Kid James Trio – Where Can My Baby Be?
Strato – Star Records – SS EP-001 [2023]
Where Can My Baby Be? – I Dig That Gal / Just A Game – Waiting for You
Kid James, real name James Schembri, comes from Australia and released this EP in 2023 with Robin Sharrock on double bass and Frank D’Abaco on drums. The four tracks have been recorded by Dave Attana who previously engineered Benny and the Fly-By-Niters, Kieron McDonald and Hank’s Jalopy Demons.
Kid James and his band play a blues-tinged rockabilly, developing a style quite close to that of Pat Capocci. Nevertheless, thanks to three original compositions (the fourth track being a cover of a Johnny Powers song), the EP retains a personal and original identity.
Fred “Virgil” Turgis
