Vince Converse - One Step Ahead (1999)

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Vince Converse - One Step Ahead
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Blues-Rock; Blues

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..."One Step Ahead" contains six written or co-written Converse songs and a couple of fine covers including Lowell Fulson's "Sleeper," whom the album is dedicated to, Riley "B.B." King's "Recession Blues," Edgar Winter's "Give It Everything You've Got" and a wonderful version of Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious."

Joining Converse on the 1999 Mystic Music release is drummer Damon Duwhite, bassist Ken Rich, horn players Arno Hecht and Larry Etkin, guitarist Hugh Pool, keyboardist Jason Ladanye, background singers Bill Sims and Toby Rose and percussionists Eddie Kramer and Geraldo Valdez.

The first three tracks are in the Chris Duarte vein with the addition of some horns. Track four, "Eternity," finds Converse settling in nicely on this traditional 4/4 slowdown with tasty pentatonic scale guitar solo. The slide is brought out for track eight an up-tempo Mississippi Delta-inspired cut titled "Drown Yourself in the River." Duarte's ghost reappears on "SNAFU," a rousing and bombastic instrumental with some decent bass lines as well as a little Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired guitar thrown in to boot.

For those who enjoy the sound of a TS 808 Ibanez Tube Screamer through a vintage Fender amp and the playing and music of SRV, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Duarte, Hendrix and you get the picture, will want to add this one to their CD collection

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1999
Mystic Music (54332-2)

Producer Eddie Kramer
Engineer Ben Elliott
Personnel Arno Hecht
Larry Etkin - horns
Vince Converse - vocals, guitar
Eddie Kramer
Bill Sims
Damon Duwhite - drums
Geraldo Valdez - percussion
Hugh Pool - guitar
Jason Ladayne - keyboards
Ken Rich - bass
Toby Rose - background singers

Tracks:
1. Converse, Vince - One Step Ahead (5:08)
2. Converse, Vince - She Thing (4:41)
3. Converse, Vince - Sleeper (5:10)
4. Converse, Vince - Equality (4:43)
5. Converse, Vince - Back To Baby (3:50)
6. Converse, Vince - Recession Blues (7:28)
7. Converse, Vince - Give It Everything You Got (4:19)
8. Converse, Vince - Drown Yourself In The River (4:30)
9. Converse, Vince - I Ain't Superstitious (4:53)
10. Converse, Vince - SNAFU (3:23)
11. Converse, Vince - Someone Else Instead (4:46)
12. Converse, Vince - Lonesome (3:29)

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