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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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Mark Sallings and The Famous Unknowns

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Mark Sallings was born on April 11, 1952 and began performing at 14 years old and never stopped. He began with a small local band,along the"Chitlin Circuit", in clubs like The White Swan in Newport, Arkansas, where BB King and Albert King put down their licks as they traveled the Blues Highway. Mark spent years in the recording and music industry in Memphis, working with many of the studios and developing his own musical style. The Famous Unknowns was a tongue in cheek poke at being the backup band for a lot of big blues artists. The Famous Unknowns were the first house band at BB King's in Memphis Tenn. Mark Sallings tragically died in a two-vehicle accident on February 25, 2009 while driving to a casino gig in Tunica, Mississippi. “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to lea...
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