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- Date Released: October 29, 2007
- Genre: Blues
- Label: Intuition / Finetunes
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While guitarist, saxophonist, and occasional vocalist Elliott Sharp has been projecting innovative, oddball, and completely original avant-garde craziness for three decades, Forgery is authentic to one of his greatest passions, the blues. Terraplane's lead vocalist, Eric Mingus, screams the title of "Smoke and Mirrors" like a Hendrix-possessed madman on the title track, but the tune is actually a fun, hard-driving blues-rocker, punctuated by his band's jazz-inflected horns. Take his primal screaming away, and it's a mainstream track. Mingus -- the son of jazz legend Charles Mingus -- tones down the odd registers on "Tell Me Why" just enough for the track to come across as a forceful expression of angst-ridden urban blues. There's no beating around the Bush (capital B intended) on "Katrina Blues/How the Crescent City Got Bleached," a retro-soul and blues-funk lament that blends New Orleans jazz with vocalist Tracie Morris' pointed vocal prayer. "Dance 4 Lance" is another Hendrix-happy, distorted vocal blast that's crazy but also somehow toe-tappin', while other tracks like "Long Way to Go" show Terraplane's slightly more sensitive side, albeit still in an edgy rock context. The free-form, percussion-driven, and Eastern-influenced guitar-plucked "Haditha" lets the avant-garde creep in, but for the most part, Forgery is just left-of-center aggressive American blues.
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Smoke And Mirrors |
5:24 |
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| 02. | |
Tell Me Why |
4:54 |
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| 03. | |
Katrina Blues/How The Crescent City Got Bleached |
5:20 |
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| 04. | |
Bad Lands |
5:31 |
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| 05. | |
Dance 4 Lance |
4:02 |
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| 06. | |
Juke |
5:48 |
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| 07. | |
Long Way To Go |
4:59 |
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| 08. | |
War Between The States |
5:38 |
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| 09. | |
Haditha |
5:32 |
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| 10. | |
How Much Longer Blues |
2:31 |
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| 11. | |
Boom Baby Boom |
2:42 |
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11 Total Tracks, 52:21 Total Length
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Credits
- Elliott Sharp - Producer // Elliott Sharp - Producer // Elliott Sharp - Producer // Elliott Sharp - Producer // Elliott Sharp - Producer // Tony Lewis - Drums // Curtis Fowlkes - Trombone // Curtis Fowlkes - Vocals // Curtis Fowlkes - Vocals (Background) // Bryce Goggin - Engineer // Dave Hofstra - Bass // Dave Hofstra - Tuba // Eric Mingus - Vocals // Eric Mingus - Photography // Alex Harding - Sax (Baritone) // Alex Harding - Vocals // Alex Harding - Vocals (Background) // Janene Higgins - Cover Photo // Cy Fore - Engineer // Cy Fore - Photography // Tracie Morris - Vocals
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