The Duke of Earl

Track Listings

1. Walk on With the Duke

2. London Town

3. Daddy's Home

4. Big Lie

5. You Left Me

6. I'll Follow You

7. Tear for Tear

8. Miracle After Miracle

9. Kissin' in the Kitchen

10. Duke of Earl

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Import exclusive release. 2004.

The Duke of Earl,Gene Chandler,Pazzazz,Brown-Eyed Soul,Chicago Soul,Northern Soul,Oldies,Pop,Pop-Soul,R&B,Soul,United States of America,Uptown Soul

The Duke of Earl

Tracks:

West Side Shuffle
Two Bones & A Pick
My Tears
Lookin For Trouble
What Have I Done Wrong
Zeb's Thing
I Need You So Bad
A Soul That's Been Abused

Product Description

1. West Side Shuffle (7:43)
2. Two Bones & A Pick (8:06)
3. My Tears (15:53)
4. Lookin For Trouble (4:25)
5. What Have I Done Wrong (6:42)
6. Zeb's Thing (7:27)
7. I Need You So Bad (8:14)
8. A Soul That's Been Abused (13:05)

Format: CD

Amazon.com

Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl are among blues guitar's hottest pistols, but their first studio union is no showdown. Although Robillard is steeped in all aspects of technique and Earl is a pure "soul" player, their styles overlap in the Texas and Chicago schools, which grant both giants plenty of space for elegant and biting single-note solos, daredevil string-bending, and chugging rhythms. Robillard sings two numbers and "Mighty" Sam McClain, whose red-clay voice is the perfect foil for their emotional fretwork, guests on Earl's heartbroken epic "A Soul That's Been Abused." The real mojo, however, is in the instrumentals, where these virtuosos who emerged from the New England scene to achieve worldwide acclaim maintain a beatific dialogue. They both swing like T-Bone Walker on "Two Bones and a Pick" and trade sliding chords and slide guitar licks on "Zeb's Thing," which dips into down-home Mississippi grit. The highlight is "My Tears," on which Robillard sings sad and dirty, Earl turns sustained notes into Zen koans, and both players stretch their flair for dynamics and brilliant, unhurried, lyrical playing to its limit. Fans of blues guitar need to hear this album. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

T-Bone's Spiritual Sons.......2006-06-16

If you've ever liked the T-Bone Walker style, or drooled over the pure T-Bone licks that both Ronnie and Duke have graced us with over the years, "Two Bones and a Pick" is eight minutes of pure jump-blues-guitar-heaven. I can, and do listen to this for hours on end. If any two white guys have got that jump-blues-guitar-thang down, it's these two. T-Bone is grinning like a Cheshire cat.

A guitar duel with production and quality music to back it up.......2006-04-27

Unlike some artists who get together and try not to outplay each other, i.e. not show each other up, these two planned the session well ahead that allows each to show their virtousity against each other without the latter.

The production, songs chosen and performance from other backing musicians are brilliant.

If you like guitar duels in the jump blues fashion, this is a recording to buy.

Royal Rhapsody.......2006-03-09

This disc combines the considerable talents of two premier guitar players within the Blues genre. The Duke (Robillard) and the (Ronnie) Earl demonstrate why they are deserving members of Blues guitar royalty. It has been well documented that this effort is not a showdown between rivals or a stage to demonstrate one-up-manship but rather two friends kicking back to jam back and forth and effectively intertwine their extensive expertise. I can only offer that this fine effort is seamless, seeming to be an overall masterpiece versus a collection of individual songs. The instrumental flow and sequencing of the songs is superb. The songs don't seem as lengthy as they are, avoiding the tediousness that sometimes befalls such efforts. Quite to the contrary, the hour plus of excellent music contained within seems to fly by leaving the listener wanting more. The two players pass the baton back and forth in an effortless manner, almost overly conscious as to not dominate the other's time. Ronnie and Duke demonstrate they are passionate craftsmen and worthy members of the upper class. Mighty Sam McClain's plaintive plea on "A Soul That's Been Abused" will only leave you wanting more. Ronnie Earl's slide guitar work on "Zeb's Thing" is also worth special mention. This is a can't miss addition to anyone's collection.

