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CHUCK E. WEISS   

Extremely Cool

RELEASED
1999
TYPE
studio album
STYLES
blues, folk, jazz, rock
TRACKS
01, Devil With Blue Suede Shoes  (5:02)
02, Deeply Sorry  (5:16)
03, Oh Marcy  (2:55)
04, Pygmy Fund  (3:07)
05, It Rains On Me  (2:34)
06, Sonny Could Lick All Them Cats  (3:33)
07, Jimmy Would  (2:38)
08, Extremely Cool  (4:45)
09, Just Don't Care  (2:37)
10, Roll On Jordan  (2:16)
11, Do You Know What I Idi Amin  (5:36)
12, Horseface  (3:07)
13, Rocking In The Kibbitz Room  (3:36)
DURATION
46:57
MUSICIANS
CHUCK E. WEISS -vocals, drums, percussion, backing vocals
TOM WAITS -vocals, guitars
TONY GILKYSON -guitars
J.J. HOLIDAY -guitars
MIKE MURPHY -piano
JOHN HERRON -organ, accordion, backing vocals
WILL MCGREGOR -bass
RICK VITO -bass
NICK VINCENT -drums, percussion
JIM CHRISTIE -drums, percussion
SPYDER MITTELMAN -saxophone
C.C. WORALL -saxophone
LEE THORNBERG -trumpet
ELENI MANDELL -backing vocals
PRODUCED BY
TONY GILKYSON
TOM WAITS
GEORGE HOWARD
MIKE HUTCHINSON
CHUCK E. WEISS
TOM WAITS executive producer (2÷13)
KATHLEEN BRENAN executive producer (2÷13)
JOHNNY DEPP executive producer (1)
REVIEW
"Legendární hrdina" Chuck E. Weiss, spoluhráč bluesmanů Lightnin' Hopkinse, Willieho Dixona, Muddyho Waterse a kumpán Toma Waitse, vydal po osmnáctileté pauze album "Extremely Cool". Charakterizovat hudbu muže, o němž se Willie Dixon vyjádřil, že "tenhle židovskej kluk s velkou hlavou fakt umí hrát blues", není jednoduché. Kdo však nechápe blues jen formálně jako "dvanáctky", bude s Dixonovým výrokem zajisté souhlasit.