Walk That Walk

Red Devil Lye

Independent

Walk That Walk is one of the premier bands on the Boston blues scene. Although an east-coast phenomenon, it’s midwestern roots are from the fertile sounds of Detroit and Chicago, where the electric blues was forged in the 1950’s. Walk That Walk, served as the New England touring band for two Rock’ n’Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Bo Diddley; and Johnnie Johnson, pianist in Chuck Berry’s legendary combo. Walk That Walk also backed Chicago blues-harmonica ace Carey Bell. They honed their unique, toe-tapping sound by performing over 800 shows. Walk That Walk performed alongside Levon Helm, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Eric Burdon, Son Seals, and Big Jack Johnson. Walk That Walk’s “Red Devil Lye” was engineered and recorded by Roger Stauss at The Pantry in Granville, Vermont; and by Poppa C DeSnyder at Big Lake Studios in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. The album was mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Boston. All songs were written by Poppa C DeSynder except for two covers.

“Red Devil Lye” opens with a great vocal from slide guitarist Poppa C DeSynder as he sings “Daydream” with the lyric “well my mind comes back to her, well my heart comes back to her, I can taste her kisses”; also featuring Stickman Waldron, harmonica; Pappy Biondo, banjo; Joe “Cutlet” Reese, bass; and Alan Waters, drums and percussion. “Put a Hump in Your Back” is a funky tune with Biondo on guitar, Ray Paczkowski on organ, and more harp from Waldron.

“Heavy Music” is the first cover, written and originally performed by Bob Seger in 1967; “ain’t ever been in a town in your life that doesn’t like heavy music, day and night, day and night” with more Hammond organ from Paczkowski; guitarist and backing vocalist Jimmy James Love; and Richard “Cheese” Welch on drums. “Hard Again” with more great organ, and Welch again on drums, features the lyric “they said I’m a proud old man and they said I’m hard again”.

“Shake You With This Rock’n’Roll”, is another beautiful vocal from DeSynder, as he croons “shake it, shake you with this rock’n’roll…deep in the heart of Memphis…keep rockin’ night and day…shake it with this rock’n’roll” with more great organ from Paczkowski. “You Don’t Love Me”, “I will swim the seventh sea, I will cross the desert sands, well if I can’t walk every mile, I will crawl there on my hands”, with more great harp from Waldron, and banjo from Biondo.

“She Says She Can Do Better”, is another rockin’ tune with more banjo, and Paczkowski on piano; “she stays low, outta sight, she says she can do better, she’s with a man with a bad reputation”. The closer “On The Road Again” is a cover of the Canned Heat boogie originally sung by Alan Wilson in 1968, “down the road again, going with with a woman I call my special friend, going down that long lonesome road again” with more harp from Waldron.

Poppa C DeSnyder says “if you’re not passionate and high energy when you perform, people will head for the exits. These days, the only reason people are near the exits at a Walk That Walk show is because there is nowhere else to stand”. If you like high energy, you can get higher, with Walk That Walk’s “Red Devil Lye”.

Richard Ludmerer

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