The Bell Tracks
1. Banty Rooster
2. Tell Me
3. Under The Bright Moon
4. Come On In My Kitchen
5. Sleepwalk
6. Built Right On The Ground
7. Into The Bong
8. Mama In The Kitchen
9. Ben Hall
10. Been On The Road So Long
11. Come Back Baby
12. I'll Make Love To You Anytime
13. The Bell
Running Free Tracks
1. Your Picture Has Faded
2. Real Emotional Girl
3. Catfish Blues
4. Darlin' Cora
5. Eleanor Rigby
6. Every Time We Say Goodbye
7. Koa River
8. Some These Days
9. Brownsville Blues
10. Running Free
11. Something Ain't Right
12. Tears Came Rollin' Down
13. Black Orpheus
Necessity being the mother of invention, Tom designed and created the prototype of this featured slide & asked the team at Diamond Bottlenecks to produce his idea of what we consider to be the perfect all-round guitar slide.
Tom uses his slide constantly, proclaiming it combines perfect weight & balance without the bulkiness of other 'traditional' slides - and after two years & thousands of hours of playing in both live & recording situations the slide still performs to Tom's exacting expectations giving awesome tonal range, speed & pitch which no other slide can possibly allow.
The 'Evolution' is available in two lengths - 58mm & 62mm; with currently one internal diameter offered - 20mm. We leave the internal walls 'unfinished', thus allowing the player to pad-out the slide to their individual preferences regarding reducing the I.D. & general 'feel' of the slide internals.
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CD Reviews
The Bell
• This is quite simply one of the finest acoustic guitar albums I have heard for a while.
Rating: 10/10 Michael Prince, Blues in Britain
• No disappointment here, just top shelf creativity from an exceptional artist.
David Anasthasia International Guitar Seminars
• 'Banty Rooster' (Charlie Patton composition) opens the album and Tom's delivery of this superb song made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Tom's love of the blues and early resonator guitars really comes across
on this first class highly emotive album. There are no standout tracks
for me, they are all good. Highly recommended.
Paul Bufton -'Blues Matters!' issue 15
• Doughty has the goods to deliver a treasure trove of music basking in roots traditions. His slide and finger picking are smooth, clean and gush with notes that swirl outward but always gently fall back to earth.
Gary Weeks - Southwest Blues CD Review - August 2007
Running Free
• On the final track, an instrumental, Doughty is backed by the New York based guitar maestro Woody Mann that ends this impressive disc on a very high note. Over the past few months Doughty has played at clubs and festivals on both sides of the Atlantic and I would encourage your local club to book this guy as soon as possible!
Rating: 9 – Bob Tilling Blues Review
• His unique instrumental interpretation of Cole Porter's classic is a more than welcome inclusion on the new CD. All this adds up to Running Free being another triumph for Tom Doughty's guitar genius and puts him up there with the best.
Lewis Jones Froots
• Running Free is already a milestone on a remarkable road.
Jim Gillan: RocknReel Magazine
• This is a gorgeous CD full of imaginative performances played by a peerless virtuoso of the slide guitar. Another of our home grown treasures, Tom Doughty is certainly a rare talent. Do yourself a favour and get this now!
Ken Smith: Red Lick Records
Brilliant in all its modesty.
Antoine Légat
• but it's his interpretation of the Fab's 'Eleanor Rigby' that really takes the biscuit - an almost chilling rendition that sometimes gets you thinking he's strayed too far from the familiar melody but then he brings you back with start. Just superb.
Alan jones – Ready to Rock Magazine
• There's real heart and soul in this little beauty. If the blues is generally a dark and solemn genre, Tom Doughty manages to instil a certain 'light at the end of the tunnel' feel - a positivity - and above all, a commitment to all that's good about slide blues. Excellent - a lesson on how to make the blues sound cool! Rating: 9 - Peter J Brown aka toxic pete - Rhythm & Booze