![]() ![]() Mel Ford plays some rhythm guitar on seven cuts and anything Mel ever does is good stuff. Brad Ber is an outstanding upright and electric bass player and is he always a stalwart for the band. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith returns on drums for the first, fifth and seventh cuts and Mark Haines is on drums on the rest of the songs with percussion except for one track. No one can fill Chuck’s shoes but Lee is a super piano player in his own right and makes this jumping CD fill out nicely. Joining Oscar Wilson on vocals, Joe Nosek on harp and vocals, Billy Flynn and Joel Paterson on guitar is Lee Kanehira on the piano and he does a beautiful job. Barrelhouse Chuck has been featured on piano on prior CDs and the band dedicates this album to him, one of the most talented and exciting piano players whom I have had the pleasure to hear, know and love. The boys have come a long way, with fantastic vocals, some outstanding harp, and two great guitar players. They’ve headlined festivals, travelled the world and garnered all sort of accolades, and do you know what? They deserve it! They were surely on the rise, given the talent in the band, and they released many great CDs over the years by themselves, on Blind Pig and now on Alligator, the premier label for blues. Who’d-a thunk? I hired these guys for our first festival back in 2010. The Cash Box Kings are on Alligator Records.
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