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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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Dennis Johnson - Slide Avenue - New Release review

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I just received the newest release, Slide Avenue , from Dennis Johnson and it's a blend of a numerous blues styles with a common hub of cool guitar work. Opening with Swingin At the Savoy , guitarist/vocalist Johnson blends a cool swing track featuring Sam Levine on sax, Tim Metz on drums and David O'Keefe on bass with his slick slide work. Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues has a much quicker paced cover with a root in blues but an almost country approach with quick picking and flair (Think early Bella Fleck). Another Robert Johnson track, Phonograph Blues is a real nice straight up acoustic delta style blues track played on 12 string dobro. Nice! Rollin On The River has a rudimentary New Orleans feel with snappy snare work from Metz and the addition of Joe Craven on violin. Back On My Feet is a cool shuffle track and see's the addition of Kirt Shearer on piano. Johnson busts out some Elmore James like slide riffs on this track but keeps it light and easy. On Ain...
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