Jamie Oldaker- JAMIE OLDAKER’S MAD DOGS & OKIES

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Jamie Oldaker- JAMIE OLDAKER’S MAD DOGS & OKIES- CD- 30.08.2005-
- JamOkie Productions LLC d/b/a Mint Blue Island Records/Concord Music Group, Inc.- No Barcode- 150 grn
Many a disc comes out that is hyped to the forelock and actually manages to not only live up to the hype, but to surpass the expectations the hype aroused, and JAMIE OLDAKER’S MAD DOGS & OKIES, does exactly that. There is not a weak cut on this disc. Oldaker got some of his better known old friends, a few people you may not have heard of, and some that have that familiar name that you can't quite place, and put together this disc which is loosely held together because in some way (by writer or musicians) all the cuts are tied to Oklahoma. You have names like Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Peter Frampton, Willie Nelson, and so on to give you an idea of the variety of musicians and styles that are on display here. Some of the names may cause you to say what the heck are they doing on this disc, but man do they all deliver. Peter Frampton does a heart felt rendition of Sending Me Angels, Tony Joe White has it all dripping in a soft rain on J.J. Cale's Magnolia, and Bonnie Bramlett has the dance floor rockin' with Make Your Move. These aren't necessarily the highlights because there is too much outstanding music here to pick one or two as this disc is a combination of magnificent songwriting combined with top notch musicians that are mixed up just right to draw the best out of each performance, which makes for an exceptionally well done disc of amazing pieces that becomes a tremendous celebration of the music of Oklahoma. Veteran session drummer Jamie Oldaker was born and raised in Tulsa, OK, and has a pronounced soft spot for the country, blues, and roots rock sounds of his home state. With that in mind, Oldaker assembled the album MAD DOGS & OKIES as a tribute to Oklahoma's musical heritage (with an accompanying movie in the works), and thankfully he had the good sense to bring in some of his good friends and jamming buddies from over 30 years in the music business to help take the leads rather than doing it himself. MAD DOGS & OKIES would be a cause for celebration if only for the fact it features an actual new song written and performed by the brilliant but reclusive Texas singer and songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey, and "Sympathy For A Train" is a slice of late-night blues that sounds like it could have been an outtake from Ramsey's superb 1972 album. But that's not all this album has going for it - Taj Mahal shines on his two cuts (including a rollicking version of "Stagger Lee"), Vince Gill and Eric Clapton are in laid-back but emphatic form on numbers that outclass their most recent albums, J.J. Cale and Tony Joe White serve their legends well, and Ray Benson and Bonnie Bramlett sound like they're having a whole lot of fun on their selections. MAD DOGS & OKIES sounds like an album that was made for the enjoyment of the musicians involved more than anything else (and Oldaker is essentially just a sideman on his own record), but the fun is infectious, and the cast lets loose with some fine sounds along the way - it's a good guess that these sessions were a pretty great party, and Oldaker's musical snapshots of the proceedings are the next best thing to being there.
Comes In A Regular Jewel Case With Transparent Tray Includes 12-Page Booklet.
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