You’ve come to the right place to grab a copy of Double Voodoo Blues, the new album by Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers. We’ve had a pre-release copy for a couple of weeks now. We’ve put it through its paces and tested it in the car, the kitchen, the shed, at the beach, riding our bikes and walking the dog. We are now 100% sure that this is a great album. That’s a rock solid Stobie & Co. Guarantee.
Why don’t you peruse our little review of the album. Maybe even play a few of the sample tracks. Once you’ve made it to the end of this post you can excercise your god given right to purchase a brand new shiny copy of Double Voodoo Blues on CD or you can get all DIY on our ass and choose to purchase the album on MP3 download. The choice is yours. Let freedom ring!
Sweet Baby James is one of Australia’s finest purveyors of blues guitar. You can put that in the bank. He’s got that rare gift of the groove and all the chops of a master technician. When he gets to work on Shopping Cart, Lady’s Almost West or the instrumental Hot Plate you immediately feel a low down dirty syncopated groove he seems to be able to pull effortlessly from his guitars with just a couple of bare fingertips. All the great spirits of hard drivin’ hill country blues have somehow found their way into James’ hands. They can make a dead man dance. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve seen James set up in a bar and by the end of the second tune the dance floor is pumping. Not many people can do that.
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It’s not all James though. Rob Eyers’ drumming gets big props too. He seems to be able to construct subtle but complex patterns that fill the soundscape beautifully. But you gotta listen carefully. He’s not showy. There’s no ‘wall-of-toms’ here. Phil Collins can’t touch this guy.
Watching Rob play you get the feeling that God has blessed him with a couple extra hemispheres in his brain. All his limbs seem to operate fully independently of each other. A drum kit in Rob’s capable hands isn’t a simple keeper of rhythm but a fully fledged palate of booms, rumbles, shakes and cracks. I challenge anyone to resist tapping their foot to the groove set up in the intro to Devil & The Grave. Anyone who isn’t reduced to a writhing, primordial spasm after listening to Come Over Here has obviously sold their soul to the devil. Do you feel like a primordial spasm? Check it out here:
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The fellas can also strip it back. Get low and blue. Refugee Child and Evil Tongue have a sparseness that let us in and help us get up into the music. It’s about the feel. A standout on the album is James’ soulful lament No Love. This tune is more about the silence between the notes than the notes themselves. You can hear he’s mining the same vein as Junior Kimbrough’s Lonesome Road or R. L. Burnside’s Just Like a Bird Without a Feather on this one. A beautifully executed meditation about someone lost in a world of negativity. Get amongst it here:
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After a listen to the whole album you’ll know that these guys don’t subscribe to run-of-the-mill blues cliches. Don’t buy this album if you’re after epic rapid fire solos or more re-runs of the old standards. These guys are all about carving their own little notch in the bedpost of the blues. It’s more about ‘feel’ and ‘groove’ than ‘shock’ and ‘awe’.
13 original tunes made right here in little ol’ Adelaide. Be proud people.
Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers
We’ve hooked up with Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers to design a tee for their album ‘Double Voodoo Blues’. The design features the Carp in a Whiskey Glass as seen on the cover of the album. Text under the piccy says: Double Voodoo Blues.
All tee’s are individually printed using handcut block prints.
Stobie Sounds only use 100% cotton sweatshop free t-shirts. You can be sure that no one is exploited from the cotton growers right through to the people who print the tees (us!).
Available in black. Multiple sizes. Men’s and women’s cut available.
Limited stock – get in quick.
Sweet Baby James Custom Slide bundled with Double Voodoo Blues. Normally $65 if you buy the pack you get ‘em for $50. That’s a rock solid bargain if I ever saw one.
The SBJ custom slide measures 69mm in length and approximately 20-21mm internal diameter. Handcrafted from the neck of a Bleasdale ‘Wise One’ Port Bottle. Very wise indeed.
Postage included in price.
Download the new album from Australia’s finest blues duo: Sweet baby James and Rob Eyers.
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New album from Australia’s finest blues duo: Sweet Baby James and Rob Eyers.
Price includes postage.
That got your attention.
Hey Y’all. After a trip down to Langhorne Creek we’ve managed to find a handful of the Bleasdale ‘Wise One’ port bottles that are used to handcraft the Sweet Baby James Signature Slide. To celebrate the find we’ve teamed up with James to offer y’all the opportunity to buy a SBJ Signature Slide AND James’ new album Double Voodoo Blues for the bargain basement price of $50. These two items together usually cost $65 so that means you save $15. You’re gonna send me broke people.