The Duke Meets The Earl.......2006-02-20

I bought this album on pure speculation it was an Amazon recommondation and was uncharted waters for me. Owning around 200 blues albums with close to 100 of them being lps. I had never listened to either of these guys. Read the reviews and seemed like it would be a good venture. Received my cd figuring it would be like most blues albums and would take several listens before it would start throwing its arms around me. Wrong! This is one of the few albums I own that nails you right out of the box! It has been in my car stereo for around a month now and shows no indication of getting old.The first three tracks are non stop adrenalin guitar work with number three at just over 15 minutes just being a total piece of work. Smooth like a well aged whiskey. The final track with guest singer is one of the more haunting blues pieces I've ever heard. It's one of the few pieces I know that actually brings you to the edge of reverse blues and makes you feel bad this track is also in the 15 minute time slot too. All and all you can just let this cd run and it becomes nice back gound music to what ever it is you are doing. All in the way classical music does. I'd be surpised if any one really listening to this could give a bad rap! This is a real guitar players record.

Good stuff.......2006-01-25

First off; I really appreciate artists or labels that give you at least 60 minutes of play time and don't cut out lengthy guitar solos. This CD certainly delivers in this regard as Ronnie Earl and the Duke trade guitar jams in creative duets for a solid 70 plus minutes. This is a close 5 star recommendation but it isn't a classic and it isn't groundbreaking; although I would think some reviewers would seriously disagree with that point. It's just damn good music by two pros whose different styles compliment one another. Highly recommended.

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Mixed bag
Stunning Classic Blues

Max Attack
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Customer Reviews:

Mixed bag.......2007-01-05

David Maxwell has been a sideman for many years with major groups and this is one of only two albums he cut on his own. It has a lot of duets with great names like Pinetop Perkins and others. If you like blues singing you will like this. I get tired of the words to almost any song pretty fast so I prefer his "Maximum Blues Piano" for the pure instrumental David Maxwell. His blues piano playing is very consciously like the great Otis Spann's and he does a very good job of evoking Spann's style. Chicago Blues.

Stunning Classic Blues .......2005-04-11

D Max plays some of the best blues piano you will hear in this world and maybe the next. If you like REAL blues, see him live.

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You fools!
Missing Theme Song - but otherwise not bad
Fine score, but a consumer warning for the CD
Thomas Newman is a Genius!
Almost perfect for the film, loses points as a cd

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Amazon.com

For his third collaboration with director Sam Mendes (after American Beauty and The Shawshank Redemption), composer Thomas Newman has come up with one of his finest scores. The music mixes modern atmospheric quasi-rock touches with Middle Eastern influences (with particularly great success on the tracks "Welcome to the Suck" and "Zoomies."). The latter manifest themselves in both the beats and the instrumentation--the credits include soloists on exotic instruments such as the bowed cumbus (a type of banjo-like lute) and the processed xaphoons (a sax made of bamboo). All the more jarring, then, when the CD's handful of songs pop up. (It's quite a jolt to hear Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy" after four eerie instrumental tracks.) The other song picks are obvious but well chosen: T-Rex's "Bang a Gong (Get It On)," "Naughty by Nature's "O.P.P.," Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," and Tom Waits's "Soldier's Things." Still, it's Newman's work that propels this CD, not the pick-up songs. Surprisingly, Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries," which figures in one of the movie's most memorable scenes (when soldiers watch Apocalypse Now), isn't included here. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

You fools!.......2006-10-27

I am reading all the negative reviews of this soundtrack, and most of them mention the absence of Kanye West's "Jesus Walks." One reviewer gives the album one star because he was "misled" into buying the album.

