Lead Vocalist

Track Listings

1. I Ain't Superstitious

2. Handbags & Gladrags

3. Cindy Incidentally

4. Stay With Me

5. True Blue

6. Sweet Lady Mary

7. Hotlegs

8. Stand Back

9. Ruby Tuesday

10. Shotgun Wedding

11. First I Look At The Purse

12. Tom Traubert's Blues

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
12 track collection of early solo cuts, tracks from his dayswith The Faces & 'I Ain't Superstitious' from his stint inthe Jeff Beck Group. Other cuts include 'Hot Legs', 'TrueBlue', 'Stay With Me' and Rod's cover of the Rolling Stones'smash 'Ruby Tuesday'. Never released in the U.S. 1993 release.

Lead Vocalist, Music, Rod Stewart, British Blues, England, Hard Rock, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop

Bendin' the Blues
Average customer rating:

I love this CD

Riding the real talent

A really great electric blues CD

Not buying the hype

Destined to be a big, big star!

Bendin' the Blues
Melanie Mason
Manufacturer: Melanie Mason
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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I Want

ASIN: B000056WHR
Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Mississippi Blues
The Devil Chose Me
Give In
Work Your Magic
Ready for the Road
Im In the Mood
Ill Be What You Need
Loves Slow Burn
Sliding Delta
Devastated
Child of the Wind
Bending Like a Willow Tree

Album Description

Released January 2001, "Bendin' the Blues" is the debut album from guitarist, singer and songwriter Melanie Mason and her blues-rock band. Winner of the Washington Area Music Association's 2001 "Best Blues Recording" award.

HITTIN' THE NOTE (Tom Clarke, Allman Brothers Magazine): "It's not often that a debut disc by a regional player is so rich in well-written original material."

BLUES MATTERS MAGAZINE (Ray O' Hare): "From the day this CD dropped on to my desk I just cannot stop playing it. Wow...10 out of 10."

THE MONTGOMERY JOURNAL (Lou King): "One thing's for sure, Mason can play...with all the fuzzy frenzy of a young Eric Clapton."

THE CAPITAL (John Horney): "Mason lays down some ferocious guitar riffs that make you sit right up and take notice...a great guitar player."

CHESAPEAKE MUSIC GUIDE (Jason Stelluto): "Melanie Mason has a smoking CD on her hands...a must-have for any blues enthusiast."

RADIO STATION WRNR 103.1 (Michael Macey, Baltimore/Annapolis, MD): "Melanie Mason is destined to hit the blues big time, with skillful guitar work and intelligent songwriting...a talent poised for blues stardom."

RADIO STATION WPFW, 89.3 FM (Washington, D.C., Elliott Gross): "An artist clearly on the rise."

WASHINGTON POST MP3 (Maria Villafana): "Though just out of the gate, Melanie Mason can sing, write and play lead guitar - a triple sting she pulls off better than some who've been at it for decades."

Customer Reviews:

I love this CD.......2006-04-12

This is one of my favorite albums in my collection...Great songwriting, guitar playing and vocals. Also love her other two cds! Just keeps getting better...

Riding the real talent.......2005-12-27

Thank God for all women that create music. But let's get something straight here. This cd is a direct rip-off, down to the copied photo lay-out of Cathy Jean's blues rockin' album in 1998, "I Want". Cathy Jean came way before you-- it's a compliment that you want to be her, don't we all??

A really great electric blues CD.......2004-12-09

Melanie Mason is truly an artist who's musical roots run very deep into her love of both Country and Delta Blues and the later Texas, Chicago and Memphis electric styles. In my opinion Bendin' the Blues is one of the most finely crafted CDs of mainly original tunes to have come out in a long while. Her lyrics are emotional, passionate and also insightful and thoughtful, combined with her smooth vocals that easily hold their own with, if not surpass anyone else currently out there performing, no matter what their status is, and her extremely impressive guitar ability, all speak in a powerful, new and fresh voice for Blues music.
From track one through track twelve, this is a great CD no exceptions, I highly recommend it. I look forward to all future offerings from this very talented lady.
Also, definitely catch her live if you get the chance, you will be glad you did.

Not buying the hype.......2004-10-01

I'll concede that Melanie is a solid songwriter and vocalist. However, I must be honest in pointing out that her guitar skills are sophomoric, at best and that the "triple threat" that some speak to just isn't there. A close listen to her songs will find predictable, pedestrian melodies and her guitar playing skills simply don't begin to approach the level expected of her contemporaries. Does she have promise? Certainly - but, I'd be surprised to see her gain anything much beyond regional acclaim. Unless, of course, she really works on her guitar playing, or hires a decent lead guitarist.

