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 had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Let In The Sun, from Patty Reese and I really like it! Opening with Is It Too Late For Me?, a soulful country blues with a solid bottom, Patty Reese has me from the start. Her voice is rich and solid and Jonathan Sloane tickles your need for slide bone with some really tasty riffs making this a must hear track. backed by Sonny Petrosky on bass and Andy Hamburger on drums, this is a great opener. Laying down some boogie, Soul Satisfier has a cool R&B feel with a funky bass line courtesy of Petrosky. Rabid Wah Wah guitar by Sloane, the addition of Tommy Lepson on keys and a great horn section...this track cooks! Gospel styling on Open A Window, Let In The Sun shows yet another side of Reese and the versatility of her voice. Brian Simms on keys and David Chappell on drums give this track even more kick. Very nice! Shuffle track, Good Neighbor, and again Sloane steps up, this time laying down nice jazz lines complimenting this track nicely. Radio Song is the perfect name for this track with it's catchy melody and sweet vocals. I particularly like the lead bass work on this track by Petrosky and the SRV styling in Sloane's guitar lead. With it's New Orleans rhythm nicely structured by Hamburger and rich slide from Sloane, Awesome Sauce is a cool track. Reese lays down smooth vocals giving this track that "in concert" play for a long time. I mean this track would groove for a long time. Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright gets a hair raising remake with gospel/blues handling. Lepson's keys and exceptional feel on drums by Hamburger gives Reese al the room she needs to belt it out and Sloane lays on a really nice slide solo for icing. Excellent! Wrapping the release is Steve Earle beautiful Goodbye, featuring Reese on vocal and acoustic guitar, backed primarily by very nice David Lindley like sensitive slide guitar by Sloane. This is a release that I can easily recommend. It is broad and wide in range and solid in performance.
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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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