Dial 'W' for Watkins

Dial 'W' for Watkins Artist: Geraint Watkins
Label: Yep Roc Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 634457208421
EAN: 0634457208421
ASIN: B0002MHESW


Release Date: 2004-08-24

Dial 'W' for Watkins


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Tracks:

  1. Two Rocks
  2. Turn That Chicken Down
  3. Be My Love
  4. Blessed With happiness
  5. The Whole Night Through
  6. Cold War
  7. Heroes And Villains
  8. Soldier Of Love
  9. I Will
  10. I'm just Crazy About You
  11. Bring Me THe Head Of My So Called Lover
  12. Heaven
  13. Only A Rose
  14. Go West

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Turn That Chicken Down flat out cooks.......2007-05-07

I have been aware of Geraint Watkins for over 20 years as a band member and session player on albums by Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Bill Wyman (Willie & the Poor Boys), and others. I knew he was a great keyboard player, and the times I have seen him in concert footage show he is a talented entertainer as well. None of this guarantees that his solo efforts would be worth much, though--but this cd verifies that Watkins is much more than a talented sideman. He is a raging artist finely in tune with a spectrum of musical genres. He more than handles his own in comparison to Lowe, Edmunds, etc. If you dig those guys, you will love this album. Dial 'W' for Watkins jumps to a top position on my playlist. Anything he has or will put out is instantly on my 'must buy' list.

5 out of 5 stars Geraint Watkins makes great soul and pop music!.......2004-11-27

Wow. This release has everything. Good soul music. Tunes such as 'Blessed With Happiness', 'Soldier of Love' and 'Bring me the head..' are stunners. What a cover (Louis Prima style) of Brian Wilson's 'Heroes and Villians'! If you like Nick Lowe's recent work - this is a must have. Geraint has played on Nicks last three records and Nick and band return the favor. Soul record of the year! Give it a try. Works well on my radio show, "Sound Of Music".

5 out of 5 stars new, original, but comfortingly familiar.......2004-09-29

Geraint Watkins has been in the music game for a while. I saw him promoting his new CD (he opened for Nick Lowe) in Boston recently and his talent blew me away. He's got a voice that slays -- gutsy, low and yet tender and kind. He plays the piano impressively and effortlessly...bluesy sounds of years ago all over. But I didn't come to write a review of the performance...

The CD is really great. I've been listening to it a lot since I picked it up at the show. Emotional, funny, loving, resentful, tounge-in-cheek, and oh so familiar. This CD puts me in a good mood. Before I know it I'm boppin' and singin' along. My Fave is "Go West" (no, not the song done by the Village People/Pet Shop Boys) I've been whistling it for days. Other highlights include "Soldier of Love," "Heroes and Villains" (skibbity dooooo!) and "Heaven."

If you like Nick Lowe, then these songs will feel very familiar -- similar song writing, old-time beats and impeccable music. (Added Bonus: Nick plays and sings backup on most of these songs!)

5 out of 5 stars All groove and move.......2004-09-23

My introduction to Geriant Watkins was as the opening act for Nick Lowe's current tour. What a find! This was the best pairing with Lowe I have ever seen. I bought this CD right at the show because I wanted to have this music around. Watkins has been around on work by others that I have long listened to, like Lowe and Dave Edmunds. But I find I can't get enough of this CD now. It fits many moods with its pulsing rhythms and charming and sometimes clever lyrics. It's just plain likable music, original and somehow familiar at the same time. Watkins' keys are fantastic, though they were even better in concert.

5 out of 5 stars Nick Lowe's hero.......2004-09-15

Professor Longhair? Jerry Lee Lewis? Fats Domino? Who is this Welshman who sounds like Roy Orbison except when he sounds like Nick Drake? Geraint (GARE ent) Watkins has played with Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison and Paul McCartney on a regular basis. Nick Lowe is currently touring to promote this album (no kidding). Watkins is an accomplished accordionist and keyboard player who also plays a demon slide guitar and alternates between the tenderest of love songs ("Only a Rose" "Two Rocks") and the rowdiest of Beale Street R&B ("Turn that Chicken Down").

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  2. Play Power ~ David Candy
  3. Killing the Romance ~ Armchair Cynics
  4. The Social Disease ~ Japanic
  5. Wheelin' 'N' Dealin'/Riding High ~ Sassafras
  6. A Year to the Day ~ The Zephyrs
  7. Belle ~ Dropsonic
  8. Wrinkled Thoughts ~ Eyesinweasel
  9. Lump ~ The Presidents of the United States of America
  10. Poison ~ Bullet for My Valentine

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Now Is Another Time ~ David Murray

Jazz Scene ~ Various Artists

Redhanded ~ India Cooke

Mother of the Book ~ Glen Hall & Gil Evans

After You're Gone/Lame ~ Coleman Hawkins

String Vibrations ~ Richard Carr

Panorama: Griots Modernes D' Afrique ~ Various Artists

Jaco Do Bandolim ~ Jaco Do Bandolim

Las Mejores Rumbas ~ Los Manolos

Artistas Brasileiros ~ Various Artists