COOKE 'n' GREEN CD RELEASES Click on CD covers to purchase online from nwblues.com Song clips require Free RealAudio Player View more videos of Curley Cooke and Cooke & Green and Blues to Burn at Blues Vespers at YOU TUBE HOUSE PARTY Release Year: 2000 Rock Me Rather Be Blind Shake That Thing ALSO INCLUDES: You Got Me Dizzy; Trouble in Mind; She Caught the Katy; Sliding Delta; Goin' Fishin' Blues; Leavin' Trunk; Corrina; Ooh Baby; How Long Blues; You Don't Have to Go; Cooldriver. FEATURED MUSICIANS: Paul Green (harmonica, vocals); Curley Cooke (guitar, vocals). "Imagine going to a really good party where these two guys with a guitar and a harmonica sing and play kickass blues all evening. The only thing that could be better is if you had a recording of it, right? Well, this is the recording. Tim Meyers recorded Cooke and Green's playing on a minidisk recorder and sent them a copy. When they heard it, they decided to issue it on CD. There are typical party background noises - applause, spontaneous shouts, etc. - but there's nothing lacking in the recording quality. It sounds good, and the full excitement of the moment comes through....These guys can play! Each of the tracks is blues, but the variety is wide - from down-home delta style, to an acoustic variation of big-city Chicago blues." ---Victory Review, May 2000 COOKE & GREEN: BAD ALBERT'S LIVE Release Year: 1996 Willie Mae Mellow Down Easy Ginger Man ALSO INCLUDES: Oh Baby; Just Your Fool; Where Do I Go From Here; Evil; Trouble in Mind; Good Morning Little School Girl; Ophelia; Cross Roads; Southern Flood Blues. FEATURED MUSICIANS: James "Curley" Cooke (acoustic guitar, vocals); Paul Green (harmonica, vocals); Rod Cook (acoustic, electric & steel guitars); Keith Lowe (electric & acoustic bass); Chris Leighton (drums & percussion). "Collectively, these five musicians are some of the finest and most professional players in the Seattle area. For two evenings this summer [1996], they gathered at Ballard's newest and finest addition to the Blues scene, Bad Albert's Tap and Grill in Old Ballard. The result of that meeting is this exceptional album. Although there are no original tunes on this CD, one can't really call this a 'cover' album. The creative arrangements and presentation make each cut an 'original'....This is a great CD for listening because these musicians are so accomplished that you're almost mesmerized by the way they ply their craft. But that doesn't mean some tunes don't make you want to get up and dance. The phenomenal talent on the part of all these great players is a gift indeed. I can't seem to get this CD out of my player for any length of time. This album belongs in the collection of every serious Blues lover." ---WA Blues Society Bluesletter, March 1997 ROD COOK & JAMES "CURLEY" COOKE: DOUBLE COOKIN' (Not a Cooke 'n' Green recording, but still excellent!) Release Year: 1995 Will They Let Me Play the Blues In Heaven Devil Inside of You Jubitz Mudflaps ALSO INCLUDES: Mystery Train; Sittin' on Top of the World; Hoot-n-Holler; Madison Moon Music; Oh Lonesome Me; Take Out Some Insurance; Ginger Man. FEATURED MUSICIANS: Rod Cook (lead vocals, back-up vocals, acoustic guitars, steel guitar); James "Curley" Cooke (lead vocals, acoustic guitar); Jay Mabin (harmonica); Keith Lowe (upright bass); Chris Leighton (drums, percussion); Satan's Choir [a/k/a Laura Love, Julie Wolf & Kate Wolf] (back-up vocals). "Curley Cooke and Rod Cook need no introduction to the scene of acoustic music. Their mastery of the guitar, as well as musical composition and songwriting, has amazed audiences in performances and club dates throughout the Northwest. And their passionate regard for musical meaning and originality is apparent in whatever song is being presented. This new all-acoustic release, Double Cookin', is a musical compilation of styles, standards and original material rarely seen on one album. From the haunting blues standard "Sittin' on Top of the World," to the down-home original "Will They Let Me Play the Blues in Heaven," Rod and Curley present a spirited and innovative collection. Hopefully, this is only the first of many collaborations by these two gifted musicians." ---Paul Pierce (from the CD liner notes)

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