Um, hello? This is an instrumental score for the film! NOT a Various Artists soundtrack! This is, you may have noticed, an album that falls under the name of Thomas Newman! If anyone bought this expecting other music, then it's entirely their own fault. It even says on the front: "MUSIC BY THOMAS NEWMAN."

That said, I'd also like to correct Amazon on something - they said this is Newman's third outing with Mendes, the other two being "Shawshank Redemption" and "American Beauty."

Shawshank was directed by Frank Darabont, NOT Sam Mendes.

Mendes' other pairing with Newman was actually on 2002's "Road to Perdition," which is another great soundtrack I'd heartily recommend purchasing.

Missing Theme Song - but otherwise not bad.......2006-03-01

If you've watched the previews for this film, you're likely expecting a song called Jesus Walks by Kanye West to be on the soundtrack but it's not there - very annoying. But otherwise it's a pretty good CD of music to listen to while you work out or drive fast.

Fine score, but a consumer warning for the CD.......2006-01-20

Thomas Newman's original music for JARHEAD is not only typically daring with many unconventional sounds (utilizing samples, electronic treatments and exotic percussion), but one of his most stirring, rock-influenced efforts as well (as with the opening track, "Welcome to the Suck"). At first I thought there were no melodies as memorable as "Dead Already" from AMERICAN BEAUTY or "Road to Chicago" from ROAD TO PERDITION, but the 3/4-time march used in both "Raining Oil" and "Desert Storm" has grown on me. Of course the CD is recommendable for Newman's score alone. But...

...while one doesn't buy a CD of this nature primarily for the extra songs, one does expect the extras to be competently presented when they appear. So I was taken aback to hear Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" at a faster tempo and higher pitch than usual, as though mastered from a sped-up tape. I can't think of any intentional reason for this, so I'm assuming it was a mistake, but either way I found it not only annoying in itself but because of "Fight the Power"'s thematic significance, with its reference to the Bobby McFerrin tune heard earlier in the movie. ("'Don't Worry Be Happy' was a number one jam/Damn if I say it you can slap me right here".)

So then, while I like the Thomas Newman score a lot, I'm docking the CD a star for the sped-up "Fight the Power". Caveat emptor.

Thomas Newman is a Genius!.......2006-01-07

Thomas Newman is brilliant as always and delivers beautifully. Having read the book prior to the motion picture, Thomas Newman truly brings Swofford's tale to life. If you enjoyed The Horse Whisperer or the Shawshank Redemption score, then you'll thoroughly enjoy Jarhead.

Almost perfect for the film, loses points as a cd.......2005-12-23

Make no mistake - Jarhead proves Thomas Newman's abillity to write music for film. He is not making the music in order to show off his amazing talents, he is making the music so it is perfect for the film. Whereas some composers might score depressing scenes with grand sweeping movements trying to make themselves look like complex composers, Newman knows what will enhance the scene and what won't, and what can convey the message required.

Ultimately, this describes Jarhead perfectly. I have seen the movie and music is seamless and perfect for it. For the most part, there is a sonic texture created, with guitars and drums to represent the bravado of the characters. If you are a fan of Newman's stirring orchestral works this is definitely not something you would like. Newer fans of "American Beauty" and the like will find things to enjoy here, but not in as vibrant or pleasing a way as in that album. The score on it's own is just not as exciting or involving as it could be. It is interesting in it's own right, but not very pleasing to hear. However, there are many good tracks interspersed throughout the score to take you to the good spot.

Overall, Jarhead warrants a 4.5/5 for the film, but on a cd, it's score drops to 3/5. It is pleasant at times, and mostly an interesting CD, but there are too many Newman masterpieces to consider this one high on your buying list. Then agan, if you are a Newman fan, this CD should satisfy you're urge to see what the guy is up to. Final score? Three out of five.

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Somebody's Getting It
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Stay
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Living In the Shadows

Album Description

This is an all new studio CD from the soul-blues veteran.

