Standin' Pat [CD]

San Francisco-based touring band, The Lucky Losers, led by veteran artists Cathy Lemons & Phil Berkowitz, return with their 5th album together since 2015. Standin Pat is produced by multi-award-winning engineer and musician, Kid Andersen. In 2021 The Lucky Losers won five Independent Blues Awards, including Song of the Year (Godless Land) & Artist of the Year, as well as Best Blues, R&B Soul CD. The stakes have never been higher for a great new album from these two collaborators and co-band leaders.  Standin Pat sits like a needle on the groove of something uniquely American and features 11 original tracks. Just as legendary singer songwriters captured the turbulence of a divisive country in the 1960s, Cathy & Phil seem to peer into the minds of Americans in the year 2022. Through their own travels, they have discovered a side of America that most people just dont see, and with great empathy. Lemons instantly recognizable voice is gritty & explosive as well as sweet & soulful.  She has had a hard life. Overcoming a heroin addiction that almost killed her in her late 20s and early 30s, her streetwise singing style can scare you or soothe you, depending on her mood. Berkowitz is her opposite. He is often restrained. He takes his time. He stays cool. Its the differences in their vocal approach that make for such an interesting musical union. Andersens brilliant vocal arrangements make full use of their talents when they harmonize. Berkowitzs big, rich, powerful harmonica, ever-present on this album, leads the charge and punctuates every line with an inventive style that is deeply rooted in all forms of blues music.  Pack Up The Bags Somewhere in the Middle Rich Strike Try New Orleans Down In Memphis Town You Can't Lose with a Winning Hand Rust Belt Blues High Two Pair Finish What You Started They Wrecked My Town Standin' Pat

• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: Blues