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Zac Harmon & The Drive - Live - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live , from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO , Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation, with Corey Lacy building on keys and lush guitar work by Zac Harmon and Kingston Livingston really setting the bar. Terrific opener. Blue Pill Thrill has super movement and soulful vocals by Harmon. Lacy on keys works the rhythm with Robinson and Iglehart and Livingston and and Harmon play stinging riffs on guitar really giving this track some kick. Deep blues track, Feet Back On The Ground features Albert King like stinging riffs and super soulful vocals by Harmon. Keeping the music floor low allows Harmon plenty of space to go dynamically from soft to wow quickly adding real emotion to the track. Excellent! Boogie Down is a strong jam with a firm piano base by Lacy giving Harmon plenty of headroom for vocal corralling. Lacy lays in some real tasty keyboar...
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A Fool For Your Stockings - Max Drake

By Bman -
Uncle Grub handles the vocals with Max Drake and Rusty Barkley on Guitar. MAX DRAKE has been playing in and recording with blues/R&B bands such as Arhoolie, The Excellos and the Ministers of Sinister since the '60s. More recently, he has lent his fiery fretwork to the late Skeeter Brandon and Big Bill Morganfield before joining forces with The Wicked Mojos in 2005. Max also performs with a stripped-down nasty blues/roots band known as The Buzzkillz Photo is used with permission of Doug Mokaren


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  1. MarkJanuary 28, 2017 at 5:10 PM

    I wonder if Max remembers sitting in with an amateur blues band, "Trouble Monkey," in a Montana hotel after playing with Big Bill Morganfield?

    I still have digital recordings of two or three killer solos I'll carry to my GRAVE lol.

    Tweet me at @Zz1pp if you want them, Max: you made our YEAR that night, man.

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  2. BluesshooterApril 11, 2021 at 3:18 PM

    My photo is used with no credit. Doug Mokaren

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    1. BmanApril 21, 2021 at 3:03 PM

      Hi Doug. Sorry...now credited. If you would prefer I can take it down

      Best

      Bman

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