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PRICE:
$29.50
$29.50
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ARTIST
KUBOTA & THE SUNSET GANG, MAKOTO
TITLE
Dixie Fever
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WEWANTSOUNDS
CATALOG #
WWSLP 058LP
WWSLP 058LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/29/2021
Wewantsounds close the
Makoto Kubota
reissue series with the release of
Dixie Fever
recorded in Hawaii in 1976 and co-produced by
Haruomi Hosono
. Like its predecessors,
Dixie Fever
continues to explore American and Island music through a Japanese prism with a skillful mix of blues, swamp funk and America adding an exotic edge to the whole. A year after the release of their highly-acclaimed album
Hawaii Champroo
in 1975, Makoto Kubota and
The Sunset Gang
reunited at Sounds of Hawaii studios with co-producer Haruomi Hosono to record a new album,
Dixie Fever
. They used pretty much the same ingredients that had made the success of
Champroo
-- an effortless mix of Japanese folk and American roots music with some tropical influences. The same mix that Haruomi Hosono was applying to his own albums, especially
Tropical Dandy
which was experimenting with the same ideas -- in fact the front cover of both
Tropical Dandy
and
Dixie Fever
are illustrated by
Yasuo Yagi
. As per
Hawaii Champroo
and
Sunset Gang
,
Dixie Fever
includes a mix of original compositions and covers. On the album, you spot
The Lovin' Spoonful
's "Wild About My Lovin'" and a funked-up version of UK singer songwriter
Ralph McTell
's song "When I Was A Cowboy". They feature the Gang's usual musicians (
Keni Inoue
on guitar,
Yosuke Fujita
on slide guitar and
Takashi Onzo
on bass and keyboards) complemented by a handful of guests including
Tin Pan Alley
drummer
Tatsuo Hayashi
,
Motoya Hamaguchi
on percussion and New Orleans pianist and
Dr. John
friend,
Ronnie Barron
. Together they play a superb brew made of blues, soul, Hawaiian music and southern swamp rhythms. One of the highlights of the album is undoubtedly "Hoshikuzu (Stardust)" which has become a cult classic over the years on the international city pop scene and whose sunshine mid-tempo vibe is the perfect reflection of the group's musicianship. The first time the album is released outside of Japan. Features original artwork with OBI and insert plus remastered audio by Makoto Kubota himself.
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