Soothing Music For Stray Cats is the debut solo album by Liverpudlian musician

Musician

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, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and vocalist Edgar 'Jones' Jones released on the 09 of May 2005 on The Viper Label

The Viper Label

The Viper Label is an independent record label from Liverpool, England and was founded in 1999 by Paul Hemmings and Mike Badger who were key figures in the Liverpool music scene; both ex members of the La's and The Onset. Hemmings also played with Ian Broudie in The Lightning Seeds...

. It combines a number of musical styles including Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, Rock and roll

Rock and roll

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, Doo Wop, soul music

Soul music

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, R&B and Funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 across the instrumentals and songs that comprise the album.
All tracks were written by Edgar 'Jones' Jones except It's My Bass which was originally written by The Isleys.
The song 'Freedom' contains an interpolation of Moonlight Serenade

Moonlight Serenade

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 by Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller

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 and lyrics by Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

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 and 'Tenderly' contains an interpolation of Blue Monk

Blue Monk

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 by Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

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.

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher

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 of Oasis

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 said of the album It bent my head, man. It's probably one of the best records I have ever heard.

Soothing Music for Stray Cats

Soothing Music for Stray Cats

Soothing Music For Stray Cats is the debut solo album by Liverpudlian musician, songwriter and vocalist Edgar 'Jones' Jones released on the 09 of May 2005 on The Viper Label...

 is also the inspiration behind the title for the novel by the same name by British Author Jayne Joso

Jayne Joso

Jayne Joso is a British novelist.Having lived and worked in Japan and China, she now lives in London.Her first novel Soothing Music for Stray Cats was published in 2009. The Times Literary Supplement review said it ‘may emerge as one of the great, eccentric London novels’...

.

Tracklisting

1. Soothing Music For Stray Cats- 2:36
2. Do Doh Dontcha Doh- 2:08
3. What's Goin' Down Huny Brown- 3:09
4. Hagin' With Wulf and Bear- 1:25
5. Freedom - 1:59
6. Sittin' On The Fence- 4:01
7. More Than You've Ever Had- 2:16
8. Stubborn Mule Blues- 3:54
9. You Know You Can Do It- 2:48
10. Catnip- 3:49
11. Tenderly- 3:22
12. Gonna Miss You When You're Gone- 4:22
13. It's No Good- 3:08
14. Oh Man That's Some Shit- 3:24
15. It's My Bass- 3:02
16. Did You Ever Wake Up In The Morning (Hidden Track)

Japanese Release

The Japan

Japan

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 edition of Soothing Music For Stray Cats issued on the 06 of January 2006 on 'Wind Bell' label (catalogue #WB5) has different artwork to the UK release on The Viper Label

The Viper Label

The Viper Label is an independent record label from Liverpool, England and was founded in 1999 by Paul Hemmings and Mike Badger who were key figures in the Liverpool music scene; both ex members of the La's and The Onset. Hemmings also played with Ian Broudie in The Lightning Seeds...

 and contains additional bonus live tracks:

1. Further On Up The Road (live)
2. You Know You Can Do It (Live)
3. Gonna Miss You When You're Gone (Live)
4. More Than You'Ve Ever Had (Live)
5. Do Doh Dontcha Doh/Freedom (Live)

Personnel

In addition to Edgar Jones the following individuals are credited in the album sleevenotes:

• Grenville The Griffin Harrop- Drums, tracks 1,2,6,9,10,11,12,,13,15
• Niholas Miniski- Drums, tracks 5,7.
• Osmond St.Clair (AKA Austin Murphy)- Tenor Saxophone, tracks 1,11 and Bartitone sax on 11.
• Martin Smith- Flugel horn on track 1
• Paul Molloy lead guitar on tracks 10 and 12.
• Rachel Harland - lead vocal track 9 and backing vocal track on 13
• Rob 'Bobby Swinger Stringer- keyboards track 5
• Candie Payne
  Candie Payne
  Candice "Candie" Payne is an English singer and songwriter from Liverpool. She released her debut album, I Wish I Could Have Loved You More, on Deltasonic in May 2007. She is the sister of singer/songwriter Howie Payne, former frontman of band The Stands and Sean Payne, the drummer of The...
  
   backing vocals on 5 and 8
• Kristian Healey backing vocals on track 5
• The Joneses- backing vocals on track 9
• Nick Marshall- 2nd guitar track 5

All other guitars, percussion, basses, backing vocals and lead vocals by Edgar Jones

External links

• The Viper Label webpage for Soothing Music For Stray Cats
• Mojo album review
• Myspace site for The Jonese including sample tracks on Soothing music

External links

• http://jaynejoso.blogspot.com/ Official site
• Times Literary Supplement Review
• http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6146560.ece