2012-11-17
Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, harmonica blower, Jason Vivone doesn't take himself too seriously. Just listen to his latest release with the Billy Bats, Lather Rinse Repeat. It's full of tongue in cheek lyrics about some of the blues' favorite subjects, drinking and sex. It opens up strong with the burner "I Hear A Heartbeat", before it settles into the upbeat mid-tempo blues that packs the rest of the disc. For the last song the band slows it down for the banjo-inflected "Medusa Blues". This Kansas City band has left me impressed. Rebecca RuthTAD ROBINSON
BACK IN STYLE
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD
LIVE! In Chicago
Tomislav Goluban
Blow Junkie
Toni Lynn Washington
I Wanna Dance
ELMORE JAMES, JR AND THE BLUESDUSTERS
BABY PLEASE SET A DATE
JOE LOUIS WALKER
HELLFIRE
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