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Daddy Long Legs – ‘Lowdown Ways’ (Yep Roc Records)

Daddy Long Legs – ‘Lowdown Ways’ (Yep Roc Records)

Posted by | Apr 10, 2019 | , |

While the current fad for “retro” sees virtually every new band being hailed as the saviours of rock ‘n’ roll delving into regurgitating and reviving the sounds of the late ‘60s/early ‘70s, Chicago’s Daddy Long Legs have delved even deeper into the archival well to bring the sounds of both the delta and their home city back to life with this, their third studio album, and first for new label Yep Roc.

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Jaret and Kelly – ‘Sittin’ In A Tree’ (Self-Released)

Jaret and Kelly – ‘Sittin’ In A Tree’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Apr 10, 2019 | , |

There was almost an inevitability about this album… after all, Bowling For Soup frontman Jaret Reddick and The Dollyrots singer Kelly Ogden have been an “item”, in purely musical terms, for more than a decade now, with the latter band having been BFS’s go-to support band of choice for more gigs and tours than either probably care to count.  And, of course, it is not the first time that the two band leaders have collaborated: live, they usually play a song together, they released an album called ‘One Big Happy’, and a subsequent 7” on which they covered each other’s songs, and most recently recorded a duet called ‘Love Ya Love Ya Love Ya’. And it was after performing the latter at London’s infamous Roundhouse during BFS’s 2016 UK tour that the pair decided to lay down an album of original duets… now, three years later, we have the result.

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