Bman's Blues Report

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Rockhouse Party , from Big Joe and the Dynaflows and it's super. Opening with super shuffle, Driving Wheel , Big Joe Maher on lead vocal and drums sets the pace with Tom Mookie Brill on bass, Kevin McKendree on keys, and Yates McKendree and Robert Frahm on guitars. A low slung blues rocker, this track is an excellent opener. Excellent guitar phrasing, coupled with powerful lead vocals on So Mean To Me makes it a real standout. Brill takes the lead vocal on slot on Eight Men and Four Women and his vocals are out of sight. This track, with warm key backing by Kevin, and vocal backing by Erin Coburn is excellent! Guitar shuffle, Overdrive is an excellent showcase for the McKendrees with nice phrasing and great pace. Uptempo Go With The Flow , is a real toe tapper with hot riffs and solid vocals. On Vibrate , a rockabilly romp, guitar flurry and stylized  vocals give this track high power. Wrapping the release is eas...

Big Joe and the Dynaflows Are Throwing a Rockhouse Party and Everyone Is Invited! New Blues/Roots Album Set for February 15 Release on Severn Records ANNAPOLIS, MD - Severn Records announces a February 15, 2019, release date for Big Joe and the Dynaflows’s new album, Rockhouse Party , featuring acclaimed blues singer/drummer Big Joe Maher. With distribution by MRI/The Orchard/Sony , Rockhouse Party will be released on both CD and vinyl formats. The colorful album cover graphics were designed by Big Joe’s good friend, Marty Baumann, who works for Disney-Pixar Films. The new album was produced by Big Joe and Kevin McKendree, who also contributed piano and organ on the sessions, which were recorded at McKendree’s Rockhouse Studio in Franklin, Tennessee (hence the album’s title). The rest of the players on Rockhouse Party included three-time Blues Music Award bassist “Mookie” Brill (who also sings lead vocals for the first time on record), plus the talente...