The Hurricane
Dale Thang
THE NEW ALBUM FROM BOBBY HURRICANE SPENCER
AND JEFF DALE, OUT NOW EVERYWHERE!
“The Hurricane Dale Thang” is a powerful combination of blues talent, making its live debut in 2018 when longtime friends Jeff Dale and Bobby Hurricane Spencer were joined by L.A. superstar musicians Elizabeth Hangan on bass and Albert Trepagnier Jr on drums. Jeff had a batch of songs he had written that felt like they needed other voices to connect with and he enlisted Bobby, Elizabeth, and Albert to take possession of them. Augmented by keyboard wizard Derek Phillips from Jeff’s South Woodlawners band and with other stellar L.A. musicians such as Lester Lands, Pat Zicari and Jim Jedeikin adding to the mix, the Hurricane Dale Thang touched down and blew audiences away.
While initially preparing to record the debut Hurricane Dale Thang album, tragedy struck. Bobby had a massive stroke in 2019 followed by several more medical complications the following year that hospitalized him again. With the unrelenting encouragement Bobby received from his wife Retha, he began the long hard climb to get his playing and singing chops back. There were no guarantees that he would ever be able to perform again but Bobby persisted, working every day to get better. Miraculously, after several years of doggedly trying, Bobby began to perform again. This re-opened the door for The Hurricane Dale recording project to finally be realized.
