Burglar's Reef

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The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1 & SWAG
Studio album by The Riff Burglars

Publication
(s)

1982 & 1983

Label (s) Line Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Rock, blues and rock & roll

occupation
  • Vocals & Harmonica: Sony Spider
  • Bass: Ramblin'Ray Rubble
  • Guitar: Big George Heartburn
  • Drums: Slaksin Klauter
  • Keyboard: Reverend Stovepipe
  • Guitar & electric slide, violin: Suede Soupspoon
  • Saxophones: Lips O 'Gonnagen
  • Dobro & Electric-Slide: Big Boy Doomy
  • Horn & vocals: Lips O 'Gonnagen
  • Drums & vocals: BA Butler
  • Keyboard and vocals: Uncle Willie Wonky

production

Sony Spider

The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1 (German The legendary fun cider sessions - Vol. 1) and SWAG (German Booty) are two music albums by Roger Chapman and his companion band The Shortlist, which were released under the project name Riff Burglars ( German). [Guitar] riff thieves ) were released. They were released in 1982 and 1983 under the Line Records label and are assigned to the genre of rock, blues and rock & roll.

Music genre

Music style and criticism

With a few exceptions ( Big Roll Daddy, Stovepipe and others ) these publications contain reinterpretations of classic blues and rock & roll songs by Chuck Berry, Albert King, Cream, Willie Dixon and many others. These works were hardly noticed by the public. According to Mac Beaulieu, the music is made for fans who like rock & roll standards.

History of origin

Roger Chapman is described by his music critics as a workaholic because, in addition to his solo albums and concert appearances, he also worked with many other artists in the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Mike Batt , Rainer Baumann , Mike Oldfield and the jam band Hinkley's Heroes. From this the reef of Burglar emerged. They consisted of musicians who partly played in his backing band The Shortlist or who already worked with other renowned bands and later joined The Shortlist , such as Boz Burrell on bass (Streetwalkers, King Crimson and founding member of Bad Company ), saxophonist Nick Pentelow ( Wizzard ), Mickey Moody (Mike Oldfield, Gerry Rafferty ), Alan Coulter ( Procol Harum ), but also the shortlisted guitarist Geoff Whitehorn (among others for Paul Rodgers , Manfred Mann's Earth Band ). Both long players were produced by Roger Chapman with little effort and are to be understood as music projects with a fun factor, according to the text accompanying the albums. Chapman sang a little more than half of all thirty songs with seventeen tracks. His shortlist guitarist Geoff Whitehorn, for example, took over the vocals on the cream song “Strange Brew,” while Tim Hinkley lent his voice to Freddie King's “Big Leg Woman”. The original composition Big Roll Daddy (Chapman / Seals) was covered by Chapman's music idol Jerry Lee Lewis and published on his 1991 album Honky Tonk Rock 'n' Roll Piano, which Chapman was proud of. All musicians were also listed on the albums under pseudonyms without reference to aliases, in order to differentiate themselves from Roger Chapman & The Shortlist. Chapman called himself Sonny Spider. He occasionally used this pseudonym for other productions.

Track list

Riff Burglar - The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1 (1982)

  1. Free, Single And Disengaged (Smith, Vincent) 02:29
  2. Can't Stand It (Mc Allister) 02:57
  3. Bring It On Home (Dixon) 02:58
  4. Strange Brew (Brown, Brown) 02:44
  5. Slow Down (Williams) 02:17
  6. Big Leg Woman (Russell, Blackwell) 2:32
  7. Stovepipe (Hinkley, Whitehorn) 02:10
  8. High Blood Pressure (Smith) 02:58
  9. 5 - 10 - 15 - 20 (Part I) (Shortlist, Hill, Toussaint, Berry) 04:15
  10. Havana Moon (Berry) 03:38
  11. Wang Dang Doodle (Dixon) 3:49 am
  12. Big Roll Daddy (Chapman, Seale) 3:45 am
  13. Big River 02:10 (Cash)
  14. Lipstick, Powder And Paint (Turner) 02:31
  15. Sing 'Em The Way I Feel (Lenoir) 2:07 am
  16. Downbound Train (Berry) 03:57
  17. 5 - 10 - 15 - 20 (Part II) (Shortlist, Hill, Toussaint, Berry) 04:43

