Jim Roberts & The Resonants - A Month of Sundays - New Relese Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, A Month of Sundays , from Jim Roberts & The Resonants , and it's a cool blues, rock country fusion. Opening with blues rocker, Skeeters , Jim Roberts on lead vocal and slide guitar sets a strong pace. With a funky bass line by Rick Hollander, a hot sax solo by Pat Zicari and with Bobby Spencer on sax and Michael Leasure on drums, this is a solid opener. With a contemporary take on delta style blues on What Her Evil Do , Roberts vocals are deep and rich, slide acoustic guitar is tight and mandolin tasty and Joey Gomez adds a nice harmonica top giving it just the right touch. Title track, A Month of Sundays is a cool, jazzy track with a great bass line by Hollander. Hi fret slide work by Roberts over Hollanders bass line and the crisp drum work of Mike Harvey is strong. This track has that special weave making it my radio choice on the release. Long Haired Mississippi Hippie has a great groove with that North Mi...