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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I just received the newest release, Slowtown Now!, from Holly Golightly and it's quite cool! Opening with Seven Wonders Golightly is out there with a rockin' style that feels like a morphing of 60's surf and punk rolled up in neat package. This is difficult to describe but fun. Ed Deegan and Bradley Burgess craft distinct guitar sounds and Matt Radford holds down the bass role with drummed Bruce Brand. Fool Fool Fool (Look In The Mirror) has a great melodic feel and classic 60's British pop presence. Frozen In Time has a light jazzy pop feel. I really like the addition of George Simmonds trombone work on this track. As You Go Down has that simple sound that the Brits did so well in the 60's and early 70's. A solid rocker with simple but stately guitar riffs, this is a great track. Stopped My Heart, has a cool contrast between Holly's sweet voice and the raw guitar work on the track. Very smart! Easy going Empty Space has a solid melody and particularly nice bass work from Radford. One of my favorites on the release, Catch Your Fall, has a nice groove and sultry vocals with nicely stylized guitar work. Slick! Title track, Slowtown, has a bluesy feel with a bit of a swagger. Nicely executed guitar soloing over a paced rhythm guitar line is particularly cool! Holly really has a cool, relaxed voice and Hell To Pay is a super example. Less controlled guitar backing and solid drumming make for an interesting contrast. What You See could be right out of the Kinks songbook. This is a lady who knows her stuff. A solid rocker with nicely blended vocals and a great melody.... what else could you ask for. A twisting rhythm and swinging guitar riffs...that's what. Super! Forevermore, for me, has the nicest melody on the release. Again vocal blending is tops with sitar like guitar work behind the lead. Smooth. Wrapping the release is When I Wake with warm melodies and complex vocal harmonies. Very Nice. This is an unusual release which deserves a strong listen.
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Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson . The sexologist and music critic, Ernest Borneman , stated that Bogan along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith , was in "the big three of the blues". She was born Lucille Anderson in Amory, Mississippi , United States, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama . In 1916, she married Nazareth Lee Bogan , a railwayman, and gave birth to a son. She first recorded vaudeville songs for Okeh Records in New York in 1923, with pianist Henry Callens . Later that year she recorded " Pawn Shop Blues " in Atlanta, Georgia , which was the first time a black blues singer had been recorded outside New York or Chicago. In 1927 she began recording for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin , where she recorded her first big success, " Sweet Petunia ", which was covered by Blind Blake . She also recorded for Brunswick...
Charles LoBue was one of the fathers of the custom electric guitar business. Charles came to the industry after taking classes from Michael Gurian, first working in and around the guitar repair business in NYC in the mid 60's. Charles' interest in the business began by doing basic repairs on factory made guitars. These were primarily made by Gibson and Fender, the "Gold Standard" for electric guitars, as well as any guitar including acoustics which came through the door. As a professional player in the U.S. in the 60's, Gibson and Fender were the most likely choices if you wanted an electric guitar. It is well known that the Brits used European made guitars as well, primarily due to their accessibility. By the mid late 60's both companies had been sold to larger corporations which were not primarily in the guitar business. The basic perception even today is that the guitars made by these companies during this period were inferior in quality and also l...
It is with great sadness to report that J. Blackfoot (born John Colbert , November 20, 1946) died today, November 30, 2011 at Methodist Germantown Hospital near Memphis, TN. We will keep you abreast of service information as we receive it. J. Blackfoot will truly be missed. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues happenings! - click Here
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