Occupation with aliases (aka)

  • Reverend Stovepipe (aka Tim Hinkley): Keyboard
  • Big George Heartburn (aka Geoff Whitehorn): guitar
  • Suede Soupspoon (aka Steve Simpson): guitar, electric slide, violin & accordion
  • Ramblin'Ray Rubble (aka Boz Burrell): Bass
  • Sonny Spider (aka Roger Chapman): Harmonica & vocals
  • Lips O'Gonnagen (aka Nick Pentelow): saxophones
  • Big Boy Doomy (aka Mickey Moody): Electric Slide & Dobro
  • Slaksin Klauter (aka Alan Coulter): drums
  • The Burglars: background vocals


Reef Burglars - Swag (1983)

  1. The Shadow Knows (Leiber, Stoller) 03:27
  2. Who Do You Love / Peter Gunn (Mc Daniels, Mancini) 04:02
  3. Harlem Shuffle (Relf, ​​Nelson) 03:14
  4. Mama Told Me Not To Come (Newman) 03:25
  5. Treat Her Right 02:14 (Head)
  6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Whitfield, Strong) 05:29
  7. Don't You Just Know It (Smith) 02:19
  8. Roberta (Smith) 3:02 am
  9. Chain Of Fools / See Saw (Covay) 05:58
  10. Love The Life I Live (Allison) 02:01
  11. Sea Of Heartbreak (David, Hampton) 04:06
  12. Born Under A Bad Sign (King) 03:16
  13. High Heel Sneakers (Higginbottam) 03:02
  14. Watch Your Step (Parker) 3:02 am
  • Sonny Spider (aka Roger Chapman): vocals, percussion
  • Suede Soupspoon (aka Steve Simpson): guitars and vocals
  • Big George Heartburn (aka Geoff Whitehorn): guitars and vocals
  • Ramblin'Ray Rubble (aka Boz Burrell): Bass and vocals
  • Uncle Willie Wonky (aka Zoot Money): Keyboard and vocals
  • Lips O'Gonnagen (aka Nick Pentelow): Horn and vocals
  • BA Butler (aks John Longwood): drums and vocals
  • Alex Burak: Sound engineering
  • Jennifer Luttow: Artwork

Publications and chart successes

Both albums were only released in Germany in their production years, as Chapman had his biggest fans there. Later in 1998 and 2005 further publications were added in the UK and Russia. The albums couldn't chart.

reception

The music critic Mac Beaulieu judged The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1 it was a swinging, enthusiastic work in the selection of the pieces of music and their musical implementation. SWAG, on the other hand, sounds sterile, feels average and the poor production drives life out of the songs. All in all, however, it is professional entertainment and made for listeners interested in rock standards.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shortlist * - Riff Burglar (The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1). Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The Short List - The Riffburglar Album / swag. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions 1981/1983 - Roger Chapman & the Shortlist, Roger Chapman | User reviews. Retrieved May 17, 2019 (American English).
  4. ^ Exposé Online »Reviews» Roger Chapman - The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions / Swag. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  5. ^ Exposé Online »Reviews» Roger Chapman - The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions / Swag. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Hinkley's Heroes (Knights In Blue Denim). Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  7. ^ Exposé Online »Reviews» Roger Chapman - The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions / Swag. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Roger Chapman Albums. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  9. ^ Roger Chapman and The Shortlist and The Riff Burglars Sessions. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Roger Chapman exclusive - An interview with (December 15, 2007) | DOMRADIO.DE. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  11. ^ Roger Chapman, Hybrid And Lowdown. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Shortlist * - Riff Burglar (The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1). Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Shortlist * - Riff Burglar (The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions - Vol. 1). Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  14. ^ Exposé Online »Reviews» Roger Chapman - The Legendary Funny Cider Sessions / Swag. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .