Lucky Star, by Brooks Williams

Lucky Star

by Brooks Williams

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1.	Bright Side Of The Blues 03:14	info	buy track
2.	Always The Same 03:11	info	buy track
3.	Something You Got 03:00	info	buy track
4.	Mama's Song 03:02	info	buy track
5.	Gambling Man 03:04	info	buy track
6.	After You've Gone 03:06	info	buy track
7.	Here Comes The Blues 03:24	info	buy track
8.	No Easy Way Back 03:45	info	buy track
9.	Rock Me 02:50	info	buy track
10.	Jump That Train 03:17	info	buy track
11.	Whatever It Takes (Blues Version) 03:56	info	buy track
12.	Going To New Orleans 04:49	info	buy track
13.	Rock Me (Bonus Track With Hans Theessink)) 03:41	info	buy track
14.	Gambling Man (Bonus Track With Hans Theessink 04:10	info	buy track

about

"Lucky Star" is Brooks Williams' 28th recording and features New Orleans grooves and roots driven songs. The album took only three days to record. No isolation booths, no overdubs, no headphones, just musicians playing songs together in a way that creates an exciting immediacy.

credits

released October 16, 2020

Brooks Williams: acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, voice
Kevin McGuire: double bass
Stuart Brown: drums
Rab Noakes: backing vocal & handclaps
Phil Richardson: piano
Rachel Lightbody: backing vocal
Paul Jones: harmonica
Hans Theessink: mandolin, acoustic guitar & backing vocal

Recorded, mixed & mastered at Kyoti Studio, Glasgow, Scotland by Mark Freegard.

Paul Jones recorded at Embassy Studio, Upton Grey, England by Graham Dominy.

Bonus Tracks recorded 5 January 2018 at Tonstudio Thomas Löffler in Vienna, Austria by Thomas Löffler and Martin Schierenz.

Illustration: Colin Elgie

Design: Martin Rowsell

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Brooks Williams Cambridge, UK

Admired by both listeners and fellow musicians, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter and prolific collaborator Brooks Williams has beena leading light on the acoustic music scene for 3 decades. A Statesboro, Georgia native now living in Cambridge, UK, FATEA writes: "He is one of those select few 'how on earth does he do it?!' artists." He was, and is, Americana, long before they called it that. ... more

shows

Apr 29

Conwy Folk Club

Conwy, UK
May 2

Kirkcaldy Folk Club

Kirkcaldy, UK
May 3

Worthenbury Village Hall

Wrexham, UK
May 9

Ebenezers

Crewe, UK
May 10

The Masonic Hall

Dundee, UK
May 11

Lodge at Lochside & Wee Bear Cafe, Lintrathen

Dundee, UK
May 12

Lodge at Lochside & Wee Bear Cafe, Lintrathen

Dundee, UK
May 13

The Lightship

Blyth, UK
May 14

Corner House Arts Centre

Surbiton, UK
May 18

Rampton Village Hall

Cambridge, UK
Jun 15

Cubanas Live Music Venue

Barry, UK
Jul 5

Brewery Tap

Doncaster, UK
Jul 15

Marlborough College

Marlborough, UK
Jul 17

Burnett's Hill Chapel

Pembroke, UK
Jul 20

Vestry Hall

Cranbrook, UK
Aug 9

Great Northern Railway Tavern

London, UK
Sep 1

Umbrella Centre

Whitstable, UK
Sep 6

Bristol Folk House

Bristol, UK
Sep 26

Chapel Arts Centre

Bath, UK
Sep 27

St Mary's Centre

Chester, UK

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