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 RuthSCRAPOMATIC
I'm A Stranger
David Egan
You Don't Know Your Mind
TAD ROBINSON
BACK IN STYLE
MISSISSIPPI HEAT
LET'S LIVE IT UP
MARIA MULDAUR WITH TUBA SKINNY
LET'S GET HAPPY TOGETHER
Daniel August
Swallowed A Star
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