1. Pat and Patsy
2. Sergio Versus the Moth
3. Like Butter
4. Twister - Jim Campilongo, Campilongo, Jim
5. Dagger Through My Heart
6. Tic Toc
7. How's It Goin ? Not Much
8. Rooted Like a Tree
9. Mozart Woulda Played a Tele
10. Hamster Wheel
11. Tiramisu
12. Folsom Prison Blues - Jim Campilongo, Cash, Johnny
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Jim Campilongo has patiently amassed a loyal following in San Francisco by performing regularly in clubs and now and then putting a tasty assortment of instrumentals together on an album. Heavy, his third collection with his "cowboy jazz" ensemble the 10 Gallon Cats, is a welcome addition to the guitar virtuoso's uniformly appealing oeuvre. The follow-up to the ballad-laden Table for One (credited to the Jim Campilongo Band, which is the same core group with steel guitarist Joe Goldmark stepping aside in favor of accordionist/Hammond B3 player Rob Burger) is aptly named: with the exception of the pensive "Tiramisu," Heavy consists of gutsy, aggressive workouts built around the heated tradeoff solos between Telecaster master Campilongo and Goldmark. Not afraid to mix yucks in with their licks (is that "Aqualung"'s signature riff at the beginning of "Pat and Patsy"?), Campilongo and company have come up with another winning instrumental set that should expand his following. --Steven Stolder
Album Description
The opening strains of the newest work by The City's own guitar god are only faintly heard in the background: what sounds like the ominous opening of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung". But it's only a momentary flash, an omen, if you will, before Campilongo plunges headlong into his most satisfying, and yes, heaviest, album yet. The hard-working picker, who has made a home of the club-within-a-club upstairs at the Paradise, has made another album of dazzling Western swing-meets-jazz-meets blues-meets-country, which has become his patented trademark. I love the Spaghetti Western flavor of "Sergio vs. the Moth", the sweet melancholy of "Tiramisu" and the honky-tonk of "Tic Toc," which makes you want to put on your cowboy boots and line dance. Campilongo stretched a bit on this one, and came up with a winner. - Jane Ganahl, SF EXAMINER
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Heavy
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2000-02-29)
- Publisher: Blue Hen Records
- Label: Blue Hen Records
- Studio: Blue Hen Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 8 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #174129
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Summary: Heavy - an amalgam of all that's brilliant in sound. 2001-12-01
Comment: San Francisco guitar legend Jim Campilongo has turned up to eleven with this raucous instrumental. Retaining all the intensity and guitar wizardry he's known for, Heavy is a heavyweight in musicianship.Rooted in a blend of classic country, jazz and whatever else he invents, Jim and his Telecaster ride way past the cowboy sunset and into their own musical genre. The emotional, soulful and often tender guitar of Campilongo surrounds intoxicating compositions that twist and turn through a myriad of styles. His tone is clean then gritty, jazzy then twangy. In 'How's It Goin'? Not Much' he and Joe Goldmark's slinky pedal steel shift between tempos in a swinging musical dialogue that is simply amazing. The arrangements and playing of Jim and the 10 Gallon Cats are beyond compare. This is an outstanding record from one of the finest guitar players on the planet. Intelligent, intense and fun, Heavy weaves a unique tapestry of melody that will captivate any music aficionado. Call it what you will, Country - Americana - Jazz - Rock or Blues, it's Heavy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: A great cd!! 2001-11-26
Comment: I own all of Campilongo's cd's and enjoy them all but my personal favorite is "Heavy". It cover's the wide gamut of songwriting skills Campilongo has demonstated over the last decade and it's why this cd has remained in "steady rotatation" since I first heard it. Campilongo has a great sense of humor on "Pat and Patsy" and "Dagger through my Heart" but this record also includes the sentimental darkness that is so present on "Table for One". "Like Butter" is worth the price of admission with it's gut wrenching solo over a "Jon Bonham" drum groove. Campilongo's cd's are about songs that convey a mood more then guitar music for guitar players.A great cd!!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: A great cd!! 2001-11-26
Comment: I own all of Campilongo's cd's and enjoy them all but my personal favorite is "Heavy". It cover's the wide gamut of songwriting skills Campilongo has demonstated over the last decade and it's why this cd has remained in "steady rotatation" since I first heard it. Campilongo has a great sense of humor on "Pat and Patsy" and "Dagger through my Heart" but this record also includes the sentimental darkness that is so present on "Table for One". "Like Butter" is worth the price of admission with it's gut wrenching solo over a "Jon Bonham" drum groove. Campilongo's cd's are about songs that convey a mood more then guitar music for guitar players.A great cd!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great cd!! 2001-11-26
Comment: I own all of Campilongo's cd's and enjoy them all but my personal favorite is "Heavy". It cover's the wide gamut of songwriting skills Campilongo has demonstated over the last decade and it's why this cd has remained in "steady rotatation" since I first heard it. Campilongo has a great sense of humor on "Pat and Patsy" and "Dagger through my Heart" but this record also includes the sentimental darkness that is so present on "Table for One". "Like Butter" is worth the price of admission with it's gut wrenching solo over a "Jon Bonham" drum groove. Campilongo's cd's are about songs that convey a mood more then guitar music for guitar players.A great cd!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great cd!! 2001-11-26
Comment: I own all of Campilongo's cd's and enjoy them all but my personal favorite is "Heavy". It cover's the wide gamut of songwriting skills Campilongo has demonstated over the last decade and it's why this cd has remained in "steady rotatation" since I first heard it. Campilongo has a great sense of humor on "Pat and Patsy" and "Dagger through my Heart" but this record also includes the sentimental darkness that is so present on "Table for One". "Like Butter" is worth the price of admission with it's gut wrenching solo over a "Jon Bonham" drum groove. Campilongo's cd's are about songs that convey a mood more then guitar music for guitar players.A great cd!!
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