Blues Delight
Rock Island Line
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Top professionals from the Montreal International Jazz Festival blues scene joined forces yesterday with a team of unknown top gun songwriters to high jack a mystery train from Chicago to Mexico.
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THE MYSTERIOUS ROCK ISLAND LINE
It all started with a song. Slowly. Like a ghost train picking up speed on a line that does not exist anymore. A train of thoughts slowly making its way in our minds, building its own tracks as it travels in the darkness, making rails of steel guitar strings, burning up any word or blues melody it could lay its wheels on.
As we rode the night, we tried to figure out where we were going by looking at where we had been. Cityscapes, glittering with lights like ancient jewels. Landscapes, half drowned by the moon. There was no map we could use. Only a frail compass, its shaky needle magnetized by our own instinct. In the blurred motion, only one thing was clear: move on a straight line and stay in the circle, always.
Then it happened. Somebody recognized a street corner. We were leaving Chicago...
Going north or south? We had no idea. The next morning, we were restless. Things seemed even worst. We were moving faster. We were going nowhere fast. The compass was acting crazy. We would point it at the rising sun and it would show west. We had no idea. We needed a break. A lucky break.
Out of the blue, the bell rang as somebody accidentally pulled the whistle cable. Immediately, the train started to slow down.
Like in a dream, we drifted quietly, passing by one abandoned station after another: Jackson, Memphis, Atlanta, St-Louis…
Soon after, we entered the Southwest. In the desert, the night wind was howling, carrying haunting voices and cries from the past. We stood silent in the engine room, as the train traveled sacred ground…
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PERSONNEL
Vincent Beaulne: Dobro, guitars and vocals
Dave Turner: Alto sax
Laurent Trudel: Harmonica and guitars
Guy Richer: Bass
Gilles Schetagne: Drums
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Rock Islan Line
author: don joffeIt is just great music with some blues, ballads and stuff. Some songs like Slightly Hung Over you just want to listen too over and over. Lonelyville is great storytelling. Great combination of instrumental and voice. Highly recommend and I am waiting for the next Blues Delight CD.
- author: Aldo Druda. le NetBlues
Listening to the slow ballad Slightly Hung Over gives you goose bumps ! Rock Island Line is a cd with something for everybody and for all tastes .
an album of such thought-provoking material, striking lyrics by Robert Langlois
author: Maple Blues MagazineA seasoned style, palpable emotions...from the roots of the Blues !
author: Clément Sabourin. Le Journal de Mont-Royal- author: Rootstime. Netherlands.
...a very fine version of Rock Island Line with the surprising Nanette Workman who lifts this somewhat gospel version up to a higher level !
A world-class production !
author: Yves Laramée. Couleur Jazz FMA beautiful album ! True Blues !
author: Radio RCC. ItalyThis is an impressive debut for the Montreal band !
author: Mike Regenstreif. The Montreal Gazette.I give this album a high rating !
author: Randy Renaud. CHOM-FM. Montreal.CanadaThis polished album enhances the reputation of Quebec Blues!
author: Marc Champagne. Art Blues.Wow! Excellent album !
author: Dan Behrman. Radio Canada