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As the name implies, these gentlemen are on a mission: Their purpose is to present the blues, jazz, R&B and zydeco in the best of the African-American tradition with all the energy they can muster.
Come back often so you can check out our upcoming shows, discography, and learn a little more about the band.
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OUR NEW CD IS HERE!!!
With eleven tracks of soulful covers and heart-felt originals, this CD serves up a heady mix of twenty-first century blues spiced generously with soul and jazz flavors. Watch out!
SLEEPIN' DOG is available for online at CD BABY
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By Jim Dekoster
Frankie’s Blues Mission has been working on the Atlanta blues scene for more than a decade now, and its present lineup of singer-guitarist Frank “Frankie Lee” Robinson, bassist Kermit Maxwell, and drummer Alfonso Largo has been together four years. This is their first recording, but it shouldn’t be their last.
From the echoes of fellow Georgian Johnny Jenkins’ distinctive guitar chords in the first bars of the opening original I’m So Lonely Since You’re Gone, there’s a sense that this group has something special going for it. There are six more originals on tap, of which the minor-hued Lyin’ Thinkin’, the strutting title track, and the soulful I Need Me Some You sport Robinson vocals, while the other three are instrumental features for his guitar and producer/engineer Martin Kearnes’s keyboards, with the Jenkins influence surfacing again on the aptly titled Soul Shuffle and more of a jazz feel on Blues for K.C. and McDaniel Street. The cover selections are all well done, as the slow blues Five Long Years and When a Guitar Plays the Blues (from Robinson’s mentor Roy Lee Johnson) bring out some of Robinson’s most emotive singing, Woke Up This Morning brightens the tempo and Who’s Been Talking provides a perfect vehicle for Robinson’s shimmering guitar lines and his mates’ skin-tight backing.
Unlike the typical “no label/no number” vanity disc, Sleepin’ Dog boasts a fresh sound firmly rooted in, but not bound by, local tradition. It’s not just the same old blues, and deserves to be picked up for wider release.
(Excerpt from LIving Blues On-line)
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