Bruce McCabe
Bruce McCabe
© 2001 Bruce McCabe (789577102828)
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Rockin' blues, music that makes you want to jump up and dance. Touches your soul, and will rock you to your core.
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- 1 The Stakes Have Gone Up
- 2 I'll Be Your Soldier
- 3 Dream Come True
- 4 I Might As Well Give Up Now
- 5 Irish Angel
- 6 These Dark Roads
- 7 Good At Feelin' Bad
- 8 Nobody Comes Close
- 9 Two Very Different Things
- 10 Burning Bridges
- 11 Somebody Mentioned Your Name
- 12 Rich Poor Man
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For the last six years and counting he's been the keyboard player and frequent hit songwriter for Jonny Lang. He has written for Shannon Curfman, and has appeared on records with Luther Allison, Bernard Allison, Big Head Todd, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd* to name a few. A mainstay of the Twin Cities music scene for years as band member of Lamont Cranston and band leader for The Hoopsnakes, he's also scored multiple awards for Best Keyboard Player at the annual Minnesota Music Awards.
Now, at long last, Bruce McCabe's self titled CD shows why so many other blues greats have sought out his good company. Bruce McCabe (Ryan Cory Records) is a veritable ENCYCLOPEDIA UNIVERSAL of all things great in the world of blues and the wide spaces beyond. Utilizing fellow Jonny Lang band members. McCabe has found a happy home for marrying his own voice to his song writing-and the result is wonderful. Uplifting, desperate, fragile, yet steadfast, McCabe possesses the kind of seasoned, too-cool-for-school vocal understatement that comes only after years of real life trials and triumphs.
Those who will find themselves delighting in the 12 tracks on this CD can consider themselves even more fortunate, because it almost never happened. Perhaps some things really are just meant to be. "We never really intended to make a record," says McCabe. "It all began as a song writing demo. But then I realized how remarkably everybody was playing together. No matter how prepared you are, a certain amount of getting a good recording is a bit magical. All the live shows and traveling we did together led to spirit in the music you just won't get playing with strangers."
The CD was propelled further forward by the untimely death of Bruce's friend, bassist Doug Nelson, who is featured on all 12 tracks of the record. "This is a way to showcase just how great a bass player Doug really was. He passed away before the songs were finished and we miss him so much. I know he was proud of his work on these, and that is reason enough for me to get it out. It also got me thinking about my own time on this earth, and I figured, "Well, if you have it in you to put out a solo record, you'd better do it."
"I guess what really clinched it for me was that these songs are absolutely the best sounding stuff, sonically, that I've ever gotten on tape."
* Writing credits for Jonny Lang include "Lie to Me," "Still Rainin'," "Rack 'Em Up," "Wander this World," "Darker Side" and "Second Guessing". He also wrote "True Friends" on Shannon Curfman's debut CD. Besides playing on Jonny Lang's records, he's recorded with Luther Allison, Bernard Allison, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Big Head Todd, Shannon Curfman, G.B. Leighton, Joe T. Cook, R.J. Mischo and many others, including albums by The Hoopsnakes and Lamont Cranston.
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Wonderful
author: Phyllis GilbertI have been a fan for a long time. Bruce has such a great touch on the piano keys, and writes so beautifully. Thank you, Bruce!
i love "irish angel!"
author: talin cohinThis CD was so beautiful, I loved it! I especially loved "Irish angel" by Jonny Lang.
It knocked my dick into my watch pocket !!!
author: KeifeYou can't go wrong with this disk ! It covers it all, great songwriting, great musicians etc.... if you dig this buy The HoopSnakes "Live Snakes" for some more outstanding music by Bruce.
Great stuff!! I heard it on a college radio station & had to have it!
author: Chef GregGreat stuff Bruce. Wish I had heard it sooner. Scottie
author: Scott MillerBruce's material has incredibly strong melodies and great arrangments. The variety between songs, styles and performance is very pleasing to the ears. Bruce's reputation is backed by every cranking step in these exciting tunes. -Scott Miller