I just had the opportunity to review the latest release, My Voice, by Laura Chavez, and it's a super blues rocker. Opening with a driving cover of CCR's Born On The Bayou, With Chavez grinding out the melody, Lea Worms playing over the top organ, Tomek Germann on bass and Explosive drumming by Marty Dodson, this is a powerful opener. Shot-Zee is a full on R&B track in the vein of Booker T ... a 70's rocker with heavy drums and bass, saturated organ and fiery guitars. One of my favorite tracks on the release is sensitive blues, Wanderer. With Worms forming the melody on warm organ and Chavez literally screaming out a melodic interpretation on electric guitar with hints of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, this track is explosive. Excellent! Covering El Cascabel is a natural for Chavez who grew up in San Diego just minutes from the Mexican border, her father being a first generation Mexican American. El Cascabel is a Mariachi standard and Chavez picks up a nylon string guitar giving it a pure natural rhythm and surrounded by Works on organ, Antonio Econom on percussion, and solid bass line by Germann and Dodson on drums plays masterful lead on electric guitar. Very nice. Another stand out for me is surf flavored, Mamba Negra, with fat guitar rhythm and scorching, Latin flavored lead. Lush interpretation of the melody, surrounded by Econom on tom tom and organ, this track is terrific. Wrapping the release is La Llorona, a beautiful slow blues developed from a traditional Mexican song of the Weeping Woman. Chavez really knows how to knock a track out of the park and this rolls Peter Green and Roy Buchanan into one ball with quiet reverb saturated lead, volume swells, trem bends, fanning and all of the grace that one can milk from a melody. Beautiful closer. Highly recommended!
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