Destined to be a big, big star!.......2002-10-13

Melanie Mason is on her way to stardom! Her original lyrics, delivered with the punch of Janis Joplin and accompanied by the guitar plucking of an Eric Clapton, make for an ideal combination. As excellent as this recording is, don't miss the opportunity to hear Melanie live, either acoustically or with her band. Buy this CD now!

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great singer/songwriter
The Beginner - Bob Walkenhorst
If only they knew...
The best undiscovered songwriter in America
Great Tunes and Lyrics - A Joy to Listen To

The Beginner
Bob Walkenhorst
Manufacturer: BAT Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DBK01
Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

Life Can Turn
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She Don't Love Me
Broken Down
Stolen The Moon
Jan Vermeer
Just Another Joe
The Day We Hung Up The Flag
Just Leaving
Punching Bag
Proof
J-Walkers
The Beginner

Album Description

The debut solo release from the lead vocalist/primary songwriter of The Rainmakers.

"The Beginner," features Bob Walkenhorst paring down his signature elemental song arrangements to a skeletal acoustic guitar, bass, and drums, most often played by his one-man-band. Harmonica is the lead instrument of choice on this release with the notable exception of a honking sax solo on "Jan Vermeer," and a lead guitar solo on the "J-Walkers." Vocal harmonies appear on only one song, "Just Leaving." From the sparse instrumentation to the early-60's style extreme-stereo production, the overall sound of "The Beginner" is as much about what has NOT been recorded, as it is about what you do hear.

The humor and irony that have been the trademarks of Walkenhorst's songwriting in The Rainmakers are abundant on "The Beginner." However, rather than being applied to social and political subjects, Walkenhorst's new songs are about more universal themes of love, work, patriotism, age, and escape. The dense opinionated word avalanche of his Rainmakers songs has been refined and reduced to choice phrases, delivered with a lighter touch and a stronger sense of melody.

Like Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous," "The Beginner" is Bob Walkenhorst's love letter to rock n' roll. Echoes of garage bands learning Beatles songs, lonely boys in rooms with acoustic guitars, two minute blasts of youth coming from a blown car-radio speaker, are caught in an over-the-shoulder backwards glance at, not only where he has been, but where he is coming from.

Customer Reviews:

great singer/songwriter.......2005-02-17

Bob Walkenhorst is a wonderfully talented singer/songwriter/musician. The songs on this album tend to be personal, introspectively looking at the self rather than looking outward and commenting on the world. Musically, it's somewhat reminicent of the Beatles. A great album, and a worthy addition to the music collection of anyone who appreciates a good singer/songwriters.

The Beginner - Bob Walkenhorst.......2004-12-08

I saw Bob play two hours one evening in the bookstore coffeeshop and fell in love with him and his music all over again. This is music you can listen to all night long, over and over - not one song misses. Look a little deeper past the music to the lyrics and you hear the story of a haunted man ... this music is destined to become classic. Bob, I don't think it will take until 2300.

If only they knew..........2004-10-20

I've always told people unfamiliar with this man that if you looked up "Rock and Roll" in the dictionary, it would read, "See Rainmakers."

Bob strips it down on "The Beginner" with songs you'll just have to hear.

He might be 60 before receiving the respect and appreciation he deserves, but we can wait.

Go buy it.

The best undiscovered songwriter in America.......2004-08-29

Walkenhorst has the best introspective, witty, and enjoyable lyrics in the last 15 years. Forget Dylan, Springsteen, Joel--the ex-frontman for the underrated Rainmakers plays trump card after trump card, carrying the narrative with his unique voice and style. Very easy to recommend "The Beginner". The songs are fun, thoughtful, and rhythmic.

Great Tunes and Lyrics - A Joy to Listen To.......2004-03-06

It doesn't seem to matter whether he records with the Rainmakers or solo, Walkenhorst continues to make some of the most intelligent and enjoyable rock around. "Just Leaving" is the real album highlight -- one of those great tuneful anthems with savvy lyrics. The only problem with the song is that it's only two minutes long. But it's one of those tunes you love immediately, kind of like Joe Grushecky's "Chain Smoking" on his amazing "American Babylon" CD. As rave up as "Just Leaving" is, "The Day We Hung Up The Flag" is one of the most touching (and tuneful) patriotic songs for peace in recent years. Every song on the CD is excellent in terms of artisty. Whether or not you'll like a particular song depends on your individual taste. But I defy anybody not to like those two songs.

