Name: Standing Room Only
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Standing Room Only

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Album: Standing Room Only
#	Song Title		Time
1)	She Put A Spell On Me	More Info...	0:02
2)	I Can't Stand You No More	More Info...	0:02
3)	Boomerang	More Info...	0:04
4)	The Love You Lost On The Way	More Info...	0:04
5)	Just Keep On Rockin'	More Info...	0:03
6)	Two For The Price Of Ten	More Info...	0:03
7)	Straight Jacquette	More Info...	0:03
8)	Sufferin' With the Blues	More Info...	0:05
9)	Jona Lee	More Info...	0:03
10)	Love Grown Cold	More Info...	0:03
11)	My Mind Is Troubled	More Info...	0:03
12)	Flip Flap Jack	More Info...	0:03
13)	Up Jumped the Devil	More Info...	0:03
14)	Nobody Knows	More Info...	0:04

Album: Standing Room Only
#	Song Title		Time
1)	She Put A Spell On Me	More Info...	0:02
2)	I Can't Stand You No More	More Info...	0:02
3)	Boomerang	More Info...	0:04
4)	The Love You Lost On The Way	More Info...	0:04
5)	Just Keep On Rockin'	More Info...	0:03
6)	Two For The Price Of Ten	More Info...	0:03
7)	Straight Jacquette	More Info...	0:03
8)	Sufferin' With the Blues	More Info...	0:05
9)	Jona Lee	More Info...	0:03
10)	Love Grown Cold	More Info...	0:03
11)	My Mind Is Troubled	More Info...	0:03
12)	Flip Flap Jack	More Info...	0:03
13)	Up Jumped the Devil	More Info...	0:03
14)	Nobody Knows	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Roomful of Blues: Travis Colby (Hammond b-3 organ); Brad Hallen (bass guitar); Jason Corbiere (drums); Chris Vachon, Mark DuFresne, Rich Lataille, Mark Earley , Bob Enos.
Personnel: Chris Vachon (vocals, guitar); Mark DuFresne (vocals, harmonica, background vocals); Rich Lataille (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Mark Earley (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Bob Enos (trumpet); Travis Colby (piano); Jason Corbiere (drums).
Audio Mixer: Ian Schreier.
Recording information: Osceola Studios, Raleigh, NC.
Photographers: Soozie Sundlun; Chris Allen .
With its second release for the Alligator label, the journeyman Rhode Island ensemble maintains its reputation as no-nonsense keepers of retro-flavored horn-based upbeat blues. The band's previous album was nominated for a Grammy and this one maintains the energy, taste, and passion it has always supplied in its cover choices, while delivering some excellent original material. Harpist/singer Mark DuFresne's booming, husky vocals are reminiscent of Big Joe Turner, one of the group's obvious influences, as he bellows and leads the charge through 14 more examples of why Roomful of Blues remain the finest jump blues outfit on the scene 35 years after their debut. Although the slightly deceptive album title indicates this might be a concert disc, it is all recorded in the studio, but retains a live feel that leaps out of the speakers. Hearing the eight-piece pounce on saxist Rich Lataille's instrumental tribute to Illinois Jacquet, "Straight Jaquette," it's obvious that these guys would also have the chops to pull off a straight jazz release if they put their minds to it. Rollicking versions of Roy Brown's "Up Jumped the Devil," Lowell Fulson's "Love Grown Cold," and a pair of obscurities from Little Milton sit comfortably next to likeminded originals. One of those, guitarist/bandleader Chris Vachon's "Boomerang," has a catchy singalong chorus strong enough to be a radio hit, if contemporary radio played this style of music. But that minor detail has never prevented Roomful of Blues from adding a slight contemporary spin to a sound that was popular before these guys -- and most of their fans -- were born. And it doesn't stop the band from delivering wildly successful albums like this, albeit to an ever-dwindling core demographic. Standing Room Only doesn't expand the group's reach, but it maintains and even solidifies the position of Roomful of Blues as the most accomplished horn-dominated jump blues/R&B band on the scene. ~ Hal Horowitz