Low down, No good…

Tracks

1. Low-down, No-good, Downright Nasty Blues (6:38)

2. Parallel Bars (3:57)

3. Billy’s Bossa (7:21)

4. Unbalanced (9:16)

5. An Aire For Claire (5:43)

6. The Brightest Moon (6:20)

7. Four Keys (6:24)

8. Beyond The Stars (7:17)

Total playing time 52:56

All music composed and arranged by Bill Prouten © 2007 (SOCAN)
Bill Prouten (Tenor Sax) Robi Botos (Piano)
Mike Downes (Bass) Ted Warren (Drums)

Artist’s Note: About “Low-down, No-good”

The title track, “Low-down, No-good, Downright Nasty Blues”, was inspired by the song “Man of Constant Sorrow” as featured in the Coen Brothers movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou? I sought to capture the same type of mournfulness, allude to the music of the Deep South, and give it a period “hard times” feel. Since the movie took place in the Depression, I researched photos of people from the period, and took note of their clothing and surroundings. Once I chose the title track, I went with the period theme for the photo shoot. I think it was very effective, in the end.

However, it is but one mood of eight on the CD; I don’t want you to think that the cover represents the style of music for the entire disc. Nor does it represent an untoward fondness for overalls!

~Bill Prouten