Bman's Blues Report

I just received the newest release, Take It Like That , from D'Mar & Gill and it has a fresh, cool sound. Opening with I Fell In Love With The Blues , a catchy number with a cool walking bass line by Kid Andersen, Chris Gill leads on vocals and guitar and Aki Kumar adds in just the right amount of harp. Derrick D'Mar is tight on drums with cool piano work from Bob Welsh and nice backing vocals from Lisa Andersen. Back To Paradise has a real cool funky beat and an overdriven guitar feel putting me in mind of rhythm work by Mr Cooder himself. Very cool! Song For Honeyboy has a loose slide guitar rider following Gill's vocals and D'Mar creates a loose train feel on drums. A real nice guitar "duet" on slide with Kid Andersen sets this track off along the lines of a JJ Cale's Call Me The Breeze. Souvenir Of The Blues has a classic soulful blues feel. Gills vocals on this track are particularly expressive as are his guitar riffs. Jemmot's bass r...

I have just received and had the chance to listen to the new release by D'Mar & Gill. This release is packed full of bluesy tunes but all overlaid over more primitive laid back rhythm structures.The release is interesting and outside of the box. It has many of the keys that you would expect to hear in a blues recording, but it defies definition. If this sounds good to you... get you a copy! Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE