Size: 98,5 MB
Time: 42:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Blues
Label: Morten Lunn Via
Art: Front
01. Chicago Stage (3:02)
02. I'm Going Down (3:17)
03. One String Love (3:14)
04. I Tried (3:22)
05. Fake Rag Okra (2:37)
06. Unpack (2:40)
07. Hey A Da Hoh (4:48)
08. Followed My Baby (4:22)
09. Shopkeeper (3:58)
10. Bo Diddley Baby (3:57)
11. Holler For Help (3:25)
12. Copenhagen Coppola (3:51)
The band was formed as a electric/acoustic duo by Morten Lunn and Thomas Foldberg in 2003.
Together they soon developed a love for the raw and stripped down sounds of RL Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough, Kenny Brown, Asie Payton , T-Model Ford and Robert Belfour! The duo started as a warm up act for bigger Danish Blues names.
Under a year later they turned into a quartet (adding bass and drums) and during a trip to Chicago Mr. Lunn gave the band it´s name while sitting in a south-side restaurant (that was eventually closed).. The Fried Okra Band.
Most of the material was borrowed from the giants of the North Mississippi Hills and reworked blues-classics.
The "new" band played several gigs around Denmark, Norway and Sweden - from small clubs to festivals. With that approach they released their first album "This is Your Chance, France Baby"
Gradually the band´s repetoire changed from covers to mostly original stuff developing a very personal style. A style that was captured on the second album: "Black Cherry"
In the fall of 2011 the band took on a new approach by turning the quartet into a trio consisting of M. Lunn on guitar/vocals/diddley Bo,
T. Foldberg on guitar/harmonica and T. Crawfurd drums/perc/mandolin!
Occasionally a forth member is added - Henrik Silver playing the bass horn - the sousaphone!
The third release from The Fried Okra Band "There's A World Outside My Door" boasts the raw sound of a trio concentrated around vocals, two guitars and drums. Further spice is added by the one string Diddley Bo, harmonica, mandolin, banjo-mandolin, a variety of percussion and last but not least, fat sousaphone bass lines laid down by the occasional fourth member of the band.
The Fried Okra Band is:
Morten Lunn : Vocals and guitar
Thomas Foldberg : Guitar and harmonica
Thomas Crawfurd : Drums, mandolin, percussion
and Henrik Silver (the occasional fourth member) : Sousaphone
There's A World Outside My Door
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Posted by kamaneOznake: Fried Okra Band, Acoustic Blues, Denmark