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THIS IS IT
Criminally unknown Artist creates a brilliant Debut
Criminally unknown Artist creates a brilliant Debut

They Don't Know
Angela Johnson
Manufacturer: Purpose Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sweet Classic Soul

ASIN: B00008W2MW
Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

Intro
Rescue Me
After It's Gone
Sad Days
No Better Love
Cryin Over U
They Don't Know
Ordinary Things
Call
Won't Say Sorry
Some Kinda Wonderful
Don't Wanna Be the One
Kissing You
I Still Care
Money Don't Grow On Trees

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS IT.......2003-06-10

Well here is that new link to what Aretha was doing. I saw this young Lady live and as she sat at the piano and belted out her songs it reminded me of when Aretha would sit at the piano and do the same. Angela vocals are amazing without over singing. Gospel, the blues, jazz, real soul music is alive and well in this woman.

Criminally unknown Artist creates a brilliant Debut.......2003-05-29

The world of music today is a very sad one. Those with a thing called TALENT are so often ignored in a world where popularity stakes and the bottom line are what is most important to a major record label and thus the public at large.

Angela Johnson's debut album, along with recent releases by Peven Everett and the slightly more popular Donnie show that some of the best music today is happening not on the pop charts, but in a more talented underground scene.

Angela is a highly talented singer, songwriter and musician remeniscent in skill to Babyface in writing love songs with a story while her sound is like a female Musiq mixed with Alicia Keys and the new funky Babyface. The album's best tracks are those that let her show her writing skills such as "Sad Days", "Call" and "I Still Care".

Criminally unknown Artist creates a brilliant Debut.......2003-05-29

This is probably one of the best Soul albums I have purchased in recent months and it is a shame that so many people are missing out on her talent. What makes it so much worse is that she actually does have the talent, songwriting abilities and good looks to make it big, but in the world we live in today, a talent like hers is not always appreciated. All I can say it that I feel like someone who has stumbled upon a rare gem and I am glad to own this album.

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Just sharing the Atomic Love...

Out of This World Music

An exquisite triple-coup

Coming Out Electric is out of this world

One of the Best CDs I've Heard All Year

Coming Out Electric

Manufacturer: self released
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BAUMRU
Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

Float (my electric stargirl)
Wonderlove
Space Bandit
Drag
Diamond Dreamer
Underground Love
Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song
Planet of a Thousand Lies
sex66
Jupiter's Falling
Empty Girl
Stars in my Pocket
Bonus Float music video

Product Description

The Atomic Swindlers' Coming Out Electric is being met with rave reviews! With descriptions like lush, big and beautiful melodic rock, grand Beatles pop as told by Barbarella... the CD has fans across the US on an intergalactic groove. Songs: 1) Float (my electric stargirl) 2) Wonderlove 3) Space Bandit 4) Drag 5) Diamond Dreamer 6) Underground Love 7) Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song 8) Planet of a Thousand Lies 9) sex66 10) Jupiter's Falling 11) Empty Girl 12) Stars in my Pocket 13) Bonus Float music video The melodies are as beautiful and as catchy as they are off-kilter. Laragy has the perfect ironic sneer built into her vocal chords. She's acting as much as singing on every song in a manner reminiscent of great 1970's singers like Lene Lovich and Kate Bush.... The songwriting is simply superb. -Ron Netsky, Rochester City News

Customer Reviews:

Just sharing the Atomic Love..........2006-04-18

I'm not well-versed in Music Review-ese, so I'll just keep this short, sweet, and simple. The Atomic Swindlers are the most refreshing thing to come along in quite a while - they've made everything old new again with their postmodern retro style, and I can't tell you how nice it is to listen to something that isn't the same old corporate [...] clogging up our airwaves these days! Way to go, April, Roy, Harvey (their super-nice, super-hip manager), and all the rest of the gang! You have a fan for life in me.

Out of This World Music.......2006-02-20

Melodic songs from across the galaxy come poring out of April Laragy and the members of the band Atomic Swindlers.

There's no swindle here just good music. We travel back in time to a period when bands and their music told a story like the Beatles and Ziggy Stardust. And you'll hear a bit of their sound in the Atomic Swindlers as well. Albeit some of the stories told here might be beyond the grasp of the average human intellect.

