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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Ain't Wasting Time , from Nicky T And The Snake Charmers and it's dripping blues, soul and R&B music. Opening with Magic Sam 's, That's All I Need , Nicky T with soulful vocals and groomed guitar riffs gets into that Impressions groove. With Todd Glass on drums, Alex Lyon on bass, Chris Codish on keys, and Greg Nagy on backing vocals, this is a solid opener. Rock n Roller, Feel Like A Hundred , features a driving guitar lead with vocals by Nicky and super piano work by Andy Szymanski on piano. Pete Berg on drums and Frank Greenhalgh round out the band and this track is really moving. Gritty blues, The Glass really gets down featuring guitarist extraordinaire, Ronnie Earl on lead guitar and excellent vocals by Greg Nagy. This tracks really sails with the addition of Jon Johnson on drums, Mike Marshall on bass, Jason Bone on rhythm guitar, John Gavin on piano and warm organ work by Szymanski. Excell...
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HEAD HONCHOS' Rockin The Blues at Leroy's in Porter This Friday
Back From Southern U.S. Tour, Perform Locally At Leroy's in Porter Friday, May 24
In a time when American music is too often characterized by
emasculated melodies, narcissistic lyrics, and hyped mediocrity-- Head
Honchos' offer up intense body-moving rhythms and emotionally-charged
guitar expressions on their debut seven-song, self-titled CD. Grounded
on the foundations of American blues, rock, soul, and funk, Head
Honchos' launch their improvisational excursions with an irresistible
invitation to kick back, let go, and enthusiastically ENJOY!!! Head
Honchos' CD contains some quickly-memorable originals ("Lucky's Train,"
"Whiskey Devil," "Good Love," "That Driving Beat") as well as sizzling
interpretations of classics such as Albert King's "Going Down," "Fire On
The Bayou" by Aaron Neville, and Wilson Pickett's "99 1/2 Won't Do."
Front person Rocco Calipari's Detroit-schooled vocals will leave no
doubt of the unapologetic American identity we all experience. In an
artistic celebration of our shared pride and joy, Head Honchos' cover
some of our most loved standards, while introducing to an appreciative
audience "roots-inspired" new tunes.
www.headhonchosband.com.
"There's
a scene in Ghost World where Steve Buscemi ventures to see an acoustic
bluesman at a sports bar, and he brushes off a girl hitting on him
because she's more into the headliner, Blues Hammer. Head Honchos are
like Blues Hammer: as subtle as an uppercut and making Stevie Ray
Vaughan sound like Skip James. The band's self-titled debut cannons
chunky guitar riffs and cymbal crashes, and turns train songs into party
anthems. Buscemi's Seymour would have cringed at how frontman Rocco
Calipari Sr. enunciates The Meters' "Fire On The Bayou," but then again
Seymour didn't like to have fun and Head Honchos certainly do."
"Who
are these guys? I have seldom heard a Blues-rock band with so much
power...this is hard rockin' blues at its best. I've been waiting for
this...it's like getting kicked in the gut and saying thanks...really
powerful backup and spine-tingling, terrifying, aggressive guitar
playing is the new deal here. You just have to hear it."
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