Blair Crimmins and the Hookers - Sing-A-Longs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The debut album from Blair Crimmins and the Hookers showcases the many musical influences of Blair Crimmins. While the Ragtime Jazz theme remains prevalent throughout the record, listeners also hear influences of rock, blues, and even Hawaiian slack key music. Catchy tunes like Oh Angela! And Old Man Cabbage have a supercharged Ragtime bent that have become the bands signature sound.

Blair Crimmins and The Hookers have a new batch of songs on their 3rd full length studio . You Gotta Sell Something delivers more of their signature sound of supercharged Ragtime and Swing while also reaching into some new territory with Gospel and Jump Blues. Gypsy guitar, stride piano, rapid strumming banjo and a New Orleans style horn section keep the joint jumping while Crimmins sings in his clever lyrical style which is both humorous and sincere. Best Songwriter 2013 - If he caters to any genre it's one that's entirely his own, and that's something a lot of guys with pens and guitars either don't know how to do or don't have the guts to doInch - Creative Loafing Atlanta

When we played the music from our last album, No Fixed Point In Space, it felt like we were already pulling away from the free, open-ended approach we had spent fi ve years trying to achieve. One night during the tour at Cafe Oto in London, something clicked. Our live sets started gravitating towards rhythm and hooks.It was clear that the trio - myself, Jim and Jeff - were onto something. And then we met Tara. She and I played together at an improvised music night and, for about 45 seconds during one of the pieces, a new path became clear. So Tara joined the band.The new line-up felt alive and direct. So an approach to songwriting that had become abstract snapped into focus. I think these are the best songs I've written and the best group I've been in. The music and ideas we've always wanted to communicate are alive but we've shifted; moved into a parallel universe. The heat warps. Jack CooperThe Heat Warps will be released 29th August 2025 via Bella Union.Gatefold Jacket, Black LP