Tami Neilson has released the deluxe version of her acclaimed LP, CHICKABOOM!, which includes five additional tracks recorded live with the 12-piece Big Boss Orchestra. Neilson is also excited to be sharing the new video for “You Were Mine,” which was filmed live in studio. After a year of building momentum, including performances at Americanafest in Nashville in the fall of 2019, and a confirmed slot at Willie Nelson’s famed Luck Reunion, Auckland-based, Canadian-born musician Tami Neilson launched her new album CHICKABOOM! back in February 2020.
The collection received rave reviews, however in a matter of weeks, as COVID-19 took over New Zealand and the rest of the world plunged into lockdown, Neilson’s world tour was canceled, and all that hard-earned momentum ground to a halt. Still hoping to make her New Zealand dates, she entered Neil Finn’s iconic Roundhead Studios to promote those shows and perform with her band (whom she hadn’t seen in four months) and the 12-piece Big Boss Orchestra for the very first time for Radio New Zealand’s LIVE Sessions national broadcast. These one-take, reimagined selections make up five new dramatic arrangements on CHICKABOOM! (Deluxe).
Not long after the world went sideways, the creative whirlwind got busy with her team, which includes her brothers Jay and Todd, musical and video collaborators, respectively. The Tami Show, a 12-episode series on YouTube, was born as a welcome respite from quarantine life. Offering a glimpse into Tami’s life with funny anecdotes, fashion inspiration, hair, and make-up tutorials, and that voice, the show, along with additional videos from CHICKABOOM! can be viewed on her YouTube channel here.
You can check out CHICKABOOM! (Deluxe) here and the new video for “You Were Mine” below.
CHICKABOOM! (Deluxe) Tracklist:
Call Your Mama
Hey, Bus Driver!
Ten Tonne Truck
Queenie, Queenie
You Were Mine
16 Miles Of Chain
Tell Me That You Love Me
Any Fool With A Heart
Sister Mavis
Sleep
A Woman’s Pain
Call Your Mama
Roimata (Cry Myself To Slee)
Walk (Back To Your Arms)
You Were Mine
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