Moanin' at Midnight

Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin' Wolf Project by the Tomas Doncker Band is a great find. These guys do these tunes justice. Blues the way it was meant to be played. Soulful, moaning vocals and thick, blistering guitar licks make this an album. I'd like to be able to point to one or two tracks that really support this album, but check it out, there isn't a track that doesn't support it. These guys came to play the blues and they do it like the masters.

A collection of Howlin' Wolf stuff done the Tomas Doncker way. I like it. Any fan of the blues will want to add this to his collection.

The production is brilliant---modern without stealing anything from the integrity of the music. The guitar tone is wicked. I ran through the album once and immediately listened again, closing my eyes and soaking up the beauty of the licks. I mean, it all comes back to this one way or the other, the blues, and Tomas and company simply show us why.

If you're looking for classic blues you know and love with a slightly different voice, give Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin' Wolf Project a listen. You will not be disappointed.

Tomas Doncker Band:
Tomás Doncker-Lead Vocals,Guitars
David Barnes-Harmonica,vocals
Nick Rolfe-Keyboards,Vocals
Josh David-Bass,vocals
James Dellatacoma-Guitar
Mike Faulkner-Drums
Damon Duewhite-Drums
Mark Henry-Sax

1-Evil
2-Killing Floor
3-Back Door Man
4-Moanin' At Midnight
5-Spoonful
6-Blind Melon Morpheus
7-Shookdown
8-I Ain't Superstitious
9-Smokestack Lightning
10-Moanin' At Midnight (Ras Jah Ames Dub Mix)

 Bio:
As a prime mover on New York's downtown "No Wave" scene in the early 1980's, Tomás Doncker cut his teeth as a guitarist with such genre-busting groups as James Chance & The Contortions, Defunkt, J. Walter Negro & The Loose Jointz and many more. Eventually he went international, touring and recording in Japan with jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, and producing studio and songwriting sessions with Boosty Collins, Yoko Ono, Grammy nominated Reggae vocal group The Itals, and Grammy-winning producer Prince Charles Alexander, to name just a few. Since then, Doncker has continued to work with an A-list of iconic artists including Ivan Neville (on his solo album “Thanks”), Bonnie Raitt, Meshell Ndegeocello,  Living Colour  lead singer Corey Glover,  former P-Funk keyboardist Amp Fiddler, 2013 Grammy award nominee Shamekia Copeland, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.

In 2010, Doncker performed for the first time in China as a headlining act at the Shanghai Folk Festival, and in front of an audience of over 100,000 as part of the Shanghai World Expo. His latest work as a singer/songwriter and producer embraces a broader musical vision that he likes to call Global-Soul, drawing influences from numerous sources, including East and West Africa and the Caribbean. He also frequently collaborates with legendary Grammy Award winning Producer/Bassist Bill Laswell, and his ongoing "Power Of The Trinity" project was featured on CNN on November 27, 2012 (Jimi Hendrix' birthday).

This summer Tomás will be releasing the full length “Moanin' at Midnight:  The Howlin’ Wolf Project” album. Developed during a critically acclaimed run at NYC SummerStage during the summer of 2013 (and directed by award winning director Alfred Preisser), this project is now being shaped into a multimedia performance concert.

 Music video links: "Spoonful"-http://youtu.be/o6kvUofzgeE
"Shook Down"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utro4itpAuo

Artist contact: E-Mail: Robin Black @ TrueGrooveRecords1@gmail.com
Press contact: james@independentmusicpromotions.com


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A Glowing, Shameless Introduction

The world is my oyster and I came to claim the fucking pearl - Carl Hose

Those are my words. The concept isn't original but the phrasing is. I appreciate every breath I take, I love my family and friends, and I make every day count. I'm married to a woman who is beautiful in every way, I have awesome kids, and my career is booming.

I'm claiming the pearl.

I am the author of the anthologies Deadtown and Other Tales of Horror Set in the Old West, Weird Horror and Other B-Grade Tales, Fematales, Fematales Supernatural, Dead Horizon, the zombie novella Dead Rising, and the erotic anthology Pornocopia, all published by MARLvision Publishing.

My work has appeared in many horror anthologies and magazines, including Cold Storage (which I co-edited), Peep Show, Deathgrip: It Came from the Cinema, Deathgrip: Exit Laughing, Champagne Shivers, Tentacles, Butcher Knives and Body Counts, Through the Eyes of the Undead, Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets, Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes,  Writer's Journal, and Lighthouse Digest magazine. I am also editor and publisher of the Dark Light anthology to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Years ago I chose to focus on writing short stories and novels. I don't regret the decision, but that chapter of my life is finished. I've decided to pursue something I started as a kid - writing and playing music. I guess you could say I'm re-inventing myself, but that isn't entirely accurate. I wrote my first song when I was twelve. I still play that tune today. I played in a band when I was in my twenties and continued writing songs. Songwriting, and music in general, is my first love. I'm happy to be back at it, and judging from the songs I'm writing, doing it better than ever. I'm not re-inventing myself after all, just picking up where I left off.

I am also going to let my Internet website go in favor of blogging. This is a much more immediate and satisfying outlet for my love of music than a static website.

Carl's Jukebox will be about the music I love. Not only my music, but the music of the performers I have been inspired by. I want to create something for music fans and musicians alike. If it's music related, you'll find it here. A word of warning, though. I am opinionated. I like to say what I feel, regardless of who likes or dislikes. I do, however, love healthy debate and differences of opinion.

I plan to keep Carl's jukebox as fresh as possible and hope to attract a loyal following of music lovers of all kinds. I am new to the blog thing, so this is a work in progress. I hope together we can make it entertaining and successful.

Love and thanks to:

My wife Marcee for bringing unconditional love into my life.

My kids, Nick, Haley, Seth, Ethan, Caleb, and Ireland.

The audience that pays attention to the things I do.