As soon as the disk starts spinning you can hear the influences of the bands mentioned earlier mixed with the sounds of today. Some of the tunes bring to mind No Doubt or Garbage while others flash back to the Pandoras [thanks in part to the lead vocals on all accounts]. Laragy's cow punk past even shines through on one or two of the tracks.

Each tune lends itself to a different style of music while never
straying too far. The deceptively cheery music tends to hide the
darker forces working within the lyrics [which you can read on the bands official website]. The science fiction theme is never lost in any of the songs, taking the listener to the outer reaches of space and time while more often than not returning us to look even deeper into the human psyche to see what we might have learned on our journey.

Their first music video is a spiffy little animated Samurai-Jack-like adventure where we find the heroine searching the galaxy for her ladylove. The video premiered at the ImageOut film festival for its lesbian theme. And another song, Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song, suggests a future time and place when homosexually just is without the controversy --- as hopefully one day it will be here when all peoples are excepted no matter their race, religion or orientation.

You can watch the video on their website. It is also available on the enhanced CD. Once you see it you'll want more.

Take Atomic Swindlers CD, Coming Out Electric out for a spin or two you'll find yourself listening to it all the time. Be sure to check out the band and the cd on their official website.

An exquisite triple-coup.......2005-10-07

(This review is soon to appear on whoneedscritics.com, the perpetually soon-to-appear website of writer Saby Reyes-Kulkarni:)

On an immediate level, Coming Out Electric is most striking for just how darn *listenable* it is from start to finish. In fact, to call it catchy wouldn't do justice to the craftsmanship and finesse involved in making a group of songs so easy and pleasurable to digest. Listeners should very easily find themselves absorbed yet still maintain only casual involvement in the music if that's as far as they want to go. Where bands like, say, Pink Floyd and Radiohead excel at turning texture into thickness, into a feeling of heft that the listener derives satisfaction from carrying on their shoulders and having to wade through, the Atomic Swindlers make you lightheaded and giddy from drifting through songs composed of the outer edges of ozone that stand between our planet's atmosphere and the blackness of space. Up there the oxygen is thin, so you get that ever-elusive buzz that's just right while guitar squalls echo towards you like flashes of iridescent starlight and trembling, gorgeous piano chords send ripples out from your speakers directly to the pleasure centers of your brain.

Which is not to say that Coming Out lacks drama. On the contrary -- so lovely are these sounds that they bring to mind what Rutger Hauer's replicant character describes for Harrison Ford in the climax of the film Blade Runner, his "I have seen" speech that bears witness to a beauty of unrestrainable radiance and power that lies beyond humanity's grasp. If you've never tried to reach out towards that beauty -- a beauty that Ridley Scott's tragic, doomed android holds close before dying and even tries to impart upon the human antagonist in charge of his own execution -- then you'll be better off for allowing this music to enable you.

Blade Runner might seem like a heavy comparison, but the band itself is actually not far off. The imagery in the songs is forged by lyricists -- drummer Roy Stein, singer April Laragy, and bassist Gary Trainer -- who all have a natural eye for apocalyptic urgency and gloom. (Trainer, for example, bears the mark of authors like William Gibson, Philip K. Dick, and William Burroughs, as well as Allen Ginsberg.) But this is the coup -- the first of three, in fact, that the band pulls off here: depending on your preference or mood, you're free to make the choice between riding the clouds at the surface or descending further into the depths of the music where not only do hidden sonic challenges await but individual souls struggle against a vague but distinctly menacing presence that throbs at the center of our galaxy and threatens to take over the universe and our collective consciousness with it.

How can an album feel like a Friday-night, take-a-load-off-your-feet tonic yet take you to a place where mankind races against spiritual extinction? It's not an easy balance to strike. In fact, it's damn near impossible, yet the Swindlers pull it off. Just like they pull off their second coup (also seemingly impossible): with flair -- by the ostentatious opening chords of the second tune, it's obvious that this band worships at the Altar of Glam. Nowhere do they sound even remotely ashamed of borrowing licks from David Bowie. But, while they call on definitively retro elements, they also move *forward* with them. This is, in truth, futuristic music -- and thus it shows-up so many other modern acts as the soulless, cynical, calculated, creatively bankrupt retrophilic clowns that they are. In fact, even the Swindlers' reverence for glam would eventually grow cloying and overwrought if the band weren't so quick on its feet with subtle, tasty splashes of innovation. In other words, it's apparent that this band loves glam too much to sell it short by presenting it frozen in a time capsule.

