REVIEW: Mike Bourne Band “Kansas City O’clock”
Mike Bourne Band – Kansas City O’clock This album’s songs are shaped from a blues that comes from another kind of clay. Kansas City is not deep South blues; it threads its coat from a Big Band fabric, with jazz, rhythm & blues, jump blues & ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll without a chaser. The inspired […]
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