Twangin'! [CD]

Tom Principato - Twangin'! [CD]

Tom Principato is set to release his first studio album in 13 years with “Twangin’!”, an all-instrumental Electric guitar album with an eclectic mix of styles. There are 5 Tom Principato originals such as “Beyond The Stars", Smoky Blue”, “The Bone Head Shuffle”, “Head First”, and “Drop D Boogie” as well as 2 covers of obscure Ventures songs “Night Walk”, and “Blue Star”, as well as “Kentucky”, an old Bluegrass favorite, The Gospel classic “All Day, All Night (Angels Watching Over Me), a heartfelt rendition of Ketty Lester’s “Love Letters”, and "Champagne” an obscure shuffle from Merle Haggard’s band of the 70’s written by Norm Hamlett and Roy Nichols, one of Tom’s Telecaster heroes. There’s plenty of Twang and Blues here as well as rockin’ stuff harking back to Tom’s work “Blazing Telecasters” with the late Danny Gatton, and plenty of that DC Telecaster sound invented by Roy Buchanan. Guests include Dave Elliott - Drums (Danny Gatton), Jim Brock- Drums (Kathy Mattea), Steve Wolf - Bass (Danny Gatton), Big Joe Maher - Drums, Jim Robeson - Bass, and Tommy Lepson- Organ (Danny Gatton) 1. Night Walk 2. Kentucky 3. Drop D Boogie 4. Smoky Blue 5. The Bone Head Shuffle 6. All Night, All Day (Angels Watching Over Me) 7. Champagne 8. Beyond The Stars 9. Head First 10. Love Letters 11. Blue Star