HUGH LAURIE: SINGER/MUSICIAN

Hugh Laurie, you know the guy from the TV show ‘HOUSE’ released his debut album  LET THEM TALK, out 9/6/2011. The blues album brings the well rehearsed piano man to the front line of the music scene. The talented actor also plays the guitar, drums, harmonica and saxophone.

The album is quaint, quirky, and has a quality about it that is unexpected. Laurie’s New Orleans style may remind you of Dr. John, or Alan Toussaint as he covers some old/new songs on the album like “Swanee River”, “Battle of Jericho” or “St James Infirmary” a traditional N’awlins sound. Favorites are “You Don’t Know My Mind’, “Winin Boy Blues”, and “Let Them Talk”.

While it is not the best blues album on the market, it has an element about it that is catchy, and keeps you listening for his English accent to come out, or some kind of recognition of the actor within the music. Maybe it just plain curoisty that brings you to look at him as a musician, but once you hear this album you will realize he is a talented actor and a pretty good musician that can hold his own on a blues album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQsfwqIJuj8&feature=fvwrel

http://www.hughlaurieblues.com/

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