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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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Marshall & The Fro Take ‘Live at The Backroom’ On Tour
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Marshall & The Fro Take ‘Live at The Backroom’ on
the Road
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Whether
with his classic outfit ‘The Fro’, or in various other guises, Byron
Shire local Marshall Okell has become one of the most enduring faces
of the blues and roots festival scene in Australia, and for good
reason. With an incredible work ethic and commitment to live
performance, and with four excellent studio albums in his wake,
Marshall has been called upon to get the party started at most bluesy
festival for the past 10 or so years.
For
someone so rooted in the live touring circuit it may come as a surprise
that Marshall has waited for album number five to release a live
recording. Recorded in iconic Byron Bay venue The Great Northern
Hotel to a frothing crowd of devotees, new album ‘Live at The
Backroom’ traces Okell’s story from the opening track of his 2007
debut album ‘Marshall & The Fro’, through to brand spanker
‘Taxi’.
The
‘Marshall and The Fro name has been relaunched for this release with
Luke ‘Fergo’ Fergusson, Nick Lemmits, and Ben Cox supplying world
class vibes on this collection of crowd favourites.
‘Live at The
Backroom’ is available where all good music is sold, their launch
tour takes in hot spots on the east coast this autumn.
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TOUR DATES:
Thurs 14 FEB
Pistol Pete’s,
Geelong, VIC
8:00pm
Free Entry
Fri 15 FEB
The Catfish,
Fitzroy, VIC
With special guests White Lightning
8:00pm
$15 – tickets at door
Sat 23 FEB
The Royal
Mail, Goodna, QLD
4:00pm
Free entry
Fri 29 MAR
The Hawkesbury
Hotel, Windsor, NSW
8:00pm
Fri 12 APR
The Seaview
Tavern, Woolgoolga, NSW
8:00pm
Free entry
Sun 14 APR
The Hoey Moey,
Coffs Harbour, NSW
4:00pm
Free entry
Sat 20 & Sun 21
APR
The Harrington
Hotel, Harrington, NSW
Free entry
Sat 27 APR
The Railway
Friendly Bar, Byron Bay, NSW
7:00pm
Free entry
Thurs 2 May
Frankie’s
Pizza by The Slice, Sydney, NSW
9:00pm
Free entry
Sun 5 May
Tattersalls
Hotel, Goulburn, NSW
3:00pm
Free entry
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