This demo has been recorded the way a demo is supposed to be recorded (especially with a $0.00 budget) : in 1 take, on 2 tracks. Everybody in one room, and roll it. No overdubs, no multitrack, no cut-and-paste. 
"As live as it gets!"

As a result, you get an idea of what to expect during a gig with Bad Luke & The Happy Few featuring The Horny Sexion anno 2003.

This swing just HAD to be recorded, when you are lucky enough to play with a 3 piece horn section. We based our version on Duke Robillard's interpretation on "Duke's Blues". Wonderful record, by a fabulous musician. The Horny Sexion gets a place in the spotlight on the intro and even more so at the end. ALL NIGHT LONG!!

Straightforward up-tempo bluessong, with guitarsolo from Chris "El" Vits. Simple but efficient horn arrangement (look mum, a rhyme). Watch out for the very first second: turn the volume down a little bit, especially if you're listening with headphones...

Johnny "Guitar" Watson ! One of our favorites. This time with a real tearjerker. Too bad I can't show you the Horny Sexion's choreography during live performances! The horn arrangement is based on Kim Wilson's version on "Tigerman". And El Vits gets a little carried away on this one...

Duke Ellington: this means a jazzy song, very slow blues, with Joeri Wingelinckx on the trumpet in a very prominent role, and Willy Janssens in a very nice and delicate baritone sax solo. And Hans gets a great opportunity to show his vocal skills.
Writing the horn arrangement for this one was quite a challenge: Duke Ellington had a full Big Band at his disposal, Roomful of Blues turned it into a 5 piece horn section arrangement (on "There goes the neighbourhood"), which I've tried to reduce to 3 horns. We've worked hard on this one, but the result is pretty nice. 

A real fifties R&B classic, officially credited to Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, but in reality a song by Ike Turner, with Jackie Brenston on tenor sax and vocals. Considered by many as the very first Rock&Roll recording in history, a story contested by many others. If you want to know the complete story, including the original lyrics + sample, click here. 
In our version, Dirk "Saxy D" Verbrugge plays the tenor sax solo. It's great fun to play this song, with a very infectious groove. Dancing is allowed. 

There's our Johnny again: 2nd cover of this great blueslegend on our demo (after "Don't touch me"), and in our early days we also used to play "Half Pint of Whiskey" and "Gangster of Love". 
The horn arrangement is (for once) an entirely original one, written by (ta-daaa...) me , while El Vits does the honours with a great guitar solo.

  (click a song)

Tracks: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |

Horns on ( 2 ) and ( 9 )
   (arranged by Dirk Maes) :

Real Audio 3.0

16 kbps