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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 Record Label: Backbeat Drivers
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
The Emperor's New Blues 3:35 $0.99
Hundred Dollar Suit 3:13 $0.99
My Baby's a Painter 3:11 $0.99
Great Big Sky 5:37 $0.99
When It Falls 4:28 $0.99
Good Idea At The Time 3:52 $0.99
The Party's Started 2:49 $0.99
Pig Squadron 4:44 $0.99
Brown Water 5:17 $0.99
Return Ticket 2:56 $0.99
Be Careful What You Say 2:38 $0.99
What You Got 4:33 $0.99
Ice Age Blues 3:45 $0.99
Reinvent The Blues 5:22 $0.99
The Black Hat 3:04 $0.99
Trippin With Elvis 2:56 $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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