BottleNeck Blake & BluesHarp Counsel AKA The HipShakers!

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1.	Dust My Blues 03:04	buy track
2.	Looka Here 03:28	buy track
3.	Oh Rosie 03:20	buy track
4.	You'll Be Sorry Someday 02:39	buy track
5.	Checkin' On My Baby 03:52	buy track
6.	Chop Suey 01:10	buy track
7.	You Got To Move 02:56	buy track
8.	I Can't Hold Out 03:50	buy track
9.	6th & Union 03:40	buy track
10.	Wag My Tail No More 04:12	buy track
11.	Sugar Mamma 03:28	buy track
12.	Blakes Boogie 04:10	buy track
13.	God Will Cut You Down 03:03	buy track
14.	Stop Breaking Down 03:39	buy track
15.	Catch Up On You 03:40	buy track
16.	Rock Me 04:25	buy track
17.	Crazy Mixed Up World 02:48	buy track
18.	Take This Hammer 02:58	buy track
19.	Never Had To Cry 02:45	buy track
20.	Key To The Highway 02:53	buy track
21.	A Little Hug 01:01	buy track
22.	Glory Glory 03:06	buy track
23.	Crazy About You Baby 03:44	buy track
24.	Changed The Lock 02:44	buy track
25.	HipShake 03:02	buy track
26.	Walkin' By Myself 03:29	buy track
27.	Corina Corina 03:04	buy track

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Real Folk Blues! An Acoustic set of our favorite blues songs plus a few of our own.

London's Premier Blues outfit The Hipshakers features Adam “BottleNeck” Blake on guitar and vocals and Steve “BluesHarp” Counsel on Harmonica and vocals.

“BottleNeck” Blake is an amazing lead guitarist in the great British Blues Boom tradition completely at home in the Chicago style whether it be the slide style of Elmore James and JB Hutto, or the lead and rhythm styles of such Chicago greats as Jimmy Rogers, Magic Sam and Otis Rush, he is also a major exponent of the acoustic delta blues slide style of Mississippi Fred McDowell as well as a wide gamut of Blues greats. As a long time sideman in the Errol Linton Blues Vibe, Blake has toured extensively and recorded several notable albums.

However it is within his partnership with “BluesHarp” Counsel that Blake really excels, sharing center stage affords Blake the opportunity to “wow” audiences with his gritty and evocative vocal prowess interlaced with raw, jaw dropping, bone picking, no nonsense guitar licks.

Steve “BluesHarp” Counsel was also born and raised in London but lived and worked in the states for over 20 years before moving back to London in 2011. In the 90's he formed and led the infamous Los Angeles Blues band the Homewreckers. A critically acclaimed CD produced by Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown was released on New York's Viceroy Records in 1994 called "Out Of The Shadow's," it was also released in Europe though Viceroys German based subsidiary and Rough Trade.

Ira Robbins in New York Newsday described Counsel as a “Harmonica Powerhouse” and recently Counsel was described by -Mike Rimmer in Cross Rhythms Magazine (UK) "Counsel blows a mean harp ...vocally he sounds like a young Van Morrison spitting out the words here with a raspy soulful passion"

Together Blake and Counsel bring a wealth of experience and a love of the blues that is infectious and both pleases and excites the purest and the casual blues listener alike. On stage whether it is as an acoustic duo ala “Sonny & Brownie” or in the Hipshakers electric line up echoing the dual front-man approach of “Junior and Buddy” the chemistry between these two musicians is irresistible.

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released February 13, 2022

Adam (BottleNeck) Blake: Guitar, Vocals
Steve {BluesHarp) Counsel: Harmonica, Vocals

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The HipShakers London, UK

The Hipshakers started as a 5 piece Blues Band in 1988, Adam “BottleNeck” Blake guitar & vocals, Steve “BluesHarp” Counsel Harmonica & vocals, Gordon Leach Guitar, Clive Leach Bass & Trombone, Phil Rowland Drums. Reforming in 2011 on stage whether as an acoustic duo or with a band the dual frontman chemistry between Blake & Counsel is irresistible. ... more

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