Don't Give Up Jipes Band new album

[tjcurtin1]

I agree with Jimi - the more I listen the more I like it. Today I was listening in the house for the first time (as opposed to in the car). As I said before, , the production is great and the sound so well balanced, and as Jimi said the room sound is perfect. I was also impressed with the way that you put your own very unique take on each tune and make it your own.

As I was listening, my sister came in. She stopped and listened and said, "I like this, it's really good. Who is it?". I told her she wouldn't know the band, and asked her if she noticed anything (I didn't know how else to say it). She said, "What do you mean? The guitar is good, the band is good and the singer is really good. Am I supposed to know or hear something else?" So I explained how I came by the cd through knowing Jipes on a forum. She paused a moment and then said, 'So, do you mean that the band is French?!" When I said yes, she looked really surprised, and then suspicious, and said, "No way! They're French? The singer is French? I can't tell!" I should say also that my sister has studied some French on her own, so she is not deaf to the sound of the language.

Now for the funny part. After that conversation, as I was listening I was saying to myself, "I wonder who the singer is - I should check the liner notes". So I look, but I can't find him... there is Jipes on guitar, Ben on bass and Mitch on drums, with all the other musicians - no singer. So I go get my glasses and look again, and then I see it 'Jipes - vocal and guitar'! I had read right past that, assuming that it just said 'guitar'. Wow! Now I am really impressed, Jipes!

[Jipes***]

I agree with Jimi - the more I listen the more I like it. Today I was listening in the house for the first time (as opposed to in the car). As I said before, , the production is great and the sound so well balanced, and as Jimi said the room sound is perfect. I was also impressed with the way that you put your own very unique take on each tune and make it your own.

As I was listening, my sister came in. She stopped and listened and said, "I like this, it's really good. Who is it?". I told her she wouldn't know the band, and asked her if she noticed anything (I didn't know how else to say it). She said, "What do you mean? The guitar is good, the band is good and the singer is really good. Am I supposed to know or hear something else?" So I explained how I came by the cd through knowing Jipes on a forum. She paused a moment and then said, 'So, do you mean that the band is French?!" When I said yes, she looked really surprised, and then suspicious, and said, "No way! They're French? The singer is French? I can't tell!" I should say also that my sister has studied some French on her own, so she is not deaf to the sound of the language.

Now for the funny part. After that conversation, as I was listening I was saying to myself, "I wonder who the singer is - I should check the liner notes". So I look, but I can't find him... there is Jipes on guitar, Ben on bass and Mitch on drums, with all the other musicians - no singer. So I go get my glasses and look again, and then I see it 'Jipes - vocal and guitar'! I had read right past that, assuming that it just said 'guitar'. Wow! Now I am really impressed, Jipes!

Thanks a lot for this very nice quote coming from your sister, I take it thousand times Most of the people who know me and are used to hear me speaking are usually surprised when they hear me perfoming the first time. They all say that I have somehow a totally different voice ???? As for myself after 30 years singing I still have a tough time to listen to myself singing but I guess it's the same for every singer

I really appreciated what you pointed out concerning the way of getting the songs done in our own way that's a very nice compliment ! I've been looking for years to be a kind of myself despite my big influences which are B.B King and Buddy Guy and more recently the great Tab Benoit (reason why I mostly play Thinline Telecasters)