Live At The Old Mint: Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano (2014)
Craig Brenner, with Uganda Roberts and Lori Brenner
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Live At The Old Mint features Craig playing blues and boogie woogie live, including tracks with Alfred “Uganda” Roberts on congas recorded at the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans in April of 2013, Craig playing solo at the Mint in 2012 and at the Artsgarden in Indianapolis, and a track with Lori Brenner on rubboard. New Orleans native Alfred “Uganda” Roberts played on the Meters’ “Afrika” and “Hey Pocky Way,” on Allen Toussaint’s Life, Love, and Faith (1972), and on The Wild Magnolias (1974). Roberts toured and recorded with Professor Longhair for eight years and is featured on Longhair’s Rock N Roll Gumbo (1977) with Snooks Eaglin and “Gatemouth” Brown, and on Fess’ last studio album, Crawfish Fiesta (1980). The London Concert (1978) is a duo performance by Longhair and Roberts. Roberts toured with Willie Tee and the Wild Magnolias from 1980 until 1986, when he took a hiatus from music, coming out of semi-retirement to tour and record on Dr. John’s Goin’ Back to New Orleans (1992), Craig Brenner’s Play It Again, Professor! (1995) and Man At The Piano (1997), and Dr. John’s Dis, Dat, or D’udda (2004).
Recording engineers for Live At The Old Mint were Danny Kadar at the Old U.S. Mint and Jeff Mountjoy at the Artsgarden, with mixing and mastering by Jacob Belser of Primary Sound Studios, and graphic design by Merridee LaMantia.
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Train Blues 2:500:00 / 2:50
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The Crawdad Shuffle 2:380:00 / 2:38
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Mess Around 4:020:00 / 4:02
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Hey Now Baby 3:300:00 / 3:30
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Backstage Boogie 3:030:00 / 3:03
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This Life I Live 6:580:00 / 6:58
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Brenner's Boogie 3:280:00 / 3:28
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Night Train 4:170:00 / 4:17
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Blues in A-sharp 3:590:00 / 3:59
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Carolina Shout 3:070:00 / 3:07