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MP3 Dallas Hodge - Reelin'
10 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Rockin'' Blues, BLUES: Rhythm & Blues
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Dallas Hodge was born in 1954 in Detroit Michigan. He started playing the guitar at age 13. He went on to lead several bands over the next few years and finally teamed up with his brother Catfish Hodge in 1970 as the Catfish Hodge Band, recording several albums together.
In 1978, he moved to Santa Cruz, California where he met and teamed up this time with guitarist Steve Marriott of Humble Pie fame. They got a deal with Atlantic Records, but because of the business as it is, they (the record company) wanted Steve to put together a band with as many of the originals as possible from Humble Pie. So he had to leave Dallas and the boys for the sake of his career. Steve was not real happy about this, but he and the band knew it was best.
Dallas began playing on his own again with his band Deluxe continuing his career plus sitting in with artists such as Johnny Winter in ''81 along with Delbert McClinton and Bonnie Raitt just to name a few.
In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles where he and his brother Catfish teamed up once again to form the Hodge Brothers Band. This band was around for several years playing with some of the best L.A. musicians, tearing up the local music scene. The members were Dave "Woody" Woodford (who played with Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Golub and many others) on saxophone, Larry Zack on drums (Jackson Brown), Marty Grebb on piano and sax (The Buckinghams, Bonnie Raitt), Skip Van Winkl(of Teegarden& Van Winkl, Bob Seger and the Robbie Krieger Band) on Hammond B3 organ and kicking bass pedals with both feet.
Dallas was also featured on several of Catfish''s albums. They even did a tour for a record called "Chicken Leg''s" with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Paul Barrere (Little Feat), Cornell Dupree (Aretha Franklin) and Freebo all in the same band!
From this period until 2000, Dallas also had a band in Detroit known as the Detroit Allstars which featured Drew Abbott and Chris Campbell from Bob Seger''s Silver Bullet Band as well as a host of others, including his longtime piano man Tim "The Professor" Sparling. They would meet once or twice a year to play in the Michigan area..
In the year 2000, he was offered the task of fronting the legendary band Canned Heat, one of the headliners at the original Woodstock Festival.
"People have told me that when they hear and see what I am all about that I should share my music with the people. I have always played for the love of the music. Lord knows there are many other things you can do for money, but the music is always for the love! I enjoyed playing with Canned Heat as it has its own style of music," says Hodge.
Which brings us to now!!!!!!! Below is the first review on the cd.
DALLAS HODGE
"Reelin"
Meg Records
By: Brett Lemke - brett@https://www.tradebit.com
Dallas Hodge is a name that commands instantaneous stage presence. He''s the bastard son of a Detroit roadhouse; born in the throes of late-night blues bands and primed in the house that built R&B guitar. Dallas teamed up with his brother Catfish to form the Catfish Hodge band in 1970. During the past six years, Dallas refined his craft both vocally and on the guitar as the front-man for boogie legends Canned Heat. His tenure took him all over the world playing to sold-out audiences, and honed him as a musician like a Milwaukee machinist would on the cylinders of a Harley-Davidson. Warp-speed to present day; "Reelin" (formerly I Need A Holiday) is a stellar record that features brilliantly solid originals and reworked classics. Tom Maclear of Rod Stewart and Annie Lennox fame co-produced the album and takes care of the slide, pedal steel, mandolin and Dobro. Hodge gives a nod to Canned Heat and Little Feat with "Up The Country" and "High Roller" respectively; taking a stripped-down front porch approach for the former and a full gospel choir for the latter. His Les Paul Goldtop and forcefully gritty vocals on "Take That Baby Home" and "Reelin" will make you want to dance like you''re at a box social at a Detroit Presbyterian Church. Five stars from front to back! - Brett Lemke
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