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Family Meeting
(2 cd set)
RUF 1134
© Ruf Records 2007

The 20th Anniversary of the Wentus Blues Band from Finland was celebrated in Helsinki at the Alexander Theatre, originally built by Russian Czar Alexander II. The show, sweetened by various special guests, surely satisfied the Blues needs of performers and audience alike. The whole atmosphere was reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" - a film that studied the giant concert given by The Band and superstar guests in San Francisco in 1976.
The show featured an impressive line-up of rock and blues legends, such as Eddie Kirkland, Louisiana Red and Lazy Lester, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Kim Wilson from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Omar Dykes from Omar & The Howlers, Barrence Whitfield - a real rocker in the savage style of Little Richard, Sven Zetterberg and Clas Yngström from Sweden and the great Eric Bibb. All of the above-mentioned guests have a long history with the Wentus Blues Band.
Family Meeting was filmed by the director Heikki Kossi, who gathered the best of filmmakers in Finland: Pro´s that has worked with legendary filmmakers like Aki Kaurismäki and Klaus Härö.
The Film tells a unique story about people behind music and it is about the family meeting of these musicians, where cotton and potato fields, joy, tolerance, and above all the immortal, shared moments within the Blues are intertwined. It's a delicious mash-up of backstage life and passionate stage performances.
Family Meeting is an excellent musicdocumentary that will have its Cinema release in Scandinavia this year.

It was a once in a life-time happening, a definite milestone, a stop on the road. Down the road we had met a lot of people who´s work we always had been admiring. We have always felt a strong relationship to these people. Like they have always been there, as a part of us, like a family. The 20 years of keeping a band together needed a celebration; a gathering, a Family meeting..

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Disc One

1. Intro Scoremusic: Going to the show
2. Moonshine - Wentus Blues Band
3. You gonna make me cry - Wentus Blues Band
4. Since I been loving you - Wentus Blues Band feat. Sven Zetterberg
5. I Got to go - Wentus Blues Band feat. Sven Zetterberg & Kim Wilson
6. Passenger Blues - Wentus Blues Band feat. Kim Wilson
7. Pick up the pieces- Wentus Blues Band feat. Sven Zetterberg
8. Lonesome fugitive - Lazy Lester backstage
9. Angel Blues - Wentus Blues Band feat. Omar Dykes
10. Stop twisting my arm - Wentus Blues Band feat. Barrence Whitfield
11. CYHMK - Wentus Blues Band feat. Mick Taylor

Disc Two

1. Intro Scoremusic: Eddie arrives
2. I heard the angels singing - Wentus Blues Band feat. Eric Bibb
3. Down the line - Wentus Blues Band
4. Looking for Trouble - Wentus Blues Band feat. Kim Wilson
5. Hold that note - Wentus Blues Band feat. Clas Yngström
6. Annie Lee - Wentus Blues Band feat. Barrence Whitfield & Eddie Kirkland
7. Blind Willie McTell - Wentus Blues Band feat. Mick Taylor
8. Backroom Delta - Louisiana Red & Niko Riippa backstage
9. Ride on Red - Wentus Blues Band feat. Louisiana Red
10. Raining in my heart - Wentus Blues Band feat. Lazy Lester
11. Biscuit Roller - Wentus Blues Band feat. Clas Yngström & Barrence Whitfield
12. Outro Scoremusic: Great final

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