Hot Club of Cowtown: What Makes Bob Holler – review

(Proper)The Hot Club have always had one foot in the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt, the other in the western swing of 40s Texas. Here, the New York trio offer a sweet tribute to the latter, specifically to swing king Bob Wills. Compared with Willie Nelson's recent visit to the same territory it's a low-key affair – this is no big band – but Hot Club punch above the weight of their guitar/violin/bass line-up and combined vocals. Wills's mix of plaintive sentimentality ("Faded Love") and jaun...

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