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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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Stone Tone Records artists: Big Apple Blues - Manhattan Alley - New Release Review

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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Manhattan Alley , from Big Apple Blues and it's quite good. Opening with the funky driving ball runs of Admir "Dr. Blues" Hadzic, on You Gotta Start Somewhere , this track is rolling. With Barry "The Baron of the Blues" Harrison on drums, Zach Zunis rips a great solo on guitarand Chris Eminizer really pours on the heat on sax, backed by Jim Alfredson on B3 and keys and Anthony Kane on harp. Take Two is another great track with a great funky bottom. Zunis is back again with a really nice solo and Alfredson really gives that keyboard a workout with just the right amount of horn to give it the kiss. Excellent! With an easy sway, Deep Talkin' features Alfredson and some deep, deep horn work. Putting me in mind of Passport or Oblivion Express, this is solid ground. Very nice. Steamroller is a prime fusion groove with a great bottom compliments of Harrison and Hadzic, and lead work by Zunis, Alfr...
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