Blues Root Productions: Debbie Bond & the Trudats - That Thing Called Love - New Release Review
I just received the newest release (January 21, 2014), That Thing Called Love, by Debbie Bond and the Trudats . Opening with You're The Kind Of Trouble , Bond immediately captures your attention with a tight blues based pop track with a nice groove. Steady Rolling Man has an early blues/New Orleans sound with nice piano work by Rick Asherson and nice sax work from tom Pallardy. Feed My Soul is a solid ballad with a catchy melody and radio hook. I Like It Like That has a boogie feel and Bonds vocals are spot on. Asherson exercises a bit of John Mayall like harp work on this track. Very nice! Still Missing You falls square into the ballad arena. Bond plays a sweet guitar solo on this track leading to a nice sax solo from Pallardy. Tarragona Blues has a Latin rhythm provided by Dave Crenshaw, Jonathan Blakney and Ray Robinson on drums. Again Bond steps out with a clever guitar solo and Asherton lays down some nice key work. Falling has a real nice intro by Asherson leading to ...