Al Basile – Blues In Hand
Al Basile – Blues In Hand
Format: CD – Digital
Label: Sweetspot Records
Release: 2025
Release date: October 9, 2025
‘Blues In Hand’ is Al’s 21st release on Sweetspot since 1998. After 2023’s career retrospective ‘B’s Time,’ Al is back with all new songs and a new production team. Using his Duke Robillard and Roomful of Blues veteran players and recorded by Jack Gauthier in the familiar surroundings of Westlake Recording studio in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, Al had combined Jack’s great tracking with the most up-to-date technology by mixer and mastering engineer Glenn Halverson at his Sonic Hill Studio outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The results are a new sound for Al’s classic blues-roots songs.
Website: https://albasile.com/home
Tracks:
01. All Your Lies (4:18)
02. Blues Is My Roommate (6:21)
03. Blues After Blues (4:07)
04. How Is It? (5:02)
05. Good Friends (3:43)
06. Leave It All Behind You (5:22)
07. Ain’t What You Say (4:24)
08. Older By The Minute (4:09)
09. Thank You, Fool (1:56)
10. Good Rhythm (2:56)
11. My Dearest Dream (5:30)
12. You Ain’t That Fine (4:40)
13. When You Lose Your Money (4:54)
Al Basile – Vocals, Cornet
Mark Teixeira – drums
Brad Hallen – Electric Bass
Bruce Bears – Keyboards
Jeff “Doc” Chanonhouse – Trumpet
Doug James – Tenor
Kid Andersen – Guitar except for “Ain’t What You Say”
Jhett Black – Guitar on “Ain’t What You Say”