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Artist: Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Album: Lickety Split
Bitrate: 268kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Blue Note Records
Genre: Blues
Size: 102.20 megs
PlayTime: 0h 50min 44sec total
Rip Date: 2013-07-20
Store Date: 2013-07-19

Track List:
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01. Amped Up                         3:18
02. Born Again                       4:21
03. New Orleans                      4:12
04. Take the Party (feat. Trombone   4:10
    Shorty)
05. Brand New Wayo (feat. Carlos     4:36
    Santana)
06. Lickety Split                    4:03
07. Blacky Joe (feat. Carlos         5:51
    Santana)
08. Love Rollercoaster               3:13
09. All American                     2:44
10. Get Ready                        5:09
11. Welcome Home                     6:12
12. Good Lovin'                      2:55

Release Notes:
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For Robert Randolph & the Family Band, the three year break after 2010's
somewhat stilted-sounding We Walk This Road was well deserved. By Randolph's own
admission, their 280 date-per-year touring pace had taken its toll: playing
music, let alone trying to find time to create it, had become a chore. Their
Blue Note debut, Lickety Split, features an expanded FB lineup that includes
vocalist Lenesha Randolph and guitarist Brett Haas; the group has gone back to
its earliest recorded efforts for inspiration while furthering their new music
considerably. The end result resembles their live sound more than any studio
record in their catalog. Co-produced by the FB with Randolph's songwriting
partners, it was primarily engineered and edited by Eddie Kramer, and mixed by
Jim Scott. Opener "Amped Up" delivers the FB's trademark party-time meld of
screaming hard rock, funk, gospel, blues, and R&B, all at full-tilt and in the
raw. "Born Again" delivers the band's signature gospel message with celebration.
The gorgeous call-and-response vocals between the Randolphs, and guest Bekka
Bramlett, and the meaty, contrasting guitar interplay between Robert and Haas,
are irresistible. Soul, Cajun-country, and gospel are at the heart of the dreamy
yet earthy Lenesha-led, "New Orleans." Speaking of NOLA, Trombone Shorty lends
his horn and energy to the gospelized, Crescent City-flavored stomp of "Take the
Party." Carlos Santana makes two appearances here as well. On the driving funk
of "Brand New Wayo," he delivers a fine, overdriven B.B. King nod when prompted
by Randolph, while bassist Daniel Morgan lets his Bootsy freak flag fly and
pushes the tune into the red. The rangy, pulsing hard rock gospel blues in the
title track gets high marks for Randolph's tasty fills and the soulful vocal
exchanges. The cover of the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" has its horns
supplanted beautifully by the color palette from Randolph's pedal steel, and
Morgan's knotty, funky bassline. The other cover here is an
off-your-seat-and-on-your-feet reading of the Rascals' "Good Lovin," with Dwan
Hill adding his B-3 to the mix and trading fours with Randolph, sending it all
off in party-down version of a M÷bius strip. Lickety Split is not only a joyous,
unhindered return to form, but the group's finest studio offering to date.



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Artist: Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Album: Lickety Split
Bitrate: 268kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Blue Note Records
Genre: Blues
Size: 102.20 megs
PlayTime: 0h 50min 44sec total
Rip Date: 2013-07-20
Store Date: 2013-07-19

Track List:
--------
01. Amped Up                         3:18
02. Born Again                       4:21
03. New Orleans                      4:12
04. Take the Party (feat. Trombone   4:10
    Shorty)
05. Brand New Wayo (feat. Carlos     4:36
    Santana)
06. Lickety Split                    4:03
07. Blacky Joe (feat. Carlos         5:51
    Santana)
08. Love Rollercoaster               3:13
09. All American                     2:44
10. Get Ready                        5:09
11. Welcome Home                     6:12
12. Good Lovin'                      2:55

Release Notes:
--------
For Robert Randolph & the Family Band, the three year break after 2010's
somewhat stilted-sounding We Walk This Road was well deserved. By Randolph's own
admission, their 280 date-per-year touring pace had taken its toll: playing
music, let alone trying to find time to create it, had become a chore. Their
Blue Note debut, Lickety Split, features an expanded FB lineup that includes
vocalist Lenesha Randolph and guitarist Brett Haas; the group has gone back to
its earliest recorded efforts for inspiration while furthering their new music
considerably. The end result resembles their live sound more than any studio
record in their catalog. Co-produced by the FB with Randolph's songwriting
partners, it was primarily engineered and edited by Eddie Kramer, and mixed by
Jim Scott. Opener "Amped Up" delivers the FB's trademark party-time meld of
screaming hard rock, funk, gospel, blues, and R&B, all at full-tilt and in the
raw. "Born Again" delivers the band's signature gospel message with celebration.
The gorgeous call-and-response vocals between the Randolphs, and guest Bekka
Bramlett, and the meaty, contrasting guitar interplay between Robert and Haas,
are irresistible. Soul, Cajun-country, and gospel are at the heart of the dreamy
yet earthy Lenesha-led, "New Orleans." Speaking of NOLA, Trombone Shorty lends
his horn and energy to the gospelized, Crescent City-flavored stomp of "Take the
Party." Carlos Santana makes two appearances here as well. On the driving funk
of "Brand New Wayo," he delivers a fine, overdriven B.B. King nod when prompted
by Randolph, while bassist Daniel Morgan lets his Bootsy freak flag fly and
pushes the tune into the red. The rangy, pulsing hard rock gospel blues in the
title track gets high marks for Randolph's tasty fills and the soulful vocal
exchanges. The cover of the Ohio Players' "Love Rollercoaster" has its horns
supplanted beautifully by the color palette from Randolph's pedal steel, and
Morgan's knotty, funky bassline. The other cover here is an
off-your-seat-and-on-your-feet reading of the Rascals' "Good Lovin," with Dwan
Hill adding his B-3 to the mix and trading fours with Randolph, sending it all
off in party-down version of a Möbius strip. Lickety Split is not only a joyous,
unhindered return to form, but the group's finest studio offering to date.



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