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Personnel:
BOB HADDRELL, Vocals, Hammond C3 Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer, Bass Pedals;
ALAN GLEN, Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion;
DINO COCCIA, Drums, Percussion;
SPECIAL GUEST NICK NEWALL, Tenor Sax, Flute
Track Listing:
1. Statesboro’ Blues, 2. Parchman Farm, 3. Sweet Lovin’ Mama, 4. Crazy Life, 5. Halfway To Nowhere, 6. That’s Alright, 7 Comin’ Home Baby, 8. 7th Son, 9. Outskirts Of Town, 10. Back At The Chicken Shack/T-Bone Shuffle, 11. Checkin’ On my Baby, 12. Be Cool, 13. Undercover Lover, 14. The Snitch, 15. I Don’t Worry About A Thing
Listen to mp3 sample of 'Parchman Farm'
'Impressive performances throughout from the band and their guests'.
Jon Taylor - 'Blues in Britain'
'Very enjoyable - manages to integrate a rocking beat with musical sensitivity.Much more rewarding than most of what passes for Jazz in 2006'.
Howard Rye - Blues & Rhythm.
'One of the best European blues albums of the year'.
Franky Pfeiffer - 'Blues Magazine' (France)
'The Barcodes expertly balance low-down Blues and sophisticated Jazz'
Tom Hyslop - 'Blues Review' (USA)
'A thinking man's blues band - The Barcodes can grind out the Big Blues with the best of them,but they also have a knack of digging deep into that cool Jazz groove that Mose Allison and Grant Green started'.
Ken Smith - 'Red Lick'
'We love The Barcodes. This album continues to deliver that laid-back,after-midnight type of Jazz Blues that en-deared us so much to them from the start'.
Ian McKenzie - 'Blues in the South'
'British organ-blues trios are rare.Haddrell's Hammond tone is warm and Glen's poised guitar solos take their sweet time'.
Jack Massarik - 'Jazzwise'
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Personnel:
BOB HADDRELL, Vocals, Hammond C3 Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer, Bass Pedals;
ALAN GLEN, Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion;
DINO COCCIA, Drums, Percussion.
Track Listing:
1. Paint My Mailbox Blue; 2. I Don't Worry About A Thing; 3. Back At The 4 Aces; 4. Petunia; 5. Everything Or Nothing; 6. Halfway To Nowhere; 7. Blues For Judy; 8. Can't Hold Out Much Longer; 9. Time Talk'n'Trouble; 10. The Snitch; 11. Undercover Lover; 12. Watch Out; 13. No Light In My Life
With Friends like these!
NICK NEWALL, Sax/Flute; ALAN BARNES, Sax; JIM MULLEN, Guitar; ZOOT MONEY, Vocals/Hammond; PAUL COX, Vocals; VAL COWELL, Vocals; PAPA GEORGE, Vocals/Slide Guitar; GYPIE MAYO, Guitar; ROGER COTTON, Hammond.
"With Friends Like These... and what friends indeed; all from the same Blues stable. The friends list reads like a Who's Who on the Note-Music label. Nick Newall, Alan Barnes, Jim Mullen, Zoot Money, Paul Cox, Val Cowell, Papa George, Gypie Mayo, Roger Cotton. All these brilliant musos with The Barcodes on this CD! This first class presentation of the Blues/jazz is simply awesome.
All numbers have a jazz flavour in them...each track is an illustration of superb musicianship with everyone having the space to improvise and express themselves admirably. I particularly like the cover of Peter Green's Watch Out'; a more jazzier swing version of the original. Each and every track stands out in its own right. The production of this highly emotive album is out of the top drawer."
Paul Button - 'Blues Matters'
"Very enjoyable - this is essentially a Jazz record with Bluesy vocals and at its best manages beguillingly to integrate a rocking beat with musical sensitivity of the kind saxophonists Alan Barnes and Nick Newall bring to 'I Dont Worry' and 'Time,Talk 'n Trouble.I defy anyone not to start jigging about to 'Halfway to Nowhere' where Zoot Money stomps along,and Bob Haddrell stands out on the group's self-composed instrumental 'The Snitch'.Much more rewarding than most of what passes for Jazz in 2006."
Howard Rye - 'Blues & Rhythm'
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