CD title - Bar Room Blues
label - Blue Loon
catalog# BLN-025
UPC# 7-51483-00252-3
Bar Room Blues, Now Baby or Never, Scorched,When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer, Good Rockin' Daddy, Upside Your Head, Welcome Blues, That's All, Mover and Shaker, That's What You Got To Do, I'm Just Your Fool, Wrecking Crew Blues, Fruit Boots
Dave "Cool Breeze" Brown (guitar & vocals), Wendy Rene (vocals), Bill Black (bass), Marty Bryduck (drums), Mark Asche (piano), Scott Johnson (tenor sax), Perry Raske (baritone & alto sax), with Pete Masters (trombone), Bruce Heine (trombone), Jeff Jensen (trumpet), Bob Beyers (baritone sax), Brian Simmonds (alto sax), and special guest, Charles Brown (piano). Mixed by Duke Robillard.
“With a humming horn section, the Senders send out some of the coolest big band blues, all the while showing they definitely know how to have some serious fun” – Southland Blues
“Thirteen tracks of solid swinging R&B. There’s a lot to enjoy here” – Blueprint
“Dave Brown’s ax work is exceptional. Wendy Rene’s vocals are a welcome contrast to Brown’s raspy shouting vocal style. Rene reminds me a lot of Billie Holliday. A cameo appearance from the great Charles Brown adds even more class to this release. Bar Room Blues is a superb blues CD.” – Columbus Blues Alliance
“An excellent outing” – Living Blues
“This set of Minnesota jumping blues has everything” – Blues Access
“The Senders have taken a page out of the jump blues songbook and created an album that joyfully recalls the glory days of early R&B, jump blues, and big band swing.” – Blues Revue
“The Senders play in the classic tradition of late ‘40’s/ early ‘50’s R&B, and yet transcend any mere aping of old records” – Blues Indy