HOLLIS BROWN

Ride On The Train

2014-07-10

Ø  "Hollis Brown" is the name of the band, not a performer's name.

Ø  Name taken from Bob Dylan song "Ballad of Hollis Brown"

Ø  Straightforward commercial modern rock

Ø  Listenable, Likeable, Sustains interest on repetition

Ø  Hints of Traveling Wilburys, Neil Young, J Geils influences

Ø  Publicity material says: Uniting hook-soaked pop and blues-drenched rock-n-roll.

Ø  Genre on Facebook "American Rock"

Ø  FCC CLEAN  -- review by Gerald Etkind

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