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Ruf Records Sets February 14 Release Date For Omar & The Howlers Essential Collection 2-CD Set One Disc Includes “Omar’s Picks” of Songs Special To Him Band to celebrate release with in-store at Waterloo Records in Austin on February 14 AUSTIN, TX – Ruf Records announces a February 14 release date for the Essential Collection, a special 2-CD set from seminal roots band Omar & the Howlers. Ruf Records is distributed in the U.S. by the Allegro Corporation. The twin-disc pack is comprised of one CD titled “The Best of,” while the second one is called “Omar’s Picks,” which are songs that “represent a snapshot of influences and heroes throughout my career and are special to me for one reason or another,” says Omar. Omar & the Howlers will celebrate the release of the new album with a special in-store performance at Waterloo Records in Austin on February 14 at 5PM Central Time. The 30 studio and live recordings on the Essential Collection were culled from albums originally released beginning in the early 1990s and includes selections from such albums as Courts of Lu Lu (named after a blues laundromat in his hometown of McComb, Mississippi), Muddy Springs Road, World Wide Open, Swing Land and his Blues Music Award nominated collaboration with Jimmie Vaughan, Jimmy Reed Highway. Also featured are such fan favorite Omar & the Howlers’ classics as “Magic Man,” “Border Girl,” “Hard Times In the Land of Plenty,” “Wall of Pride,” “Mississippi Hoo Doo Man” and “Boogie Man,” among many others. “My career has been a long and rich journey from the time I began playing at 12 years old until the present day,” says “Omar” Kent Dykes in the album’s liner notes. “It has been a blast from 1962 until now. The Essential Omar & the Howlers includes songs that are considered my biggest hits combined with songs I believe to be some of my best work. The collection compiles my entire life’s work in the music industry: writing, recording, touring and making the blues rock for over five decades.” For more information, visit www.omarandthehowlers.com and www.rufrecords.de. Omar & the Howlers – Essential Collection Track Listing DISC 1 – Best Of 01. Magic Man 02. East Side Blues 03. Border Girl 04. Hard Times In the Land of Plenty 05. Bad Seed 06. Wall of Pride 07. Mississippi Hoo Doo Man 08. Big Chief Pontiac 09. Tears Like Rain 10. Monkey Land 11. Snake Oil Doctor 12. Muddy Springs Road 13. Boogie Man 14. You Made Me Laugh 15. Jimmy Reed Highway
DISC 2 – Omar’s Picks 16. I Want You 17. Snake Rhythm Rock 18. Burn It To the Ground 19. Got My Heart Set On You 20. Work Song 21. Alligator Wine 22. Do It for Daddy 23. I’m Wild About You 24. That’s Your Daddy Yaddy Yo 25. Stone Cold Blues 26. Girl’s Got Rhythm 27. Life Without You 28. World of Trouble 29. Sugar Ditch 30. Built for Comfort |
