulse, philosophy, new-age, floods, hope and regret along with the usual blues themes of joy, loss and relationships.

Take a listen. We hope we've earned a place in your music collection.


P.S. The cover is certainly eye-catching and deserves some explanation. Mike has no clothes on - like the emperor in the story. And he's wearing a hat favoured by Napoleon (another emperor) which is nicely balanced by a pair of Wellington boots.

He was subsequently described by one of the local radio DJs as "...the bravest man in Canberra."

Cheers

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