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 RuthBRYAN LEE
SIX STRING THERAPY
AL BASILE
MID-CENTURY MODERN
Macy Blackman and the Mighty Fines
Friskin' The Whiskers
DEVON ALLMAN
TURQUOISE
COMPILATIONS
God Don't Never Change - The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
WSNB
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
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