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Stop Breaking Down 2:490:00/2:49
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0:00/3:20
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The Word 2:290:00/2:29
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Down By the Sea 3:320:00/3:32
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Gloria 5:130:00/5:13
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0:00/2:19
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Left Handed Smile 5:450:00/5:45
Swampside Records released “The Sauce” on June 7, 2024
Available at the Sauce Boss Shop
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1. Little Rhythm and Blues 2:19 (By Bill Wharton)
2. The Word 2:31 (By Lennon/McCartney)
3. Delta 9 Blues 5:16 (By Bill Wharton)
4. Space Ocean 1:36 (By Bill Wharton)
5. Down By the Sea 3:45 (By Bill Wharton)
6. Stop Breaking Down** 2:49 (By Robert Johnson)
7. Don't Know How to Tell You 3:45 (By Bill Wharton)
8. I Will Play for Gumbo* 3:26 (By Jimmy Buffett)
9. Lonely Crowd 3:04 (By Bill Wharton)
10. Gloria* 5:16 ( By Van Morrison)
11. Little Rhythm and Blues Reprise** 1:09 (By Bill Wharton)
12. Left Handed Smile* 5:45 (By Bill Wharton)
Bill Wharton Guitar, Vocal & One Man Band
*Damon Fowler Guitar & Lap Steel
**Neal Goree Guitar
Brett Crook Drums
"The Sauce" is a ride from the heights of blues rock to the most intimate of acoustic whisperings.
The disc begins with a set of one-man band tunes, each of which is a prescription for a better life. "Little Rhythm and Blues" is testament to the medicinal properties of the genre. My take on The Beatles' "The Word" lays it back into a smooth and funky plea for showing some love instead of all this hate that seems to be all around us." Delta 9 Blues", an atmospheric slow blues, touts the benefits of another kind of medicine. The first three tunes set the theme of healing with music in the genre-bending "The Sauce". It's what I do. I cook a pot of gumbo and I feed the audience, while splooging my hot sauce into the pot. I blurr definitions. I ignore boundaries. I make The Sauce.
"Down By the Sea" is solo, Hawaiian-style, on my 1933 National Steel Guitar
Along with my solo/one man band thing, I've lately been hanging in a high energy trio format. (two guitars and drums). The rest of the album is mostly with a trio. I'm joined by my friends, Neal Goree (guitar) and Brett Crook (drums). My good friend Damon Fowler joins me and Brett on a few tunes. There's also a few ballads (Don't Know How To Tell You, Lonely Crowd, and Left Handed Smile), but it's a soulful delivery throughout. Cure thyself with these 12 tunes. May The Sauce be with you.