Duke of Earl: the Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years

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More than Duke of Earl

Duke of Earl: the Very Best of the Vee-Jay Years
Gene Chandler
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ASIN: B0007DBG80
Release Date: 2005-02-28

Tracks:

Duke Of Earl
Girl's A Devil
Big Lie
Nite Owl
Festival Of Love
Kissin' In The Kitchen
Lonely Island
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Daddy's Home
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Turn On Your Love Light
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Check Yourself
Baby, That's Love
Man's Temptation
It's No Good For Me
Think Nothing About It
A Song Called Soul
Bless Our Love
Just Be True
What Now
You Can't Hurt Me No More
Nothing Can Stop Me
Rainbow '65 ( Part I)
Rainbow '65 ( Part Ii)
Good Times
Bet You Never Thought It
Fool For You

Album Details

The Most Comprehensive Collection of Chandler's Ve-jay Era Available.

Customer Reviews:

More than Duke of Earl.......2007-07-31

Gene Chandler is a fine vocalist with a soulful delivery, this album demonstrates that he is more than a one hit wonder.

My Ding A Ling - Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Vol.15

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Jazz Royalty: Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington

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Must-Have Solo Piano

Jazz Royalty: Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington
Earl Hines
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Release Date: 1999-01-01

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Amazon.com

Maybe it's the crystal-clear keyboard sound Earl "Fatha" Hines has on the three CDs of this all-Ellington solo piano program, or maybe it's the spread-wide approach Hines takes to the tunes, extending some of them to over 10 minutes, or maybe it's just all the compacted wisdom and joy Ellington wrote into the originals, but something about this package is magnificent and unforgettable. Issued as a single CD first volume and a two-CD second volume, this collection makes the smaller chapters into a full, packed book, a treasure trove indeed. Hines's career as a piano soloist runs parallel to Ellington's rise as a composer and bandleader. He perfected his execution so that the muscularity of his formidable strength on the keys was in perfect proportion to his wandering genius. Hines runs the keyboard like a complex but easily adored machine, peeling off lines and rockin' the rhythms like it was all a labor of longstanding love. This package is lovable beyond language. It's a whole lot of gems lined up one after the other. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Must-Have Solo Piano.......2000-03-18

Earl Hines is often overlooked as a solo piano player, but this systematic working through of Duke Ellington's charts is astonishing. Hines practically redefines himself in these sustained tributes to the Duke. I couldn't be without it.

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This album combines two audiophile classics on one disc, Remastered by Ken Kreisel at 20 bits and pressed on 24K gold! The sonics are incredible!

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Apollo Theatre
Cab Calloway , Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet , Earl Hines , Bessie Smith , Pearl Bailey & Jackie Moms' Mabley , Duke Ellington , Sarah Vaughan , Lucky Millinder , Ruth Brown with Eddie Condon , and The Orioles
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Apollo Theatre // 1.Take the A train - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 2. Good for nothin' Joe - Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra 3. Second balcony jump - Earl Hines & His Orchestra 4. Gimme a pigfoot - Bessie Smith 5. Saturday night fish fry - Pearl Bailey & Jackie Moms' Mabley 6. Antidestablishmentarianismist - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 7. Eat of the sun - Sarah Vaughan 8. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra 9. So long - Ruth Brown with Eddie Condon & His TV Dixieland Band 10. It's too soon to know - The Orioles 11. Somebody stole my gal - Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & His Orchestra 12. Sing me a swing song (and let me dance) - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and His Orchestra 13. Keep a twinkle in your eye - The Nicholas Brothers 14. Beulah's boogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 15. Baby, what else can I do - Ethel Waters 16. Ol' man river - The Ravens 17. Stop! you're breaking my heart - Maxine Sullivan with Claude Thornhill& His Orchestra 18. Pompton Turnpike - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra 19. I got an uncle in Harlem - Hot lips page 20. Sweet Sue - Just you - The Mills Brothers 21. Back Water blues - Ruby Smith 22. Then there eyes - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra 23. You can't get that no more - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

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