Earwig Music artist: Rusty Ends - Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Roadhouses, Juke joints and Honky-Tonks, from Rusty Ends and it's swampy, blues rock. Opening with Bad Like Billy The Kid, has a Tony Joe White feel with it's easy rock rhythm. With Rusty Ends on vocal and guitar, Dave Zirnheld on bass, Gene Wickliffe on drums and Wayne Young on guitar, this is a cool opener. Ballad, Lost In The Blues features Ends on lead vocal and strumming lush chords leading the track in step for that perfect slow dance. Rocker, Rockabilly Train is stripped down and raggedy with a solid beat. Featuring Ends on vocal and guitar and Roosevelt Purifoy on piano this is a a solid straight up rocker. I particularly like The Worm's Turned with it's surf flavored guitar flair. Ends' vocals are aloof and his guitar playing nicely stylized giving the track just the right amount of attitude. Slow and easy, Midnight Screams showcases Ends and Wayne Young on guitar laying down one of the deepest blues tracks on the release. Thing Called Love has a real nice strut with Zirnheld on vocal, Ends on guitar, and Purifoy on organ. Cool, stylized guitar soloing by Ends sets this track apart. Another of my favorite tracks on the release is Bourbon Moon with cool trem bends by Ends set against a '50's backing by Wickliffe and Zirnheld. Very nice. Wrapping the release is Willie Nelson's Night Life with Ends singing surrounded by Purifoy's warm organ tone and the stiff snare snap of Wickliffe. A simple melodic guitar solo by Ends reinforces the track giving it just the right traction to close the release. 

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Doubleton Records artist: Saul Dautch - Music For The People - New Release Review

 

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Music For The People, by Saul Dautch, and it really hits the spot. Opening with Duke Pearson's, Hello Bright Sunflower, the band is in the groove. Opening with Noah Halpern delivering the melody on trumpet, and Hank Allen-Barfield on drum, cool intro. Saul Dautch on bari sax lays down the first solo lines and he's swinging with deep rich bari tones. Halpern follows back with a fluid interlude of his own. I literally was just looking at the internet an hour ago to see when pianist Miki Yamanaka may be touring and here she is on this release. I love her spirit and swinging punctuation is excellent.  Strong opener. Odious Din has a quick pace and distinctive drive. Halpern really opens up on trumpet with excellent phrasing and Allen-Barfield and Yamanaka work a hard line with Leager on bass. Dautch really digs in on bari delivering deep, warm phrasing and Yamanaka really shows what she's got with vibrant piano soloing, followed by Allen-Barfield who explodes on drums. Excellent! Ballad, L'Chaim, features Dautch with a full, beefy melody line, and a sparkling piano solo by Yamanaka . Very nice. Wrapping the release is easy shuffle, Bacher's Batch with Halpern and Dautch playing duet on the intro/melody. Dautch develops real nice bari phrasing and Yamanaka punctuation is spot on of course reinforced by Leager and Allen-Barfield. She takes center stage next with her lush and unpredictable piano style. Halpern rolls in with a breezy trumpet solo before Dautch rolls it all back together for a great bopping completion. Really nice release. 

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