Tip of the Top Blues Band CD Review

Tip of The Top Blues Band

“Tip of the Top classic Juke Joint Blues, very up beat and simple. Youll want to get up and dance! My foot was tapping the whole time! This is a band to get out and see!” Big Wayne LiveBluesTonight.com



Today we take a listen to Tip of the Top “Depot Street Blues”
1. One of these mornings 6 ★★★★★★
2. Wait baby 6 ★★★★★★
3. Stranger blues 4 ★★★★
4. Juke 5 ★★★★★
5. Love her with a feeling 4 ★ ★ ★ ★
6. Go ahead 4★★★★
7. Depot street shuffle 4★★★★
8. I got to go 6★★★★★★
9. Got to move on 4★★★★
10. Mellow down easy 4★★★★
11. Temperature 5★★★★★
12. Evan’s shuffle 4★★★★

Average (mean)  4.666666667
Median                                 4
Standard Deviation          0.89
Album Score:               7.78★



Formed early 2009, Tip of the Top is one of the hottest new Bay Area Blues bands to hit the scene. Tip of the Top is a band from the San Jose area. Bringing together two veteran musicians, "Little" Jonny Lawton (guitar and vocals) and Frank De Rose (bass) with new comers Akarsha "Aki" Kumar (harmonica and vocals) and Carlos Velasco (drums). The band mixes together blues styles from the Delta while adding Texas Blues, West Coast Blues and Country Blues into an authentic sound that is reminiscent to yester year.
My favorite songs on the album were “One of these mornings”, “Wait Baby”, “I got to go”. These songs will be going on my IPOD! I enjoyed the simplified Drum set. Carlos plays with a pair of wire brushes a snare, a hi hat and that’s about it! Nice bass keeping the bottom end tight and fantastic Hollow body Guitar and Harmonica played from the soul. I really think these guys are going to be busy next year come festival time. It will be nice seeing this band gain in popularity. Make sure to get out and see them when they come through your neck of the woods!
Tip of the Top performed on the blues stage of the 2009 San Jose Jazz Festival. Tip of the Top’s first CD, titled "Depot Street Blues", was recorded and released just in time for this San Jose Jazz festival appearance in August 2009. The band's authentic "live" sound is fully captured on this CD.
The band is coming out to the Valley and will be performing at Lozano’s in Stockton California this Saturday!
Come on out it should be a great show!
Thanks for Listening!
Big Wayne www.LiveBluesTonight.com

Tip of the Top performing in Stockton CA.

10/24/2009 9:00 PM at Lozano’s Pacific Avenue Grill

6124 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, California

call 209-474-8474 Cost: $10

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