Volker Strifler Band -2006- The Dance Goes On.nfo
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Volker Strifler Band - The Dance Goes On
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Artist...............: Volker Strifler Band
Album................: The Dance Goes On
Genre................: Blues
Source...............: Flac
Year.................: 2006
Codec................: LAME 3.10
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: , ID3 v2.3
Information..........: Thanks to the flac ripper
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Tracklisting
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1. Volker Strifler Band - The Dance Goes On [04:06]
2. Volker Strifler Band - Somebody Help Me [05:07]
3. Volker Strifler Band - Soul Salvation [04:10]
4. Volker Strifler Band - On A Day Like Today [05:54]
5. Volker Strifler Band - Angel [05:17]
6. Volker Strifler Band - Evil [02:27]
7. Volker Strifler Band - Spoonful [05:36]
8. Volker Strifler Band - Wake Up [02:32]
9. Volker Strifler Band - Listen To The Rain [05:34]
10. Volker Strifler Band - Constantine [03:35]
11. Volker Strifler Band - Sometimes I Wonder [05:06]
12. Volker Strifler Band - Downtown Living [04:53]
13. Volker Strifler Band - Shuffelupagus [03:56]
Playing Time.........: 58:18
Total Size...........: 133.47 MB
NFO generated on.....: 1/25/2019 1:16:47 PM
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The Ford Blues Band guitarist steps center-stage for his second solo album
and the impressive results show he should consider leading his own band full-
time. Since The Dance Goes On was recorded in Germany and California with
musicians from both locales, Volker Strifler connects his disparate influences
into a seamless whole. His hollow body solos are as impressive as you'd
expect, but it's his voice that is the real revelation here. He sings in a
confident but not brash style that perfectly suits the horn-infused blues,
R&B, surf and soul that dominate this release. Although the project is blues
based, it is not like the straight-ahead Chicago blues favored by his other
band. There are only two covers and they are both from the Willie Dixon-
by-way-of-Howlin' Wolf songbook; an acoustic "Evil" -- the album's only
entirely unplugged tune -- and a lowdown version of "Spoonful." They are
placed next to each other in the mid-section of the disc as sort of a detour to
the more soul influenced bulk of this material. Tunes such as the horn driven
"Somebody Help Me" and "Downtown Living" are Memphis-styled R&B with
chunky backbeats and Strifler's husky vocals bringing the emotion. "On a Day
Like Today" and "Angel" are the album's primary singer/songwriter tunes.
They effortlessly shift from acoustic to electric then back again, showing
Strifler's talents also extend to arrangements and writing quality melodies.
Although most tracks feature solos, the songs are not built around them and
could stand on their own without Strifler's tasteful leads. Two instrumentals,
"Constantine" and "Shuffelupagus" let the guitarist stretch his chops. The
former finds him in reverbed spaghetti western territory while the latter is an
album-closing jazzy shuffle with a slight Wes Montgomery feel. It wraps up a
tremendously satisfying, eclectic and often surprising collection which shows
that the quadruple-threat artist (guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and producer)
might eclipse the Ford Blues Band in popularity if he chooses to make this side
project a permanent gig.
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