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David Vest and the Willing Victims are back with a vengeance on Serve Me Right To Shuffle. Recorded at Portland's Falcon Studios, the CD features "1948," a funky tribute to the victims of the Vanport Flood, which swept away an entire community once located between Portland and Vancouver, WA, at a time when "race was reality, and money was king." When Alabama native David Vest invites you to "Shake tonight, in the old time way," he's coming from a long, deep journey in blues piano and American roots music. He grew up near the real Tuxedo Junction, played with Big Joe Turner in the '60s, and toured with Jimmy T99 Nelson, Floyd Dixon, and Lavelle White. Along the way he wrote the first songs ever recorded by country legend Tammy Wynette, played for a gospel quartet, backed Red Foley and became the first American artist ever to record an album in Romania. After relocating to the Northwest, David was a founding member of The Cannonballs before signing on as a featured performer in the Paul deLay Band. Harmonica legend deLay does a guest turn here, as does guitar master Alan Hager, who also served as producer.