Paul Ansell's Number 9 - Live at Sun
Paul Ansell's Number 9 recorded live at Sun.
1.Big ten inch 2.Kansas City 3.Rockin' in Memphis 4.Jodie Lou 5.As much as I can stand 6.Gone gone gone 7.Writing on the wall 8.Drinking brings me down 9.Setting Sun 10.Crying, lying (fussin 'n' fighting) 11.I could have told you 12.Well well well 13.Gone gone gone (trio) 14.Lonely blue boy 15.Please dance 16.Perhaps 17.Crazy little girl 18.Greenback dollar 19. Boys in Memphis (video clip)Paul Ansell's Number Nine - Live at Sun
Paul Ansell and his band recorded 'live' at the famous Sun recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Scotty Moore (Elvis's original guitarist) guests.
Paul Ansell says:
"Well we are back, and did we have a ball, playing at the church of r'n'r, Sun records. We managed to cut an album there, thirteen live tracks from the room it all kicked off in. And just to make it a little more entertaining and wonderful, we were joined by my favourite guitar player of all time, the fantastic Scotty Moore. Well, what an amazing experience it was. His close friend, the lovely Gail Pollack, had driven him there from Nashville, and soon as they arrived it was straight to the studio. I will never be able to express how grateful I am to them both, for giving me and the boys such a break. In the end, they stayed for two nights with us. These recording we made with him are the real thing, Scottys typical guitar sound and energy can be heard, and his ability to make the music flow, just as he always did, is on these tunes. He is featured lead guitarist on six brand new tracks, and he rocks on them. I hope you people dig it."
"Every so often, very rarely, I come across an album the really rocks me back on my heels. The first time as I recall was with the release in the late '70s of Presley's 'Sun Sessions'. In recent times Darrel Higham's 'Urban Jamboree' did the trick, now a few years down the line Paul Ansell's 'Live at Sun' has done it again………….
I remember reading somewhere that Tony Hancock locked himself into his dressing room after he had finished filming The Blood Donor and sunk for hours into silent introspection. When asked later by one of the crew, 'why the long face Tubs?' Hancock replied, 'how the Hell do I top that?' Without wanting to sound silly and daftly over-dramatic Live at Sun has placed Paul Ansell in a similar quandary.
With each successive Number Nine release, as eclectic and diverse as they have been, the discerning listener can get a sense of momentum building; of a band forging, honing a sound; of a songwriter perfecting his craft. A dozen or more disparate influences coming together, gelling and taking off in a new direction. That direction only ever had one destination: 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee – Rock'n'Roll's Ground Zero.
So what's on it then? What's so special? What do we get for our tenner? At a generous eighteen tracks (plus video clip) you’ll get a mix of classic, obscure(ish) and self-penned tunes. A bit like other Number Nine albums that have gone before then, right? Wrong! There is something compellingly different about this from the get-go. Maybe it's the Sun effect? Perhaps there really is 'something in the water that makes the music sweet'. Maybe it's the presence of Scotty Moore? This after all was Paul Ansell's 'Jim'll fix it' moment. How refreshing too to find that for once your hero isn't an asshole in real life, he's all you'd ever hoped he be, and then some....." more at www.houseofbop.co.uk