Hamilton Loomis - Basics (2017)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 542.62 Mb | 01:14:02 | Cover
Funky Blues, Blues-Rock, Funk Rock | Country: Galveston, TX, USA | Label: Ham-Bone Records
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 542.62 Mb | 01:14:02 | Cover
Funky Blues, Blues-Rock, Funk Rock | Country: Galveston, TX, USA | Label: Ham-Bone Records
Basics is Hamilton Loomis's most personal project to date, featuring 13 original songs including songwriting collaborations with Grammy-winning songwriter/producer/bassist Tommy Sims.
Hamilton Loomis does indeed go back to basics on his new album, which is his most personal and emotional effort to date. Gone are the double entendres for which Loomis is known; this time, his lyrics are direct, personal, and often autobiographical. The "basics” theme runs through the entire CD, in its lyrics (“Prayer,” “Cloudy Day”), single-chord progressions (“Sugar Baby", "Looking Into a Dream”), simple melodies (“Come and Get Me”), and stripped-down instrumentation of guitar, bass and drums (“Reason," "Getting So Big”).
Still, Loomis’s trademark deep-grooved funk and soulful blues-rock is definitely present. “I wanted this record to be more stripped-down. Even the CD jacket is black and white and pretty basic itself," he says of the disc, which features songwriting collaborations with Grammy-award winning songwriter/producer/bassist Tommy Sims, co-writer of Eric Clapton's “Change the World."
Loomis’ 2013 album “Give It Back” showed his pay-it-forward attitude of passing on knowledge to young, up-and-coming musicians, just as his mentors (notably Houston’s Joe Hughes, Johnny Copeland and rock icon Bo Diddley)
once did for him. On Basics, Loomis continues the tradition by featuring several of his young protégées, and finishes the record with a jam session by some of his favorite Houston-area youngsters, whose ages range from 13 to 16.
Loomis is also on a mission to raise awareness about hyperinsulinism (HI), a rare disease that causes low blood sugar. His 3-year-old son was diagnosed with the life-threatening condition in 2015, and Loomis dedicates Basics' opening track, “Sugar Baby,” to Congenital Hyperinsulinism International (www.congenitalhi.org), an organization that heads research on the disease, educates doctors and hospitals, and supports families affected by the disease. “They call HI kids 'sugar babies,' so I wanted to write a song in appreciation for all they do for families all over the world,” Loomis says.
Track List:
01. Sugar Baby 04:42
02. If I Would've 04:45
03. Candles And Wine 05:35
04. Reason 03:57
05. Ain't What It Ain't 05:15
06. Breaking Down 04:54
07. Looking Into A Dream 05:22
08. Getting So Big 04:57
09. Cloudy Day 06:00
10. Come And Get Me 07:00
11. Love Can Do 05:23
12. Prayer 04:58
13. Funky Little Brother 11:13
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