Album Notes

"Blues in ... Asia" contains 19 tracks from all over the region - from Japan to Indonesia, from Singapore to China, from Vietnam to India, and most countries and territories in between! Of course, you'll hear traditional American blues in English, like "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Walking the Dog", but also be ready for some cool Asian interpretations of the Blues, sung in Indonesian ("Ilusi"), Mandarin ("Spring Weather" and "Tianmi Beijing"), and even Japanese ("Yakitori Boogie"). Also, you're sure to be captivated by the sounds of some unique Asian instruments interpreting the blues! Enjoy!!

*** CHARITY ASPECT ***
10% of all net CD and digital download sales in the first two years from launch (21-Oct-2005) will be donated to THE VIETNAM AGENT ORANGE VICTIM'S FUND.

http://www.vnrc.org.vn
or
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FULL BAND INFO:

Suzie Wong
Cannonball (Thailand)
http://www.cannonballbluesband.com/
nolankeith@yahoo.com

Listen My Son
The Unseen Guest (India)
From the CD "Out There".
www.unseenguest.com
www.cdbaby.com/cd/unseen

Sweet Home Chicago
The Curtis King Band (Vietnam/Singapore)
(Featuring Matthew "Cadillac" Cooper on guitar)
info@curtiskinglive.com

Walking The Dog
Julian Mokhtar (Malaysia)
julianmokhtar@hotmail.com

Guinness World Book on the Blues
O'Donel Levy (Asia Pacific)
od_is_dman09@yahoo.com

Get on the Blues Train (Gospel Version)
Universal Blues Band (Singapore/Australia)
www.ublues.com
danny@ublues.com

Need Your Love So Bad
Matthew "Cadillac" Cooper (Shanghai, China)
(Featuring Curtis King on guitar)
mwcooper88@hotmail.com

Hotstuff
The Big Easy Band (Beijing, China)
mike@humblemusic.com

Ilusi
Rita Lestariani (Indonesia)
www.ritalestariani.com
contact@ritalestariani.com

Scratch My Back
Al & The Coholics (Singapore/Australia/Malaysia)
alexterry@hotmail.com

If You Be My Baby
John Hanson (Malaysia)
wilfridjohn@bigpond.com

Hard To Handle
Suzuki Band (Japan/Singapore)
halhead@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/halhead/suzukiband/

Spring Weather (Mandarin version)
Celluloid (Taiwan)
info@kingsworldentertainment.com

The Stumble
The New Vintage Blues Band (Singapore)
dldalton@starhub.net.sg

Yakitori Boogie
Santa Band with Special Guest Dragon(Japan)
http://www.geocities.jp/yuguresanta/
marchan333@happy.email.ne.jp
Yugure Santa, Vocals, Harp
yuguresanta@yahoo.co.jp
Stormy Masayuki(guitar)
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~kg4m-tkmt/index.html
marchan333@happy.email.ne.jp
Syunsaku(drums)
http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/¡±kogabat/MyPage/menu0.h
Eichan, Bass

Mojo Workin'
LRD (Korea)
lance@lrdmusic.com

Whammer Jammer
Mojo Freddie (Hong Kong, PRC)
fredbirnbaum@mac.com

Tianmi Beijing (Sweet Home Beijing, Mandarin version)
Matthew "Cadillac" Cooper with The Curtis King Band (Singapore/ Shanghai, China)
mwcooper88@hotmail.com
info@curtiskinglive.com

Been Down So Long (Part 1)
John Chee (Singapore)
www.crazyelephant.com