EllerSoul Records artists: The Nighthawks - All You Gotta Do - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, All You Gotta Do , from The Nighthawks legendary blues & roots band and it's quite good. Opening with Jerry Reed's power rocker and title track, That's All You Gotta Do , the band is humming right from the start with Mark Wenner on harp, Paul Bell on guitar, Johnny Castle on bass and Mark Stutso on drums. Hot! On Willie Dixon's, Baby, I Want To Be Loved , the band really has the spirit of Dixon's blues and Wenner's riffs are crisp and smoky. On Randy Newman's Let's Burn Down The Cornfield the band explores the darkness of the blues with super slide work by Bell, nice harp by Wenner and super vocals over a well paced blues rocker. On Sonny Williamson's shuffle track, Ninety Nine , it's all Wenner who really does a nice job of working the harp. Excellent. On original soul track, Three Times A Fool , the band digs deeply into the groove with hot vocals and cool reverb soaked gui...