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Colin Perry & The Houserent Serenaders

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1.	I Wish I Were Twins 03:13	buy track
2.	Big Time Woman 03:48	buy track
3.	How Deep Is The Ocean 02:57	buy track
4.	Let's Pretend There's A Moon 03:50	buy track
5.	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants) 03:06	buy track
6.	Hush My Mouth (If I Ain't Goin' South) 03:39	buy track
7.	There'll Be Some Changes Made 02:31	buy track
8.	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 02:47	buy track
9.	Mississippi Basin 04:06	buy track
10.	My Four Reasons 03:05	buy track

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This album is a snapshot in time. I was going through some pretty traumatic personal troubles that left me with little outlet for relief other than music. I had been playing a lot of swing and jump blues at this time, but wanted to explore the chordal guitar styles I had been obsessively listening to. Twenty years ago, tracking down 1920’s and 30’s jazz recordings was a lot more difficult than it is now. Armed with the names I found on the Red Hot Jazz Archive, I went to the library every week and borrowed every jazz album I could find with acoustic guitar on it. I had already worn out the classic Eddie Lang records, but now I was discovering Dick McDonough’s solos, Carl Kress’ duets with Tony Mottola, George Van Eps’ trio records on Jump, Allan Reuss’ solos with on Hollywood stampede, the John Cali/Tony Gattuso duets, Roy Smeck with Clarence Williams. I could go on.

I wanted to play HOT jazz. Acoustic jazz. I had been playing with Ben for years, and he had recently acquired a full set of Ludwig drums from the 1920’s, complete with woodblocks, and a bass drum with a painted scene. We met Matthieu at the jazz festival in Chicoutimi, and knew that he would be a perfect fit. Matthieu introduced us to Jean with whom he had worked with for years in Le Dixieband. We rounded out the group with Bernadette, who had been playing with Ben and I at our regular Wednesday night gig at Barfly.

I’m really proud of these recordings. The entire album was recorded in one six hour session, live off the floor. No overdubs, no second takes. This was a working band, and I think each of us was thrilled to play music that was so familiar to us, but at the same time so exciting and new. There was something truly magical about this group, and for a brief moment in time, I think we were perfect. I’ve been sitting on these recordings for a long time. Life took me in another direction for a while, but I hope that with this release, this band can start working again in earnest. So often it can be frustrating to go back and listen to old versions of yourself as a musician. I’ve grown a lot since this was recorded, but listening back I find that the choices we made musically were the right ones. And I think you can genuinely hear the excitement we felt making this music.

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released February 1, 2024

Colin Perry: Vocals, Guitar, Kazoo
Ben Caissie: Drums, Vocals
Bernadette Fortin: Violin, Vocals
Matthieu Belanger: Clarinet
Jean Sabourin: Sousaphone

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Colin Perry Montreal, Québec

Colin Perry is a jazz, blues, and roots guitarist who lives and performs in Montreal. He leads a variety of groups, and also works as a sideman.

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