"I Need a Holiday"

Dallas' First Solo Recording
is now complete, and Coming Soon to you!

"I Need a Holiday" was accomplished with a lot of love for music, the combined efforts of friends and new friends and our persistence to create a unique sound which comes from the heart and is very personal to me for many reasons. I hope you enjoy listening to "I need a Holiday." I dedicate "I Need a Holiday" in memory of my Mother and the continued love and support of my Father. They have always been and continue to be my guiding light. I miss you, and you are both with me always. I would like to acknowledge and thank Paul Shortino for starting this project with me and co-production on "In the Wind" and his encouragement to make it a good record and to do the best recording that I could do. This CD was produced by Tom Maclear and me, at Meg Recorders, Los Angeles, Ca. Musicians on the record: Guitars and lead vocals on all tracks: Dallas Hodge Bass guitar on all tracks: Terry Wilson Bottleneck, Dobro, pedal steel guitars and mandolin: Tom Maclear Acoustic guitars on "In the Wind" Greg Beck Piano on all tracks: Rick Solem Hammond organ on "In the Wind": Skip VanWinkl Drums on tracks (1, 2, 3, 5, 8) Tony Braunagle Drums on tracks (4, 6, 7, 9, 10) Larry Zack Horns: David Woodford on all Saxophones   Lee Thornburg all Trumpets Garrett Adkins all trombones Backing vocals: Teresa James and Kelly Clanton aka Kace Photos by Joe Merkens, Ass't Mark Yani; Model Susan Wadlow; Websites for individuals as follows:   www.bigbluemac.com Tom Maclear   www.kacee.info Kacee   www.teresajames.com Teresa James and Terry Wilson   www.lafinearts.com Joe Merkens Photographer All songs except: Holiday, Love Me Do, High Roller, Up the Country and Rock me Babe, Written by Dallas Hodge, BMI, Dallas Hodge Music, copyright 2006. And while you're waiting for the release date, here are samples from the CD (each around 2 minutes) Divin Duck Love Me Do Take That Baby Home In the Wind Don't Want Nobody Up the Country Reelin High Roller Rock Me Babe Holiday   (click here to see the video)   For the complete liner notes, click here. And here's the first review...

DALLAS HODGE "I Need A Holiday" Self-Release By: Brett Lemke - brett@maximumink.com Dallas Hodge is a name that commands instantaneous stage presence. He's the bastard son of a Detroit roadhouse; born in the throes of late-night blues bands and primed in the house that built R&B; guitar. Dallas teamed up with his brother Catfish to form the Catfish Hodge band in 1970. During the past six years, Dallas refined his craft both vocally and on the guitar as the front-man for boogie legends Canned Heat. His tenure took him all over the world playing to sold-out audiences, and honed him as a musician like a Milwaukee machinist would on the cylinders of a Harley-Davidson. Warp-speed to present day; I Need A Holiday is a stellar record that features brilliantly solid originals and reworked classics. Tom Maclear of Rod Stewart and Annie Lennox fame co-produced the album and takes care of the slide, pedal steel, mandolin and Dobro. Hodge gives a nod to Canned Heat and Little Feat with "Up The Country" and "High Roller" respectively; taking a stripped-down front porch approach for the former and a full gospel choir for the latter. His Les Paul Goldtop and forcefully gritty vocals on "Take That Baby Home" and "Reelin" will make you want to dance like you're at a box social at a Detroit Presbyterian Church. Five stars from front to back! - Brett Lemke

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