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Song from the  album "The Call"

The Call - Mp3

That's Life

Easier To Be Myself

So Much To Do

The Odd Cases are a no-nonsense "old school" blues duo

Ramblin' On My Mind - The Odd Cases

Sweetest Angel

Sweetest Angel - The Odd Cases

Featuring a stellar line up of West Coast players, (RUSTY ZINN- KID ANDERSEN- JUNE CORE- BOB WELSH) this cd has everything we like.....Strong, well played original tunes- singing that is unaffected and the hybrid West Coast synthesis of Chicago groove and West Coast swing......Troch first came to our attention with his band FRIED BOURBON a few years ago (GRAVY TRAIN ) and his talents as a harp player and singer are even more apparent here..........This is a good one!!......

Nice 'N' Greasy

Nice 'n' Greasy

Slow

Track from the upcoming album "Rhymes For Mellow Mind"

Rhymes For Mellow Mind

The Short End

Mister Jones

Leavin My Blues With You - Lon Eldridge + Steven Troch

COOL IRON
"For this recording Lon Eldridge from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Steven Troch of Mechelen, Belgium, join forces for a journey into America’s musical past. This cross-Atlantic collaboration started in 2015 when both musicians were on a bill at the N9 club in Eeklo, Belgium. Lon was playing a solo set before Tiny Legs Tim & Band featuring Steven on harmonica. Steven was intrigued when Lon started playing “Take the 'A' Train” on his guitar backstage. Lon was impressed with the soulful harmonica playing and deep knowledge of American blues that Steven brought to the bandstand that night. The meeting eventually led to a 2017 Belgian tour that included fifteen performances in seventeen days and also produced this album. 

Two of the tracks were recorded live at the Kafee Zapoi in Steven’s home town of Mechelen. The other seven tracks were recorded by Bird Stevens at Tub Thumper Records Studio in the Netherlands. From the good time hokum of Tampa Red’s “You Can’t Get That Stuff No More” to the sophisticated jazz of Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin'”, the duo weaves between musical styles effortlessly throughout the recording. In the haunting “Jack of Diamonds”, Eldridge’s well-traveled voice laments losing his money in a card game. In “Leavin’ My Blues With You” he celebrates the end of a relationship with manic enthusiasm. Troch’s original harmonica composition “Sunday Morning Waltz” has more of a European feel and is the only track that features the chromatic harmonica. Eldridge’s finger-picked resonator guitar and vocals mixed with Troch’s soulful harmonica make for a classic combination. The two rely not on modern technology but on musicianship and feeling to create honest acoustic music that’s good for the soul." 

Eric Noden 
Chicago, April 1, 2018

Lon Eldrige & Steven Troch - 02 - Can't Get That Stuff No More

Hohner endorser Steven Troch is a Jack-of-all-trades and a master of some, sings like he means it, blows a badass harmonica and writes his own songs. Steven has amazed critics and audiences alike with his straight-ahead music and he's been noted for his own interpretations of blues material. 

Steven Troch

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