This Boogie Life Nicholas Churkin - Gary Lothian - Mike Rix Swamphouse This initial outing of the trio enabled us to explore some new arrangements of standards such as Caravan & Never Can Tell, while still retaining the unique Swamphouse treatment to other classics.   It’s a fine line between eclecticism & crypticity. Taste the Swamphouse way ... it's Time To Party! Listen Track 2 - Fine Fine Fine Listen Track 6 - I Used To Be Bad Listen Track 8 - Gotta Move Track List 01. I Wants to Be Loved 02. Fine Fine Fine 03. Blue Monday 04. Goin’ Away Baby 05. I Wish You Luck 06. I Used To Be Bad 07. You Never Can Tell 08. Gotta Move 09. Caravan 10. Boogie Or Burst 11. The Wrestler Click to order the CD

Overview of Tracks

1. I Wants To Be Loved
   [Willie Dixon]
   Tribute to Muddy – ‘She know how to mesmerise’.
   
   
2. Fine Fine Fine
   [Floyd Soileau/Sidney Semien]
   Favourite zydeco crowd pleaser, ‘feets be movin’.
   
   
3. Blue Monday
   [Fats Domino]
   Dedicated to the beloved Fats. Classic New Orleans material, ‘Blues on a Monday’.
   
   
4. Goin’ Away Baby
   [James Lane]
   Down home & closer to the ‘roots’.
   
   
5. I Wish You Luck
   [Roy Rogers/Norton Buffalo]
   She done me wrong, gots to cut adrift!
   
   
6. I Used To Be Bad
   [Ronnie Barron]
   Some people just can’t accept a person has ‘growed’.
   
7. You Never Can Tell
   [Chuck Berry]
   From one of the greats, when the world be your oyster – ‘can you tell’.
   
   
8. Gotta Move
   [Elmore James]
   Classic Elmore – a man can only take so much.
   
   
9. Caravan
   [Duke Ellington]
   A wild take on an old favourite.
   
   
10. Boogie Or Burst
    [Churkin/Ellicoff]
    No use cryin’ over spilt milk. The time has come to roll on the freight train.
    
    
11. The Wrestler
    [Bruce Springsteen]
    If ever there was a battler’s lament, this be it. A fitting closer.
    
    
    
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