Of course, no matter how ambitious this thematic palette might be, the sonics need to provide a solid foundation for the images to come to life. The Atomic Swindlers employ references to extraterrestrials, mass enlightenment, repressive social conditioning, homosexuality (as an ambiguous metaphor for freedom), domestic violence, and hints of the occult. You might have to dig a little to unearth some of these aspects, but engineer Chris Hooker's superb, multi-faceted, and nuance-rich mix makes it all the more worthwhile to go digging -- or not. If you do, you will find that the lyrics are matched perfectly by the special character of the music. (According to Trainer, the lyrics and songwriting and mixing all grew organically together, which makes sense when you consider the album's cohesion.) The strength of Hooker's contribution here can't be overstated: Coming Out is, inexplicably, a "headphones" record where you don't need headphones in order to feel like you're wearing them. It's rare that an album can make your room feel like the space inside your own head, but this music *really* pulls you into it. And the mix is equisitely smooth without sounding over-produced (the third aspect of the aforementioned triple-coup).

Again, you might simply find yourself in the mood to turn-on, tune-out, and sing along with a martini in your hand or pop the album in for background noise while you get dressed for a night on the town. Whatever level of introspective brooding you may favor at the moment, you just can't miss with Coming Out Electric.

Coming Out Electric is out of this world.......2005-09-12

The Rochester, NY based Atomic Swindlers are an out of this world phenomenon with a cosmic groove, a hip spacey sound, celestial lyrics, and a hot front woman oozing sex.

Coming Out Electric is heavy with retro 70's beats, stunning melodic guitars, edgy glam rock, and an out-of-this-world sound thanks to Chris Yockel's sitar work, wah wah, and Fender super reverb tremolo. Scott Ostrowski (guitars, vocals) makes the underlying rockabilly happen, and Roy Stein (drums, guitar, vocals) pens a number of songs on the disc.

For the album, Atomic Swindlers also brought in Brian Eggleston on piano and additional keyboards. The group even snagged former Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster and current neighbor of Laragy and Stein, Howard Weiss for violin tracks on "Float (my electric stargirl" and "Underground Love."

Think David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust period-- time-traveling to the days when bands told stories with their music. Atomic Swindlers will make you think of the Beatles while sounding terribly modern even as they pull in influences such as Iggy Pop, Blondie, Joan Jett and vocally, some early Stefani.

The band's upbeat musical style shouldn't be allowed to overshadow its darker lyrical message, however - listen closely. Notable tracks include "Diamond Dreamer," "Underground Love" and "Stars in my Pocket," as well as "Sex66" with its edgy, driving rock and fantastic lyrics.

In all, the Atomic Swindler's debut release, Coming Out Electric, is a wonderfully-conceived, smartly-written, excellently-produced album. More than that, it's a heck of a lot of fun to listen to. We'll be hearing more from this band in the future.

One of the Best CDs I've Heard All Year.......2005-09-07

Unlike most indie CDs, the production on Atomic Swindlers' Coming Out Electric is stellar - rich, lush and rockin'. Add to that intelligent lyrics, a gorgeous lead singer with extraordinary pipes and a tight band who truly understand the real meaning of musicianship - and you've got one heck of an album. The band's music is sci-fi themed, but anyone who just loves excellent music will fall in love with the Swindlers. Laragy's voice reminds one of the best of Concrete Blonde, 4 Non Blondes and yes, Iggy Pop - but she's also totally unique. As is the CD itself. Coming Out Electric will suprise you, delight you and send you on a cosmic whirlwind of luxurious sound. Yummy!

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Shiny and Bright, Aluminum has it all!

Aluminum

Manufacturer: Laughing Gravy Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005O1CS
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

Southern Girls
Give Me Something I Can Hold Onto
Right Here
That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Metropolis
Watered Down
There's Good News on the Way
Man In The Spacesuit
Back to the Gun
Deeper Shade of Blue
Keep Me Comin' Back

Album Description

John Thomas Griffiths own boutique label solely for the release of his own solo work and JTG produced artists.

