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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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Soul Survivors Festival celebrates music's living history in Ferriday, Louisiana (May 26, 2012)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "SOUL SURVIVORS FESTIVAL" CELEBRATES MUSIC'S LIVING HISTORY IN FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA — SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012 "SOUL SURVIVORS FESTIVAL" CELEBRATES MUSIC'S LIVING HISTORY IN FERRIDAY, LOUISIANA -- SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012 April 26, 2012 (Ferriday, Louisiana) — Performers at the May 26th Soul Survivors Festival in Ferriday, Louisiana, may not be the sole survivors of the area's musical history. But they're close. "There is so much music that has come from this region, and so many important musical figures who spent time in Ferriday, that it absolutely makes sense to celebrate it every year," according to organizer Tommy Polk. "This is our third edition of the Soul Survivors Festival, and it promises to be our biggest and best yet." For families, the festival also promises plenty of fun children's games, chalk painting, jump rope, jumpers and train rides. There will ...
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