Bman's Blues Report

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Cheat The Devil , from Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos and it's a strong blues rocker. Opening with Sweet Little Devil , a funky rocker with biting lead/slide guitar work by Anthony Rosano and cowbell laden drum work by Kyle McCormick, how could you go wrong. Jake Fultz on bass really does a solid job of driving this train and I gotta say, Rosano's lead vocals sound quite a bit like one of my favorite lead voices in rock, James Dewar of Robin Trower fame and together this is a great sound. Fat, distorted guitar tone permeates the opening of slow blues, What Kind of Fool , and with deep bass and tight drum work, Rosano really works the lead vocal on this track. Dropping out all of the overdriven guitar saturation, Rosano develops a beautiful melodic guitar line. Very nice. Funky blues rocker, Jonesboro Road , really is a cool track with McCormick and Fultz laying down a great groove and Rosano singing and playing ...