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SYA004 WALTER DANIELS & WADE DRIVER 'S/T' 7" e.p. 300 hand-numbered copies JUKE JOINT EDITION: 30 hand numbered copies November 2003 SOLD OUT
track list: Dontcha let nobody turn you 'round / When an old codger I am / Spoonful (live) |
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REVIEWS
English Walter Daniels & Wade Driver have plenty of adoration for red-lining, slowing down their trio of raw cappella blooze tunes to 33 rpm, their "7 & 7 Is" submission number 43 of 300 on Shake Your Ass Records. Blind Willie McTell's "Don'tcha Let Nobody Turn You Around," the Stranglers' "What an Old Codger I Am," and a hootin', honkin' live take of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful," a Daniels' standby, are harp-drum duets as no nonsense as the Converse sneakers and sleeveless black T they were created in. (Raoul Hernandez MusicPhase 6 – Austin Chronicle – Feb.2004) * * * * * * * Drum and harmonica duo Walter and Wade tackle Blind Willie McTell, The Stranglers and Willie Dixon. Straight ahead drumming and mic through the amp vocal and harp sound that may appeal to fans of primitivo punk-blues but I'd still rather hear it with a rhythm section. (Mohair Sweets – January 2004) * * * * * * * Brilliant. A two-man band consisting of harmonica and drums. That’s right folks, no pussyfooting around with guitar or even bass. I know Walter Daniels from his work with Jack O’Fire and the Oblivians. Wade Driver is from some of favourite bands, the Hickoids, Corduroy and 50 Million. Together they blast out one Stranglers and two blues covers. It’s wild. I am amazed they pull it off. (Carolyn Keddy, Maximum Rocknroll, April 2004) * * * * * * * I was told by a pretty good harmonica-blaster that Daniels is, without question, the very best mouth metal racketeer around right now. I'll just say I believe him, cuz I know so little & I doubt there's a ton of competition. He sounds good here - just Walter on vocals/monica and Wade on drums tackling a couple blues covers & a Stranglers tune. Nice, different, primal, but could use a bit of filling out to my ears. But whadduIknow? Wwwrrrreeeeeeeee!!!! (Todd Trickknee – Terminal Boredom mar/apr 2004) * * * * * * * A MUSICAL HISTORY LESSON AT EMO'S Walter Daniels and Wade Driver are here to school you. Their teaching tools are minimal: harmonica (excuse me, that's "harp"), occasional clarinet and drums. They reduce rock 'n' roll, blues and jazz down to their essences the way you would boil a soup bone. All that's left is a driving rhythm and shards of chugging melody. Friday night, from these spare parts, the W.D.s offered a raucous history lesson, taking a nearly empty Emo's from the blues to punk and back again with a series of wonderfully dank covers. By the way, that "nearly empty" part isn't as much of a judgment as it sounds. Somebody had to open the show (the blues-punk band Immortal Lee County Killers headlined) and when you're hitting the stage at 9:45 p.m., there simply aren't going to be that many people in the crowd. Daniels and Driver know this. They're old hands at this, both vets of the '90s alt-rock explosion, Daniels with the similarly edutainment-oriented Jack O'Fire with Austin soul-punk godfather Tim Kerr, Driver with bands in San Francisco and Texas.
While
Driver laid down a skilled, primal thump, Daniels' song choices drew a map
from post-war blues (Blind Willie McTell, Sonny Boy Williamson) to '60s
avant-garde rock (Captain Beefheart, whose famously scraggly voice Daniels
couldn't quite help imitating) to '70s punk (the Stranglers) and '80s
proto-grunge (Seattle's the U-Men). This was brave stuff; when you're
playing in a duo, there simply isn't much music between the audience and
performers. But all Daniels needed was a harmonica to make his case, amp
distortion smearing the notes into something appropriately gnarly. Dutch De eregalerij van de oude glorie! Mister Walter Daniels, de eeuwige gast op de betere feestjes (van oa ’68 Comeback, Oblivians en the Hard Feelings), nam mondharmonica en drummer Wade Driver mee naar studio en kroeg en in deze bezetting namen de heren drie nummers op die klinken zoals een glas Wild Turkey smaakt : duivels en branderig, maar met een aangenaam zweempje schimmel. Essentiële garage-blues, en erg lijkend op die typisch blanke stomp die Beefheart maakte in zijn Mirror Man-tijd. Wel erg lofi, maar geweldig gespeeld en gezongen. Op het Italiaanse Shake Your Ass Records. Ober! Dorst! (Nanne Tepper – OOR, 24/29 nov.2003) Italian Il singolo di Walter Daniels & Wade Driver fotografa nitidamente il presente del blues obliquo a stelle e strisce. Il blues che nasce dalla gioia e dal dolore, indistintamente, non lontano dall’attitudine di Howlin’ Wolf e Sonny Boy Williamson ma ancora modernissimo. Provate ad alzare il volume al massimo su Dont’cha let nobody turn you round, poi socchiudete gli occhi. Se non sentite niente, bruciate il giornale che avete tra le mani e andate a comperarvi Tutto! (Manuel “Manwell” Graziani – Rumore #66 Aprile 2004) Spanish Este single es otro “delicatessen” del sello italiano Shake Your Ass, 300 copias en vinilo negro y 30 copias en vinilo de color y con diferente portada, lo que el sello denomina Juke Joint Edition. Walter Daniels conocido por tocar en bandas como South Filthy, Jack-O-Fire o Big Foot Chester… pone la voz y la armónica, junto a él el batería Wade Driver (Hickoids) que da el ritmo necesario a los temas para que muevas el culo a ritmo de blues. Tres cortes de auténtico lo-fi-blues, tres versiones, la archiconocida ”Spoonful” de Willie Dixon, grabada en directo en el Beerland (Austin, Texas), donde Walter Daniels es el mismísimo Hendrix de la armónica, por el otro lado las versiones son de Blind Willie McTell ”Don'tcha Let Nobody Turn You Round” y The Stranglers ”When And Old Codger I Am”. Si el hombre lobo aullase blues se pondría este single una y otra vez. (Markenstein - iPunkRock webzine – Jan 2005) |
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