Dennis says. "Gordon and I wanted to make an album unlike most of the blues albums being put out today, so we wrote around 15 new songs and picked the best 10 that would work on this project. We wanted the album to be acoustic - with a difference. It’s blues based but not like any of the other albums that I’ve made over the years. The album is dedicated to our Home Territory of Reading. We got some top guest musicians to play with us, and we recorded at Whitehouse Studios in the heart of the town.
Here's a review from Eric Campfens of Barn Owl Blues in Holland...
….We find ten well-written and performed songs, rooted in the blues with a nice variety of styles. The album opens with the beautiful 'I Hear You Knocking' adorned with beautiful fingerpicking guitar work, and ends with the mischievous 'The Rooster Crows' (Recognizable? Who knows). Other songs worthy of special mention are the beautiful ballad 'The River Of Sight' with its lighthearted guitar work, 'Coltrane' with its alternating violin and guitar, and the mournful ballad 'Bad Man.' Dennis writes in the liner notes that this might well be his last album. A choice I respect, of course, but I would find it a shame. We currently need more albums of this caliber in the present music scene.”
Here's another - from Andrew Merrit, ace gig photographer of the music scene in and around Reading, and allround music lover...
"There's been a few new good albums released recently, and this is one of them! I was very pleased to be sent a CD by Dennis Siggery of his latest Eric Street Band album, 'The Word on the Street', and it maintains the standard he has set. If you like blues with vocals that convey a life of trouble, electric blues guitar and some great harmonica work, then you can do a lot worse than giving this a listen!"
Music and fashion came together in London, where clubs like the Flamingo, Scene and Ronnie Scott’s were feeding the new sounds to the youth.
Dennis was a Mod in Reading, jumping the milk train on a Friday night to go ‘Up West’ - because being a Mod was all about living for the weekend and being part of the scene - the music, the clothes, the girls, and the little blue tablets..."
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With the new album coming out, we'd like to clear out some of our old back-catalogue CD stocks. Look out for special prices on old ESB, Dennis solo, and Dennis & Neil albums!
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