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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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Blonde on Blonde Direct artist: Dave Thomas - Bridge Street Blues - New Release Review

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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Bridge Street Blues , from Dave Thomas , and it's a solid blues rocker in the vein of Mayall or JJ Cale . Opening with Go To Legends , an easy flowing Cale like track Dave Thomas on vocal and guitar sits down in a groove, with nice guitar riffs that really work, and Declan Sinnott on drums holds it tight.  Gone For Good is a broken down country rocker that has super style. A trace of Neil Young with cool acoustic slide gives this track a memorable melody. Honey is a smooth as silk with some of Thomas' best vocals on the release in traditional blues style. Light acoustic guitar work by Thomas really works on this track. One of my favorite tracks on the release is blues rocker, I Know You Through and Through with a snappy drum rhythm by Sinnott. Thomas balances his soft spoken vocals with nice, round guitar tone solos, overlaid on his own guitar rhythm. Very cool. Wrapping the release is title track, Bridge Stre...
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