Duster Bennett - Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

Title: Complete Blue Horizon Sessions Artist: Duster Bennett Release Date: 6/27/2006 Re-Released On: 2/6/2007 Label: Sony Music Distribution, Blue Horizon Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 184719000824, 5099751851721 Genre: Rock Styles: Blues-Rock, British Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Freewheeling, Urgent, Intense, Stylish, Confident, Eccentric, Gritty, Gutsy, Intimate, Lively, Messy, Playful, Quirky, Reckless, Rousing, Sophisticated, Wry, Party/Celebratory, Earthy, Laid-Back/Mellow, Organic, Passionate, Rollicking Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Hard to Resist [#]
2. It's a Man Down There [Single Version]
3. Things Are Changing [Single Version]
4. Worried Mind
5. Life Is a Dirty Deal
6. Country Jam
7. Trying to Paint It in the Sky
8. Times Like These
9. My Lucky Day
10. Got a Tongue in Your Head!
11. Jumping at Shadows
12. 40 Minutes from Town
13. Shame, Shame, Shame
14. My Love Is Your Love
15. Shady Little Baby
16. Raining in My Heart [Single Version]
17. Jumpin' for Joy [Single Version]
18. God Save the Queen/Introductions/She Lived Her Life Too Fast [Live]
19. Just Like a Fish [Live]
20. What a Dream [Live]
21. Just Like I Treat You [Live]
22. Talk to Me [Live]

1. I'm the One [Live]
2. I Wonder If You Know (How It Is) [Live]
3. My Babe/She's My Baby [Live]
4. Honest I Do [Live]
5. Bright Lights Big City [Live]
6. Fresh Country Jam [Live]
7. I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up or I'm Gonna End Up Winding You Up with You
8. Rock of Ages Cleft for Me [Single Version]
9. Slim's Tune
10. I Choose to Sing the Blues [Version]
11. Sugar Beet
12. I Love My Baby
13. Vitamin Pills
14. Everyday
15. Act Nice and Gentle
16. Woman Without Love
17. That Mean Old Look
18. Sweeter Than Sugar
19. On Reconsideration
20. Hill St. Rag
21. If You Could Hang Your Washing Like You Can Hang Your Lines
22. I Want You to Love Me

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Blue Horizon 90008 2005 CD Sony Music Distribution 5185172

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It turns out that Britain's best bluesman in the so-called white blues boom of the 1960s wasn't Eric Clapton, Peter Green, John Mayall, Eric Burden, Stevie Winwood or any of the other obvious contenders. It was Tony Bennett, or Tony "Duster" Bennett to be exact, a one-man band who combined a ragged and raw punk energy with sly songwriting skills to produce a body of work unlike any other in Europe or anywhere else. Bennett played seemingly every instrument imaginable, from kazoo to piano (sometimes all at once), and his voice, although technically not impressive, was uniquely his own and he somehow made it a completely expressive vehicle. Duster released a handful of albums and some scattered singles in his lifetime (he died in a car accident in 1976 when he was just 28 years old), most of them for Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon Records, and although his recorded work was critically well received, he never enjoyed commercial success. This two-disc package includes all three of Bennett's LPs for Blue Horizon (Smiling Like I'm Happy, the live set Bright Lights and 12dbs) plus the various singles he released for the label between 1968 and 1970, and it makes for a steady delight, full of propulsive songs that continually take sudden, quirky turns. Keeping time on a kick drum and hi-hat while churning out a ragged, arresting rhythm on guitar and interjecting wild, horn-like harmonica figures between his vocal lines, Bennett projects an immediate, combustible energy that is impossible to ignore. His shuffle rhythms may be drawn from Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo (he covers songs by both men here), but he amps things up from swampy laconic to extremely urgent and creates a very real kinetic tension in the process. But his hidden strength is in his songwriting, which is full of wry humor and surprisingly sly phrasal turns that mark him as a true original. Songs like "I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up with You" and "If You Could Hang Your Washing Like You Can Hang Your Lines" are unlike anything else in the blues world, and for all their apparent syntactic complexity, they unwind naturally and easily. "Jumping at Shadows," which was covered by the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, may well be the best original blues song to ever come out of Britain, while "Trying to Paint It in the Sky" is simply a great song by any standards. Other highlights on this wonderful collection include the racing "Worried Mind," the punk-paced and raw "Jumpin' for Joy," the country-tinged "Slim's Tune," and the blistering attack of "40 Minutes from Town." This guy was really something special. Bennett had his own home studio and turned out scores of demo recordings, many of which have been compiled on several fascinating albums from Indigo Records (I Choose to Sing the Blues, Comin' Home, Blue Inside, Jumpin' at Shadows and Shady Little Baby). He also recorded an album of funk, soul and blues for the Australian label Toadstool called Fingertips. Released in 1975, Fingertips turned out to be Bennett's last official studio album. Castle/Sanctuary's double-disc Bright Lights Big City from 2003 draws highlights from all of these sources and makes a good introduction to the full range and all too brief career of this amazing musician. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Silvester Guitar (Bass) Anthony "Top" Topham Guitar, Liner Notes, Assistant Dave Bidwell Drums Duncan Cowell Tape Transfer, Editing, Digital Mastering, Original Transfers Duster Bennett Tambourine, Guitar, Foot Stomping, Piano, Producer, Harmonium, Clapping, Arranger, Mandolin, Harmonica, Drums (Snare), Hi Hat, Vocals, Guitar (Electric), Organ, Piano (Electric), Drums, Guitar (Bass), Celeste, Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Drums (Bass) Ernestine Pearce Vocals (Background) Fiachra Trench String Bass, Cello, String Arrangements, String Director, Violin, Viola, Director Gerry Jermott Guitar (Bass), Bass Gigi Corcoran Assistant Ham Richmond Keyboards Herb Lovelle Drums John Almond Sax (Tenor), Organ John Cloury Vocals, Drums John McVie Bass, Guitar (Bass) Johnny Almond Sax (Tenor), Organ Jon Frost Photography Jonathan Frost Photography Kenny Lamb Drums Mick Fleetwood Drums Mike Fitzhenry Engineer, Editing Mike Hankinson Engineer Mike Ross Engineer Mike Vernon Claves, Editing, Digital Mastering, Reissue Producer, Producer, Liner Notes Mo ? Peter Green Bass, Guitar Peter Moody Assistant Peter Sarner Engineer Phil Savill Assistant Phil Wainman Drums Richard Vernon Release Coordinator Simon Cantwell Art Direction Stella Sutton Vocals Tony Mills Guitar (Bass), Bass Top Topham Liner Notes Viola Billups Vocals (Background)