Al Basile - At Home Next Door (CD)

(2-CD set) At Home Next Door is a double CD set: the first CD, At Home With the Blues, looks back over Al Basile's 14 year catalogue with Sweetspot and focuses on his blues songs; the second, Next Door to the Blues, is a brand new collection of songs that use the blues as a foundation but build into other forms, with a focus on a 60s Memphis soul and gospel sound. The common denominator through both discs is Duke Robillard as producer and guitarist, and Al Basile as singer, songwriter, and cornetist, but former Roomful of Blues bandmates abound, along with guests ranging from harmonica aces Jerry Portnoy and Sugar Ray Norcia to jazz great Scott Hamilton. Produced by Duke Robillard, administered by BUGSelling Points: 200 station national radio promotion 6 month publicity campaign by Mark Pucci Media Print ads in Blues Revue issues #138,139,140, cut on CD sampler

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Go Back Home to the Blues
2. I Got to Be Love and Be Loved
3. Picked to Click
4. Termites in My Basement
5. Daddy Got a Problem
6. Bad Intentions
7. Just a Heartache
8. I Really Miss You
9. Not the Wrong Woman
10. Annie Get Your Thing on
11. Too Slow
12. Housekey Blues
13. Give It Like You Get It
14. 80 Bells

Disc: 2

1. Too Much Like Fate
2. Keep That Heart
3. Stony Ground
4. A Mystery to Me
5. Only Jodie Knows
6. She Was Sayin' Giddyup
7. It Is What It Is
8. A Little Too Far
9. Tryin' to Impress the Girl
10. Miss Dissatisfed
11. My Phone's Got a Mind of It's Own
12. The Streak
13. The Closer