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Double Take album by Billy Branch / Kenny Neal was released Jan 13, 2004 on the Alligator label. This no-frills Alligator reissue of 2003's Easy Meeting (recorded in France, 1998), allows a wider audience to hear this exceptional recording, which might have been all but impossible to find on its previous indie label. Double Take songs Louisiana swamp guitarist/vocalist Neal is well known through his nine discs on Alligator and Telarc, but harp player Branch is a more obscure, yet tremendously talented bluesman who blues fans may recognize from his inclusion on Alligator's 1991 Harp Attack. Double Take album Branch ended up a little lost on that project since he had to share the spotlight with James Cotton, Carey Bell, and Junior Wells, but here, even working with Neal, he shines. Double Take CD music This is a low-key but charming, predominantly acoustic project, split fairly evenly between classics, new tunes, and obscurities. Neal has the better voice, and sings seven of the 12 tracks, but Branch does a fine job on his five tunes, even between verses where he's playing harp. There aren't many -- if any -- overdubs, and the session is as loose and down-home as you'd expect from two seasoned musicians. Double Take CD music contains a single disc with 12 songs.

 1 Going Down Slow
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 2 Son I Never Knew
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 3 I Just Keep Loving Her
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 4 My Babe
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 5 Early One Morning
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 6 Going to the Country
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 7 Don't Start Me Talking
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 8 Mannish Boy
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 9 Billy and Kenny's Stomp
    with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 10 Baby Bee
      with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 11 Northern Man Blues
      with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal   
 12 Son I Never Knew
      with Billy Branch, Kenny Neal

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