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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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Jay Hooks - Tequila & Bullets - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Tequila & Bullets , from Jay Hooks and it's a potent blues rocker. Opening with hard driver, Evinrude Boat Motor , Jay Hooks leads the way with fiery rhythm guitar and rugged vocals. With Matt Johnson on drums, Brock Proctor on bass and Barry Seeland on keys, giving Hooks an aggressive bottom to jump on the gas with flaming lead guitar. Strong opener. Title track, Tequila & Bullets is built over an updated Morganfield base. A relentless guitar vamp, supported by bass, drums and keys leaves an open stage for soaring guitar soloing and tandem vocal/guitar lead for a really solid track. Very cool. Rocker, Left Me Cold , has a light, Latin rhythm by Procter and Johnson and Hooks sings a cool melody. Melodic guitar phrasing shows real style by Hooks on a firm Peter Green theme. Mind Full has a gritty, very early Texas blues band feel with a simple rhythm and a lot of guitar grind over, under and around, simpl...
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