Customer Reviews:

Shiny and Bright, Aluminum has it all!.......2001-09-21

Griffith shines on his current release, just like a brand new sheet of the CDs namesake. Aluminum will prove to be a classic from the guitarist in the Cowboy Mouth camp. 11 well crafted compositons make this CD a sleeping giant and a great accomplishment to seperate Griffith from the his previous work with both the Red rockers and Louisianas Cowboy Mouth. My favorite tracks are Southern Girls, Watered Down, Good News on the Way, and Keep Me Comin' Back(a great tune that brings back influences of the mid seventies in a good way). Nevertheless, each song has it's own character and are all great in each its own right. If this is what we are to expect from Griffith, a CD full of curve balls and changes-ups, there's no telling what the follow up will be like and I can't wait....RG

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The old material is great, new material hit and miss

Lead Vocalist
Rod Stewart
Manufacturer: Alex
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000025N8R
Release Date: 1993-03-12

Tracks:

I Ain't Superstitious - Jeff Beck Group, Rod Stewart
Handbags and Gladrags
Cindy Incidentally
Stay with Me
True Blue
Sweet Lady Mary
Hot Legs
Stand Back
Ruby Tuesday
Shotgun Wedding
First I Look at the Purse
Tom Traubert's Blues

Album Description

12 track collection of early solo cuts, tracks from his dayswith The Faces & 'I Ain't Superstitious' from his stint inthe Jeff Beck Group. Other cuts include 'Hot Legs', 'TrueBlue', 'Stay With Me' and Rod's cover of the Rolling Stones'smash 'Ruby Tuesday'. Never released in the U.S. 1993 release.

Album Details

A Curious Collection of Warner Curios of Faces Tracks, Solo Career Tracks and Five Recorded Expressly for this Disc.

Customer Reviews:

The old material is great, new material hit and miss.......1999-10-15

While the old songs from Beck Group and Faces are killer as always, the new Nile Rogers-produced stuff is problematic. This is a shame considering the covers had so much potential. Stevie Nicks's Stand Back has stale instrumentation and Ruby Tuesday is unlistenable. First I look at the Purse is done as a low-key finger-snapper and it works really well--he has to sing and can't hide behind mannerisms. Shotgun Wedding is the rocker, not his best, but not his worst. Waits' Tom Traubert's Blues is the highlight--better than Unplugged--great strings and he drags every ounce of passion out of the song. For collector's only.

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Good, but could be better...

Detour 180

Manufacturer: Cross Driven Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001HPBA6
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Product Description

Christian Music

Customer Reviews:

Good, but could be better..........2004-05-09

First of all, the reason i bought this CD is because the people at freshreleases.com were praising them right and left, talking about their catchy rock songs and stuff, well they gave them WAY too much credit then what they actually deserve. Second, they are from New Zealand, and since i'm obsessed with people/things from Australia/New Zealand i had to buy it. Well, they have some good songs ("Overrated", "When you call", "Fall Away".), but the rest of the cd is, dare i say, boring. I think that they could be SO much better. It is their first album so maybe they are just a little rusty around the edges. If they do release a second album, i think they should try and write alot more catchier, punk/rock songs. This cd mainly has slow songs and i don't really think that fits into the genre they are heading for: Rock. Sorry Detour 180, but i have to speak the truth.

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Highly Recommended
Diverse and fantastic!

The Storm
Blue Voodoo
Manufacturer: Pure Air Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000BX7N92
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

Sweet Talk & Wine
Don't Be Hard On Me Baby
The Storm
Singin' My Own Blues Now
The Devil In Me
Something For Nothing
Willow Tree
Disneyland For The Blues
Sittin' On Top of the World
Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Good-Bye Baby

Product Description

1 Sweet Talk & Wine 2 Don't Be Hard On Me Baby 3 The Storm 4 Singin' My Own Blues Now 5 The Devil In Me 6 Something For Nothing 7 Willow Tree 8 Disneyland For The Blues 9 Sittin' On Top Of The World 10 Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore 11 Good-Bye Baby

Customer Reviews:

Highly Recommended.......2007-06-08

This has become one of my favorite Blues recordings. Fabulous guitar work and incredible vocals. "Singin' My Own Blues Now" hits all of the marks.

Diverse and fantastic!.......2006-04-03

10 of the 11 cuts are original, and BJ, the lead singer, is an impressive new female talent. Tight band, great vocals, what more could you want?

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From All Directions

Manufacturer: Oyate Music Group Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000CAARPG
Release Date: 2004-05-04

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Abundavida

Manufacturer: Gizmo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAF14I
Release Date: 2004-03-02

Music Review:

Music Review

Music Review

1. I Ain't Superstitious
2. Handbags & Gladrags
3. Cindy Incidentally
4. Stay With Me
5. True Blue
6. Sweet Lady Mary
7. Hotlegs
8. Stand Back
9. Ruby Tuesday
10. Shotgun Wedding
11. First I Look At The Purse
12. Tom Traubert's Blues