 Dean
Hall and The Loose Eels – Shed My Skin
{1994 | Python Records}
Shed My
Skin is the debut album featuring nine songs
from the Kentucky guitar slingin’, hard
rocking, bluesman Dean Hall. His second CD “The
Ghost of James Bell” (1997) features a favorite track - My Baby’s a Pig. You'll enjoy
the bluesy feel of Shed over the harder rock
intensity of Ghost.
First
saw Dean at the ZZ Top
concert 7/27/05 – he’s a big
dude, kinda looks like Mr. Clean – he
can sing, write and plays a mean guitar. At
the time of ZZ concert Dean was playing guitar
and touring with Gretchen Wilson on Kenny Chesney’s
Somewhere in the Sun tour.
 The
Loose Eels are: With special guests
Dean Hall – guitar & vocals Ron Gannaway
& Milton Sledge – drums
Peter Newland – harmonica Dow Tomlin,
Willie Weeks & Warren Gower – bass
Boyd Lefan – bass Jim Piekarski –
Hammond B-3
Gene Weatherbee – drums Jeff King - slide
The
Songs:
1. My Milkman Was Freddie King
– searing guitar.
2. I Know Something ‘Bout The
Blues – Dean is a bit of a Stevie
Ray / Kentucky Headhunter combo and mighty powerful
in his delivery.
3. I’m The Reason (That
She Walks That Way) – great harmonica
with a great beat and soulful southern rock-like
vocals.
4. You Can Never Take Me Home
– fantastic funky bass groove.
5. Dancin’ Shoes –
a traditional bluesy shuffle with perfectly
placed harmonica and guitar snippets.
6. Mr. Fun – fast, loud,
hard rockin’ blues.
7. Fat Bottom Girl –
a blues gumbo of Texas and Chicago styles with
lots of mojo.
8. Moonshiners’ Daughter
– electric blues with a taste of slide
and consistent bass line.
9. If You Play Another Country Song
(I’m Gonna Have To Kick Your Ass!) –
a catchy country parody. The inspiration for
this song came when Dean was in a fairly empty
bar, he put a quarter in the jukebox and played
a Zeppelin song. The other dude in the bar then
put in 40 quarters and played the same country
over and over and over.
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