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LISA REEDY PROMOTIONS
DAVID JOEL QUARTET/Spiral Sky: The Philly jazz scene has long had it’s share of notables and guitar man Joel is the latest to add his name to that crew. With some of the crack hitters in town in tow giving a well rounded picture of what’s going on in jazz in those parts these days, this is a crisp outing from an educated educator that hasn’t let all that teaching cramp his playing. Solid contemporary electric jazz that is right on the money.
8275 (Turning Point)
M6
MAC ARNOLD & Plate Full o’ Blues/Backbone & Gristle: If I’m wrong, so what, but this has got to be Little Mac from “Red Hot and Blues” and if you’re any kind of old time Chicago blues fan, that means a lot and yippee we’ve got the net to reach you. After a lifetime in music, Arnold went home to the old family sod and some fan coaxed him back into music and the fun continues. From Muddy Waters to Sanford & Son to Soul Train, Arnold has always been in the background providing the beat and this is only his second set as a leader ever. A blues man to the core, this is a solid helping of the real deal with no varnish and no demographic studies. You want some real blues that doesn’t have that dusty Avalon sound but wasn’t made for frat boys either, this is the real stuff, hot and a lot. Blues fans, dig in.
(Plantation #1)
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS
THE WILDERS/Someone’s Got To Pay: How many times were you up late at night, watching a Time Life commercial and wondering just how “Red Headed Stranger” would have sounded if Willie Nelson made it loaded on meth? Enough times that you want to check out this extended take on “Delia’s Gone” in which a murder ballad is stretched out to album length in glorious hillybillyophoncs? The most nutsed out Americana album you could come across this side of G. G. Allin’s country album, The Wilders don’t know there are any rules so they don’t bother playing by them. One of the genre’s most wild and woolly albums, strictly not for PBS tastes.
56 (Free Dirt)
YELLOW DOG
EDEN BRENT/Mississippi Number One: It really as a bone of contention around the ol’ homestead. The distaff side likes “American Idol” and was bummed Amanda got booted off. She couldn’t understand why I didn’t care. She had personality and desire, but next for a find like Brent, she was just another karaoke hopeful. Yeah, yeah, Amanda was a rocker and Brent is a boogie blues babe, but they do meet up on the Janis Joplin corner and Brent wins the face off without doing much more than staring all comers down. It’s easy to compare Brent to this one or that one, but there’s no need to. She’s a unique blues/rock voice that delivers the goods just fine in her own right and style. A kick ass, high octane set thats both polished and heartfelt, Brent is going to be one of the best finds of the year and now is the time for smarty pants know it alls to hop on board if they want early bragging rights. Killer stuff throughout.
1616
Volume 31/Number 145
March 24, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
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Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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