Riding with the Juke Joint Kings is the band's second album, following on from their highly praised debut 'Live at the Stonemasons'.
The influence of the pioneering electric Chicago blues of the 40s and 50s is clear from the opening track, Riding With The Juke Joint Kings (telling the story of how the band was formed) through to the closing track 'End of the Line' (a fictionalised account of the singer's struggle with vices in his formative years and ongoing battle with temptation).
Soul and rock influences can also be heard, but not such that the band moves away from electric harp and guitar driven blues and remains true to its influences from the golden period of Chess, Veejay and other great blues labels.
CD comes in card wallet featuring photography by Paul Laybourne of a storm brewing over the train station of the band's home town.
Track list and credits over image of band on rear
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lyrics
Riding with the Juke Joint Kings
There was a lonely stone mason chipping on a block of stone,
Put out an ad ‘Grumpy drummer seeks blues band, please telephone’
Now he’s beatin’ on the skins, and he’s smilin’ everywhere he goes.
‘Cos when your riding with the Juke Joint Kings,
You can forget about everything,
Forget your worries for another day,
‘cos tonight we’re all here to play,
Clap you hands or shout and sing,
Because you’re riding with the Juke Joint Kings
There was a hot train driver, driving folks from town to town,
Picked up a cool harp player, soon they were Chicago Bound,
Now they’re riding all the tracks, wearing smiles instead of frowns.
‘Cos when your riding with the Juke Joint Kings,
You can forget about everything,
Forget your worries for another day,
‘cos tonight we’re all here to play,
Clap you hands or shout and sing,
Because you’re riding with the Juke Joint Kings
There was a man and wife watching life just pass them by,
Said ‘if we don’t get out, we’re gonna ride this rut until we die’,
So they joined a blues band, now they’re always on a high.
‘Cos when your riding with the Juke Joint Kings,
You can forget about everything,
Forget your worries for another day,
‘cos tonight we’re all here to play,
Clap you hands or shout and sing,
Because you’re riding with the Juke Joint Kings
STOP THAT TRAIN!
credits
from Riding with the Juke Joint Kings,
released September 23, 2018
Written by Chris Saunders
Arranged by Brian Williams, Graham Hyde, Sara Saunders, Stephen Lawley
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