Bman's Blues Report

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Soul Gone Blu' , from Paul Boddy and it's a rocking blues party. Opening with One Hundred Years , Paul Boddy on vocal and guitar sets a cool rhythm with Jack Daley on bass, Aaron Comess on drums, Rob Clores on keys and warm backing vocals by Jessie Wagner and Lynn Lockamy . Chonnie-On-Chon is a great boogie blues with Mikey Jr. wailing on harmonica and slick slide work by Boddy. Funky, Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On , is a real cool track featuring Jessie on lead vocal and she really brings it and Boddy's slide work is fat toned and rich giving it a retro Elvin Bishop /Johnny V feel. Very cool. Wrapping the release is Little Willie John 's Need Your Love So Bad excellent vocals by Boddy and rich slide work by Sonny Landreth . Warm backing vocals by Wagner and Lockamy adds a great feel to the overall track and Landreth takes it home with extremely nice slide soloing. Excellent closer.  ...

  I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Grass Ain't Greener on the Other Side , by Peter Veteska & Blues Train and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with Am I Wrong Pretty Baby , singer/songwriter and lead guitarist, Peter Veteska starts off with a cool slinky blues, with Mikey jr. on harmonica, Alex D'Agnese on drums, Jeff Levine on B3 and Coo Mo Jee on bass. With it's Latin blues rhythm, Running Like A Dog . is strong with a really nice B3 solo by Levine and solid vocals and tasty guitar riffs by Veteska. My favorite track on the release is shuffle track, You Give Me Loving with a cool guitar/B3 intro and solid vocals. Veteska really gets the crew would up on this one and his guitar soloing is sharp and tight. R&B track, Thinking and Drinking has a light, upbeat rhythm and with balanced vocal and guitar melody, makes this a likely radio track for the release. Willie Cobb's You Don't Love Me is a great cover with a snappy dru...

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Friends of Tuesday, from Paul Boddy & The Slidewinder Blues Band and it's a cool rocking boogie release. Opening with Over The Hump , a cool rocker with attitude, featuring Paul Boddy on lead vocal and guitar. Chuck Hearne on bass, Glenn Hale on keys and Jim Bowman on drums. With it's firm straight ahead beat, it's a solid opener. Another solid blues rocker, Money on Love , has a cool country blues feel with strong vocal and slide work by Boddy and snappy drum rhythm by Bowman. With a southern rock swagger, Knock My Boots has plenty of kick and a JJ Cale energy. Bowman's tight drum rhythm and Boddy's slide work continue to set the theme for the release. Wrapping the collection is boogie shuffle, Pretty Kitty with a super bass line by Hearne and Mikey Jr. laying down some hot harp riffs. Hale steps up with some real nice electric keys and Boddy circles back with some cool blues guitar riffs making...

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Get Ready For Me , by Tom Craig and Soul Patch and it's got a good vibe. Opening with Louita , a light funky track has a cool horn round and traces of David Bromberg bones. This track has a smoking hot sax solo really kickin it off right. Backing Tom Craig on guitar and vocal is John O'Connell on drums, Rando Branning on bass, Eric Johnson on organ, Vince Gleason on tenor sax, Mark Gallagher on bari sax, Dan Young on alto sax, Sean McClusker on trombone abd Skyler Hagner on bari sax. Can't Stop Thinking About You is one of my choice tracks on the release with a cool bass line and solid horn work, complimented by Mikey Jr. on harp. Captain Funk is a cool loosely jazzy track with sexy sax work and a tight jazzy guitar solo giving it plenty of juice. The blusiest track on the release, Please Forgive Me Baby , has really solid lead vocal and strong guitar feel. With Johnson's organ holding the line and the ...