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Uptown Downtown by Jon Cleary
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Album Title: The Bywater Sessions
Well Kept Secret
Released: 2025
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About the Album
Jon Cleary on the track "Uptown Downtown": "The full title should really be ‘Uptown, Downtown, Round Town, Back a town’ and it’s simply a description of the excitement that bubbles across the entire city on Mardi Gras morning, whether you’re in the sixth ward, seventh ward, eighth ward, or ninth ward - or any ward for that matter. It’s that day of the year when the entire city dresses up for a party and ties one on. This a Catholic town and traditionally here the people hit it hard on Fat Tuesday knowing that that next morning, Ash Wednesday, they’re in for forty days of Lenten abstinence - or at least until the hangover wears off. ‘If you ain’t all a mess, you done failed the test...’
Tracks
So Damn Good; Zulu Coconuts; Fessa Longhair Boogaloo; Uptown Downtown; Bin a Lil' Minit; Just Kissed My Baby; Boneyard; Lottie Mo; Pickle for a Tickle; Unnecessarily Mercenary.
Personnel
Jon Cleary
guitar and vocalsPedro Segundo
percussion
Nigel Hall
keyboardsCornell Williams
bassJason Mingledorff
saxophone, tenorCharlie Halloran
tromboneAaron Narcisse
saxophone, alto
Xavier Lynn
guitarAdditional Personnel
A.J. Hall: drums, vocals; Harry Shearer: vocals on Uptown Downtown and Zulu Coconuts.
Reviews
- The Bywater Sessions by Thomas Cole
Date featured
May 23, 2025
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