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Zac Harmon & The Drive - Live - New Release Review

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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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Flower Records artist: John Clifton - Too Much To Pay - New Release Review

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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Too Much To Pay, from John Clifton, and it's a cool mix of rock and blues. Opening with title track, Too Much To Pay, with a straight up rocking rhythm. John Clifton on lead vocal is joined by Bartek Szopinski on Hammond, Milosz Szulkowski on drums, Janusz Brzezinski on bass and with some rippin guitar lead from Piotr Bienkiewicz (Polish band, The Boogie Boys). Blues rocker, Long Gone Mama has a R&B feel and gives Clifton a wide opening to show his harmonica skills. Nice. Rocker, Broke Down Fool features a pounding rhythm harmonic backing vocals by Keysha Burns, Hallie Williams Craig Daniel, Edwin Stovall and Chopper Wilson. Bienkiewicz rips a rockabilly style guitar solo and Clifton reloads his harmonica for another round of bluesy riffs. Swear  To God I Do is my favorite track on the release with it's rock-bluesy feel. Szopinski really lays on the Hammond and Brzezinski slaps out a real nice solo on guitar. Another tasty harmonica solo by Clifton tops this one off. Wrapping the release is Bad Trip, a high energy rocker with a great melody. Clifton belts it out a torches his harmonica and Bienkiewicz rips another flaming solo closing this hot release. 


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  1. AnonymousAugust 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM

    Pretty impressive licks. Look forward to hearing more.

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