Royal Fingerbowl Discography of CDs

Royal Fingerbowl music CDs The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars: Jonathan Freilich (guitar); Glenn Hartman (organ, accordian); Robert Wagner (clarinet); Ben Ellman (saxophone). Royal Fingerbowl is the sound of a young, less despondent Tom Waits away from the piano fronting a rock combo. The graveled voice and equally dirty guitar work of Alex McMurray puts grit into this pawn shop fingerbowl. Several different horns, organ and accordion, mostly courtesy the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, enriches nearly every track. Somewhat rural and as much downbeat rock, this album is an unhappy hour soundtrack for the local watering hole where woe and silent wailing needs a background. Royal Fingerbowl's arrangements and song construction dovetails finely with their overt themes of loss, distance and pain. ~ Tom Schulte New Orleans Band Producers: Alex McMurray, Kevin O'Day, Andrew ...

Royal Fingerbowl discography It's almost shocking how blatantly this band borrows from the sound and aesthetic of Tom Waits: in the slurred vocal delivery of Alex McMurray, the junkyard blues sound of the band, and the bizarre cast of characters in the lyrics. But it still manages to be a pleasing, rootsy effort. ~ Tim Sheridan 2nd Rel;Compared To Tom Waits Or Randy Newman Recorded at Chez Flames, New Orleans, Louisiana and Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Royal Fingerbowl: Alex McMurray (vocals, acoustic, electric, tenor, tremodillo, Nashville & nylon guitar, piano, M3 organ, Sears organ); ...