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HIS MUSIC LIVES ON
KIP LONDON
(1954 - 2022)
Posthumous album
KIP LONDON
THE LAST
D A N C E
MOMOJO RECORDS
RELEASE DATE : JULY25, 2025
(USA)

MUSICIANS: KIP LONDON - GUITAR, VOCALS KIRK YANO - GUITAR, BASS JOHN NEMETH - HARMONICA TONY PROLETTA - STEEL GUITAR DONALD KRUEGER - DRUMS TOMMY RICH - DRUMS TOMMY MANDEL - PIANO SOLOMON HICKS - GUITAR CHERYL RINOVATO - GUITAR
TRACKLIST: 01 HURRICANE 02:38 02 DRINKING TONIGHT 03:58 03 WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW 04:02 04 JITTERBUG SWING 02:51 05 WHAT AM I DOING HERE 03:03 06 TIME GOES ON 04:55 07 UP JUMPS THE DEVIL 02:57 08 USELESS 03:05 09 ROLL ME RIGHT 02:14 10 DEATH LETTER BLUES 03:33
Listen to samples - Kip London - The Last Dance

MOMOJO RECORDS MOVES FORWARD IN ITS COMMENDABLE MISSION TO RESCUE MUSICAL WORKS AND MUSICIANS UNJUSTLY FORGOTTEN AND UNFAIRLY CAST INTO OSTRACISM. KIP LONDON WAS ONE OF THEM. A GUITARIST, SONGWRITER, AND SINGER BASED IN PITTSBURGH, LONDON NEVER GRACED THE COVERS OF MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS AND GAVE ONLY A FEW WIDELY UNCIRCULATED INTERVIEWS. STILL, HE MANAGED TO FORGE A UNIQUE STYLE THAT EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF A LOYAL FOLLOWING. FROM A SERIES OF EARLIER RECORDING SESSIONS, "THE LAST DANCE" WAS PRODUCED BY KIRK YANO AT HIS BROOKLYN STUDIO, RESULTING IN A COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT SHOWCASE AN ARTIST AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CREATIVE POWERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BLUES, OF COURSE — PERFORMED BY A SENSITIVE, PROFOUND, AND EMPATHETIC ARTIST. ALL THAT’S LEFT TO SAY IS THAT WITH THIS ALBUM, KIP LONDON HAS OFFICIALLY ENTERED ORBIT.
KIP LONDON
"JUMP CITY"
MOONDOG RECORDS
1997
Reissued 2025


"The Last Dance" was recorded at Norman Nardini's East Side Sound Studio in Pittsburgh, Voracity Studios in Cleveland & John Nemeth's Studio in Memphis. Has been mixed at After Dark Studios in Brooklyn, New York.
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