DIXON has been busy over the past year and there are two new recordings to
tell you about.
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Later in the Spring, DON DIXON & THE JUMP RABBITS (Jim Brock & Jamie Hoover)
will release "The Nu-Look", a spunky collection of club-friendly rock.
Although JIM and JAMIE have both been involved with DIXON in the studio and
on the road for twenty years, this is the first record they've made together
from start to finish and it reflects the fun, powerful style that they've
brought to the stage for hundreds of performances...it will be available as
a digital album and a cd. There's even talk of vinyl.
DIXON had this to say:
"I wanted to make a record like "Disraeli Gears", you know, a power trio
album...that's the approach this band has always taken in our live
shows...but i knew i didn't want to write a bunch of songs that sounded like
i wished i was 25 again...i don't wish that...so we set up in JAMIE's studio
& i taught them "300 Pounds of Joy", an old WILLIE DIXON song i'd learned
off a HOWLING WOLF record when i was in high school...we recorded it live in
the studio, no overdubs...it had everything i was looking for...so i kept
digging around for songs that seemed to fit our style...we ended up with a
bunch of stuff that was written by my friends when they were young...so i'd
show the guys the songs & we'd record them that way & even though i ended up
putting organ or piano on some of them, we continued in the tradition of
those classic trio records...all three of us contributing to the
arrangements...in the end, i wrote a few things for the record but the trio
still put their spin on everything..."
Here is the track listing for "The Nu-Look":
- 300 Pounds of Joy (Willie Dixon)
- Always (Marti Jones/Kelley Ryan)
- The Night That Otis Died (Don Dixon/Bland Simpson)
- Take A Walk With Me (Charles Keith)
- Sputnik (Parthenon Huxley)
- Skinny (Jamie Hoover)
- Told You So (Don Dixon)
- Perfect Girl (Chris Allen)
- Amplifier (Peter Holsapple)
- Six Pack (Matt Barrett)
The Jump Rabbits on the road
Jim Brock - drums
Don Dixon - bass, lead vocal, guitar, organ, piano
Jamie Hoover - lead guitar, vocal
Dixon plays the trombone on "Sputnik"
Shane Dixon (SDX) sings on "Perfect Girl"
Sidney Dixon & (SDX) are the shouting girls on "Sputnik"
recorded by Jamie Hoover at Hooverama @ Liquid Studios and Don Dixon at SPA
mixed by Dixon at SPA
mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
produced Don Dixon & The Jump Rabbits
cover design by Chris Eselgroth
photos by Chris Eselgroth and Laura Jane Hamilton
In addition to his own work, there are also a number of DIXON productions to
keep your eyes open for.
The Edison Project - available
G.B. Leighton - available
Tribute to Blind Alfred Reid - available
Chris Allen - available
Fontaine Brown - coming soon
Baby Shaker - coming soon
Madison Smartt Bell & Wyn Cooper - new stuff coming soon
Dip Ferrell & the Truetones - available but even more stuff coming soon
The Carpenter Ants - available but even more stuff coming soon
Just search any of these artists to see what you've been missing!
So, lots of new music from DIXON this year. Look for JUMP RABBIT shows
across the country in the summer and on into the fall!
The first is a collection of calm, soothing music from MARTI JONES & DON
DIXON titled "Lucky Stars: New Lullabies for Old Souls". This collection is
for everyone that wants to relax, not just moms, dads, & babies. Six songs,
five musical interludes, all written by DIXON except for the beautiful title
track sung by MARTI & written by Kelley Ryan & Jesse Valenzuela. This
digital album is available on your favorite digital site as of
April 8, 2008 including: