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TRANCE BLUES JAMBOREEE

by Roman Barten-Sherman

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THE CUCKOO 06:39
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PEACHES 05:38
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BULLIN' WELL 05:55

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This album was recorded the day after I returned home to AZ after a delirious bout of months out east. Fueled by jet lag delirium and the tangible pulsations of the Sonoran desert, I recorded this album with Tom and Dimitri, in about two hours!

1. ALL NIGHT LONG draws from time spent with Jimmy Duck Holmes last Summer and that ol’ Tennessee dance number of the same name

2. LOOKING FOR THE LAMB is an original reformulation contemplating hesitation, consternation, and transmogrification.

3- THE CUCKOO is a tranced out reformulation of that eternal clawhammer chestnut

4- YOUR DICE WON’T PASS draws heavily from Sally Dotson’s exquisite version with a healthy helping of Mississippi Fred McDowell
Sally Dotson

5- JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO was informed mostly by Mahalia Jackson with a devious pinch of VeggieTales

6- PEACHES stays pretty close to R.L. Burnside’s exquisite formulation.

7- I’M GOING AWAY briefly wanders through a Bolivian folk tune landing softly in the Elizabeth Cotten universe

8- ONE BLACK RAT despite having many a Memphis Minnie inspired lyric, guitarwise is much more in the realm of Junior Kimbrough
Memphis Minnie

9 - BULLIN’ WELL is a personal melange and homage to North Mississippi Blues Matriarch Rosa Lee Hill


RECORDED LIVE IN EXPLODED VIEW 12/21/2022
MIXED AND MASTERED BY MAESTRO TOM WALBANK

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released December 28, 2022

Roman Barten-Sherman guitar/vox
Tom Walbank harmonica
Dimitri Manos drums

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Roman Barten-Sherman

Roman received a handmade banjo from Ben Todd of Lonesome Shack at the age of 2. She has immersed herself in fingerstyle, country blues and ragtime guitar, including the music of Fred McDowell, Blind Blake and John Fahey. Besides writing her own songs, Roman draws from a deep repertoire that runs from the haunted blues of the Delta to raggy dance tunes. ... more

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