Roy Rogers Split Decision(blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

ROY ROGERS SPLIT DECISION
Recorded: 2008
Released: 2009
Label: Blind Pig
Format: [email protected] 320
Time: 45:30




Slide guitar king Roy Rogers (not to be confused with the old cowboy star of the same name) has played with everyone from John Lee Hooker to Bonnie Raitt to John Gorka, and that musical range is the key to what makes Slit Decision tick. Stylistically speaking, Rogers mixes things up more than ever before on this album, moving from stomping Chicago blues to expressive, Ry Cooder-like moments to blues-rock and even singer/songwriter territory. Rogers' raw vocal style may be an acquired taste but his fleet-fingered slide skills are the connecting thread throughout Split Decision's many musical detours.

01. Calm Before The Storm (3:28 )
02. Patron Saint of Pain (4:45)
03. Little Queen Bee (3:20)
04. River of Tears (4:02)
05. Bitter Rain (4:30)
06. Your Sweet Embrace (2:39)
07. Someone Like You (3:29)
08. Rite of Passage (4:14)
09. Requiem for a Heavyweight (4:00)
10. I Would Undo Anything (4:33)
11. Holy Ghost Moan (3:56)
12. Walkin' The Levee (2:32)

Roy Rogers - Guitar & Vocals
Steve Ehrmann - Bass
Billy Lewis - Drums
Philip Aaberg - Piano & Organ
George Brooks - Saxophone
Sam Rogers - Percussion
Ottmar Liebert - Guitar


Recorded in Sausalito, CA. 2008