Hank Shizzoe – Vocals, Guitar, Weissenborn Steel, Harmonica
Tom Etter – Guitar, Vocals
Simon Baumann – Drums, Sampler
Produced by Hank Shizzoe.
Recorded January 18th 2015 at Bejazz Winterfestival, Vidmarhallen, Berne, Switzerland by Martin Ruch. Mixed by Joseph Racine at Sun Mountain Studios.
Mastered by Adriano Tosetto at Audioworks.
Front Of House Sound and Trucking by Oli Boesch.
Artwork by Joseph Racine.
Thank you and good night.
Hank Shizzoe, Tom Etter and Simon Baumann played their first tour as a trio after the release of the album «Songsmith» in 2014. Their concert at the Bejazz Winterfestival in Berne on January 18th 2015 marked the final performance of that tour. The set included selections from Hank’s early albums, songs from «Songsmith», their beloved hommage to seminal Malian musician Ali Farka Touré and some songs and tunes never played live before like «Wait Till Summer Comes» from the forthcoming blues album «Get A Move On». The instrumental «Of Mice And Men» and the tracks «He Is Not» and «Knock Some More» showcase Hank’s Weissenborn steel skills and the encore «I Wanna Be Loved By You» shows that you don’t have to be Marilyn Monroe to sing that song. Tom Etter and Simon Baumann have been playing with Hank for over ten years now. Hearing this live recording makes it perfectly clear why.
This recording has been previously released as a bonus download with the first pressing of the 2015 album «This Place Belongs To The Birds»