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RICK ESTRIN and the nightcats

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"the hits keep coming"

ALLIGATOR RECORDS ALCD-5019

RELEASE DATE MAY 10, 2024

(USA)

kid andersen
Guitar, Bass
(Tracks 3,4,7,8,10)

Lorenzo Farrell 
keyboards. bass
(track 6)

Derrick “D’mar” Martin
drums, percussion

plus

Jerry Jemmott:
Bass (Tracks
(1,2,5,9,11,12)

James, Walter, Dwayne Morgan  
Backing Vocals  (Tracks 1,2,4,12)

Quique Gomez:
Maracas
(Track 3)

Lisa Leuschner Andersen:
Backing Vocals
(Track 12)

rick estrin
harmonica, vocals

Charlie Musselwhite, Marty Dodson, Bob Welsh, Boopsy Callinz -  
Voices
(Track 12)

Tracklist 01 Somewhere Else   (03:57)     02 The Hits Keep Coming  (04:59    03 The Circus Is Still In Town (The Monkey Song (03:51   04 Everybody Know  (03:42   05 I Finally Hit The Bottom  (05:10     06 Diamonds At Your Fee  (04:01    07 911  (02:50     08 I Ain’t Worried About Nothin’  (03:45     09 Learn To Lose   (03:22   10 Sack O’ Kools   (04:10   11 Time For Me To Go  (04:29   12 Whatever Happened To Dobie Strange?   (04:39    

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Guitarist Charlie Baty and harp player Rick Estrin crossed paths and in 1976 they founded the jump band "Little Charlie and the Nightcats" and with them the West Coast blues of the end of the last century exploded. They recorded nine essential albums through Alligator Records but in 2007 Baty retired from the band and from full-time touring. Guitarist Christoffer "Kid" Andersen joined the band and Estrin took the lead, announcing himself as "Rick Estrin and the Nightcats". As one of the best, most energetic and solid contemporary harmonica players, Estrin has continued to carry the music and spirit of the Nightcats forward with performances around the world, continuing with recordings through Alligator Records, releasing six more albums since 2008. "Kid" Andersen has remained a multi-instrumentalist in the band from the beginning, having been a fundamental musician in the evolution of the Nightcats' sound, the irreplaceable support of the tireless Rick Estrin. "The "Hits Keep Coming" is the sixth album to date and is a superb contribution to increasing the legend of this band, twelve torpedoes to the waterline of apathy and indifference with which blues music is often unfairly treated. An album absolutely inconceivable if it weren't for the fact that it has been recorded by completely magical musicians.

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previous
rick estrin and nightcats

alligator 2009
estrin andersen farrell
+ j hansen (drumsbob welch (keys)

alligator 2012
estrin andersen farrell
+ j hansen (drumsaki kumar (harmonica terry hank doug james jack sanford (sax) chris barnes bob harris 
(trumpet) lisa leu andersen (backing vocals)

alligator 2014
estrin andersen farrell
+ j hansen (drums

alligator 2017
estrin andersen farrell
+ alex petterson (drums) jerry jemmott  joe kyle  jr robby yamilov (bass jim pugh (piano) john halbleittrumpet)  terry hank nancy wright 
(saxmartin winstad (percussion)

alligator 2019
estrin andersen farrell d'mar
+ quantae  johnson (bass) alex petersen (drums jim pugh (organ)

charlie baty
(1953-2020)

little charlie
and the nightcats

(1976-2007)

alligator 1987
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
jay peterson (bassdobie strange (drums

alligator 1988
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
jay peterson (bassdobie strange (drums

alligator 1989
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
jay peterson (bassdobie strange (drums

alligator 1991
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
brad lee sexton (bassdobie strange (drums

alligator 1993
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
brad lee sexton (bassdobie strange (drumsjim pugh (keys
tim devine (saxjeff lewis 
(trumpet) joe louis walker (guitar

alligator 1995
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
ronnie james weber (bassdobie strange (drumsrusrt zinn (guitar
john firman (sax) jim pugh 
(keys

alligator 1998
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
ronnie james weber (bassjune core (drumsjim pugh (keys

alligator 2002
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
frankie randall (bassjoey ventitelli (drumsrusty zinn (guitar
rob sudduth, johhn firmin 
(saxchris siebert  steve lucky (keys

alligator 2005
charlie baty 
(guitar) rick estrin (harmonica, vocals
+
lorenzo farrell (bassj hansen (drums

they' are
THE
NIGHTCATS !

LITTLE CHRLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS 1992

RICK ESTRIN AND THE NIGHTCATS 2024

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