Bman's Blues Report

I just received a copy of the newest release, Hot Mess , from Pam Taylor Band and it's sure to appeal to listeners of the modern style blues. Opening with Smile Again , Taylor establishes herself as a worthy entrant into the rockin' blues arena with solid writing, an appealing voice and a super band. This track, written over a basic Morganfield style base, showcases Taylor's voice as well as hot guitar riffs and Mike Taylor on smokin' sax lead. The title track, Hot Mess , has the heat of SRV on Mary Had a Little Lamb but with all original guitar riffs and a solid sax rippin' on the bridge. It's So Easy takes a quiet jazzy approach to the blues and again finds Mike T. with particularly hot sax on the intro. Continuous unusual guitar riffs catch my ear but of course it's the vocals of Taylor that maintain the spotlight. Whatcha Doin has the swinging strut of the stray cats but with less edge and more sex. The guitar solo on this track has some cool bends a...