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Follow on Google News | Mike Hallal Band Releases "Live at Lizard Lounge" CD -- Cambridge blues/rock show set for Dec. 13Mike Hallal Band CD Release Party Sat. Dec 13, 8 p.m.–1 a.m. at Lizard Lounge, 1667 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA The band and guests perform songs from new album, Live at Lizard Lounge. CD included w/$10 cover. More info at myspace.com/mikehallalband.
By: Mike Hallal Steeped in the likes of Muddy Waters, Cream and the Black Keys, the 4-piece band has been packing the intimate Lizard Lounge since their first appearance there in January 2008. At the release party, they'll showcase original songs from the new CD and debut more fresh tunes, with the help of special guests Tommy Dempsey and Mike Previti. Dempsey starts the ruckus at 9 p.m. with a set of original acoustic rock. Excluding the bonus instrumental, all of the album's tracks were recorded one night last June, when the band was hitting the note with special guest Jesse Flack (Jim's Big Ego) on upright bass. Rowdy, workingman's blues, slow-burning soul and rapid-fire funk mark the range of originals. A riff-heavy update of bluesman Henry Townsend’s "Doctor Oh Doctor," first recorded in 1931, takes out modern frustrations. And grooved reworkings of little known tunes by Tom Petty and Neil Young reveal the band's eclectic roots. "Keep it real was the mantra for this CD," says singer/songwriter/ "Live at Lizard Lounge" will be available after Dec. 13 at iTunes, Rhapsody and other music sites, at mikehallal.com and at Newbury Comics stores. For song samples and more info, visit myspace.com/ # # # Original blues-soaked rock band from Boston area. Songwriting, arranging, performing, recording, CD production, publishing. End
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