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Slide Don’t Fret is the eleventh studio album by the British singer, songwriter, and blues guitarist Bryn Haworth, released on Kingsway Music in 1995. The album was recorded and mixed by Neil Costello at The Soundfield in Derbyshire, England; with Bryn Haworth and Costello co-producing. Edited by Dave Aston at The Digital Audio Co. in Skipton, England.
Who’d have thought you could write your Christian testimony in song beginning with the words “Left my home in Lancashire” and put it to a rollicking cajun groove that reeks with the flavour of chicken gumbo rather than Lancashire hotpot? But this then is Bryn Haworth, veteran bluesman of this parish who with this delicious set turns in possibly his finest album yet. Catch «Judgment Blues», an eight minute plus while searing guitar soars over a languid sax cushion, as spine tinglingly moving as anything T-Bone Walker ever concocted, or the romping, tongue-in-cheek opener where the likes of Blind Willie Johnson and Fred McDowell are name checked alongside Ry Cooder and Lowell George. Concentrating on Bryn’s slide talents was an inspired concept while that rock solid band have such an infectious, laid back swing that only the most devoted technohead won’t be drawn into this timeless celebration of good tunes and old truths. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, December 1995]
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CD tracklist:
01. Slide Don’t Fret – 4:41
02. Cajun Song – 6:04
03. Home Sweet Home – 4:11
04. Judgement Blues – 8:34
05. Will You Be Ready – 3:42
06. Talk To Me – 5:00
07. Healing on Me – 3:31
08. All Because Of You – 4:51
09. I’m Grateful – 3:37
10. All Things Work Together – 3:37
11. Time for a Change – 4:35
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Kingsway Music. Available at Bandcamp: https://brynhaworth.bandcamp.com/album/slide-dont-fret
CREDITS. Co-produced by Bryn Haworth and Neil Costello. Engineered by Neil Costello.
Musicians: Bryn Haworth (Lead Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin), Howard Francis (Keyboards), John Bundrick (Hammond Organ), Geraint Watkins (Accordion), Steve Gregory (Saxophones), Raul D’Oliveira (Trumpet), Neil Costello (Guitar), Terry “Tex” Comer (Bass), Les Moir (Bass), Henry Spinetti (Drums, Percussion), Karlos Edwards (Tambourines, Percussion). Backing Vocals by Mal Pope.
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