Rick Estrin & the Nightcats - Groovin' In Greaseland - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Rick Estrin & the Nightcats are back with their most expansive collection yet of brilliant blues and roots music filled with cunning songs and extraordinary musicianship. Contemporary celebrates the band's ability to use tough blues and raucous roadhouse rock as jumping off points for exhilarating new roots music. It's chock-full of originals that combine savvy songwriting, instrumental prowess and perpetual grooves into a distinctively modern blues sound, highlighted by the epic title track, a dizzying, Zappa-esque mash of Chicago blues, uptown funk, balls-out rocking and muscular rapping. Album Tracks 1. I'm Running 2. Resentment File 3. Contemporary 4. She Nuts Up 5. New Shape (Remembering Junior Parker) 6. House of Grease 7. Root of All Evil 8. The Main Event 9. Cupcakin' 10. New Year's Eve 11. Nothing But Love 12. Bo Dee's Bounce

Award winning harp player, songwriter and vocalist Estrin And His Night cats make a unique blend of cutting edge blues and roots rock sparkling with sly, savvy songs and world-class playing. Album Tracks 1. D.O.G 2. Lucky You 3. Callin All Fools 4. (I Met Her on the) Blues Cruise 5. Movin Slow 6. One Wrong Turn 7. Desperation Perspiration 8. Zonin 9. Broke and Lonesome 10. You Ain't the Boss of Me 11. Old News 12. The Legend of Taco Cobbler

First-ever live from one of the tightest, hardest-touring bands in American roots music. Harmonica player/singer/songwriter extraordinaire Estrin, former front man for Little Charlie & the Night cats, leads the current Night cats (guitar whiz Kid Andersen, multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Farrell and singing drummer J. Hansen) through a treasure trove of his finest material. Album Tracks 1. Handle with Care 2. Clothes Line 3. New Old Lady 4. My Next Ex-Wife 5. Baker Man Blues 6. Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 7. Smart Like Einstein 8. That's Big 9. You Gonna Lie 10. Never Trust a Woman 11. Dump That Chump 12. Don't Do It 13. Too Close Together