Soaked Lamb Homemade Blues-2007 CD

The Soaked Lamb is a band of roots music with strong influences of pre-warblues and jazz. The band was formed in 2006 and it¹s composed of sixmembers. Miguel Lima plays reco-reco, that idiophone instrument that soundsgreat due to the friction of a small stick on a piece of bamboo. He alsoplays an actual musical instrument: drums. Vasco Condessa plays every key ofthe piano. Gito is responsible for the lower notes. He¹s able to playupright bass like any other good performer, but with less strings. Both Gitoand Vasco spend their days, when they¹re not playing, working in advertisingas a consuming hobby. Afonso Cruz ­ a director and illustrator that brewshis own beer ­ plays guitar, blues harp, ukulele and banjo. He also singsand writes the lyrics and songs. Sometimes he wears a mustache, sometimes hedoesn¹t. The main vocals are the responsibility of Mariana Lima, one of themost feminine members of the band. Her voice brings memories over seventyyears old and lyrics often written in iambic pentameters (or so). TiagoAlbuquerque plays sax, clarinet, guitar and concertina, and because his daysare longer, he also illustrates and directs animation movies. He uses --like all the other members of the band, except for one -- a hat.The first CD was recorded on Sundays, calmly during a whole year. During thesessions a typical Portuguese recipe of soaked lamb was served, hence thename of the band. If you listen carefully, you can actually notice the songsrecorded with a breath scent of cumin, wine and mint.