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Friday, June 8, 2012

Bad Monkey - Iron Mike Norton


I have been listening to Bad Monkey, the new release by Iron Mike Norton. Norton has put together 10 tracks of music that is pretty different from the rest of the pack. He opens with an acoustic instrumental version of Amazing Grace demonstrating his prowess on slide guitar. Come To Me is an interesting track that has an cool ambiance and vocals that are very much in the vein of some of the old Hot Tuna stuff. Mike lays down some pretty clean slide work on this track as well. Got 'dem Moves has an updated but primitive juke joint sound with raw slide work. A portion of the release has some experimental rhythm sounds that are definitely out of the box. The bluesiest of these is Shake My Tree where Norton sings in concert with his slide guitar and a rhythm track is played under the mix. The Earl of Hooker is a funky instrumental giving Norton another opportunity to experiment with various sounds. Interesting!If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

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