Los Angeles blues-rock legends Top Jimmy And The Rhythm Pigs released exactly one album in 1987, and it\u2019s been out of print for a long time. Now, nearly 40 years later, it\u2019s on CD for the first time and the vinyl version comes in pig pink and with a 16-page booklet.<\/p>\n
The lively \u201cDance With Your Baby Around\u201d starts the festivities with Top Jimmy\u2019s smooth pipes alongside DJ Bonebrake\u2019s furious drumming and Steve Berlin\u2019s animated sax that will make you stop whatever you\u2019re doing and start dancing.<\/p>\n
\u201c11 Months And 29 Days\u201d follows with a slower but no less impactful mood, where Dig The Pig\u2019s infectious rhythm guitar suits the melodic spirit and Joey Morales\u2019 colorful harmonica, while \u201cHomework\u201d allows for Gil T\u2019s frisky bass to complement the stylish delivery.<\/p>\n
Landing in the middle, \u201cHole In My Pockets\u201d spotlights Gene Taylor\u2019s firm piano, as Top Jimmy\u2019s voice gets a bit gritty in a soulful way, and \u201cSpanish Castle Magic\u201d brings dense rock ideas thanks to Carlos Guitarlos\u2019 sturdy guitar and Tony Morales\u2019 pounding drums. \u201cFramed,\u201d another excellent track, then bops and shakes with timeless blues that can get raw, too.<\/p>\n
Arriving late, \u201cBackroom Blues\u201d places Joey Morales on drums alongside the agile bass, dancing keys and meticulous guitars, and \u201cBallad Of A Thin Man\u201d exits and burns slow with a hint of a darker quality to it.<\/p>\n
The \u201980s were a wild time in Los Angeles for underground music, and fans of Top Jimmy included Tom Waits, David Lee Roth, X and The Blasters, to name a few. Their rowdy live shows were legendary, which we definitely get a feel for here, and their mashing up of blues, boogie-woogie, jazz, soul, R&B and even punk makes this a long overdue reissue that anyone with ears should consume immediately. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[11184],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-47376","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-top-jimmy-and-the-rhythm-pigs","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47376"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}