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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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She Caught The Katy - JP & The Crossroaders

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The Crossroaders are a blues band mixed in with a hint of country and rock, playing the likes of Lowell Fulson, The Allman Brothers and Free. JP's voice is as great as ever and with a blues trio behind him it makes for a rockin' evening. Since the Wiseguys, JP has been guesting with various players in the SW London area, but after a while he got an itching to start something new. He started jamming with the Wiseguys original guitar player Steve Summers and they both felt the time was right to start something serious again. They asked the original Wiseguys drummer Mark Orlovac to come on board and with three members signed up, all that was left to do was to find a bass player. Dave Albon was known to JP and he was asked to come along to a rehearsal. The quartet locked in immediately and the Crossroaders were born. Moving away from the swing/jump blues from the Wiseguys, the Crossroaders are more Chicago-esque with great tunes and great playing to match. If you like what I’m doi...
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