Western Swing Authority (from 12 to 6 Central

Western Swing Authority (from 12 to 6 Central

Western Swing Authority (from 12 to 6 Central on Curve Music) (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Western swing music is flat out hip. That marriage of Country & Western to Big Band Jazz that is the aforementioned is a load of old school grooves, with Canada’s Westen Swing Authority remaining prime example of the genre imported. Their latest in 12 to 6 Central drops textbook examples of the music that Bob Wills and Spade Cooley brought to the world, while even swaying into a world of loungey Blues.
The first notes of have subtle Gospel undertones until you realize it’s a drinking song from the first verse, as “New Favourite Whiskey Song” reveals you can’t lose when you’re talking about booze’. The first four cuts, which includes the sultry vocal, crying in your beer, cut “The Heartache” lean into straight up Roots Rock and in this geographical case Northern Americana, great cuts that are simply warming up the dancefloor, with the Western Swing Authority kicking into full gear with “Full Moon of Love”. The swing continues with “Who Walks in When I Walk Out”, the jazzy “I’m Dreaming”, and the super swinging and downright rowdy “Happy Chickens”. “Milk Cow Blues” proves that Blues is the base for everything, and “Let’s Have a Natural Ball” has all the ingredients that make this music so great.
Peel back the onion to reveal Western Swing Authority is cocktail lounge and pre-war Jazz, where fiddles and pedal steel fit on a sawdust dance-floor or dim jazz club. Western Swing Authority’s latest prove that the music of Bob Wills and Cab Calloway were not that far from each other. (by Bryant Liggett)
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