Artist: Darren Watson
Album: Getting Sober for the End of the World
Label: Lamington Records
Year Of Release: 2020/2022
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
01. Getting Sober for the End of the World
02. Self Made
03. Love That I Had
04. Another Day
05. Ernie Abbott
06. Alison Jane
07. One Evil Man
08. Broken
09. Preachin’ blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
Personnel:
Darren Watson – guitar, vocals, percussion, bass guitar, organ.
Delia Shanly – drums, percussion
Steve Moodie – double bass
Terry Casey – harmonica
Dayle Jellyman – piano
Craig Denham – accordion
Rick Holmstrom – electric guitar on Alison Jane
The Cold City Horns
Jacob Wynne – trumpet
Nolan Plunkett – trombone
If Ry Cooder had a long-lost New Zealand cousin, it would be Darren Watson. In “Getting Sober For the End of the World”, you can smell the crawfish étouffée bubbling on the stove while a New Orleans first line shuffles and slinks past the window, the lyrics carrying you along with the unifying connection of music and humanity.
Darren Watson offers a personal peroration for troubled times, with wry humour, gospel harmonies, street-parade horns and a guitar that walks the blues with a gentle swagger.
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