Sunfish Music artist: Duffy Power & Argent - Hell Hound: The Lost 1971 CBS Album - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Hell Hound: The Lost 1971 CBS Album, by Duffy Power & Argent and it's a great taste of early British blues rock along the lines of Faces, Mad Dogs and King Biscuit Boy (yeah I know he's Canadian). Opening with a rocking version of Robert Johnson's Hell Hound On My Trail featuring Duffy on lead backed by Argent (Rod Argent's band) and Ollie Halsall. Super opener. Leon Russel's Hummingbird, is a great entry to the set with super Russell like piano and organ work, Duffy on vocal and just a bit more rocking rhythm. The backing vocals really add nicely to this classic track. Original R&B track, Love's Prescription, has a great rocking beat and warm backing vocals with perfect piano work by Argent. Taj Mahal and Jesse Ed Davis wrote Corrina, covered here and I've always liked this track. Power's vocals are particularly soulful, accompanied by Argent on electric piano and the King Biscuit Boy like harmonica work makes this one of my favorites on the release. Disc 2 of this 2 cd set has an interesting cover of Motherless Children with a stripped down more folksy version of the well covered track. A cool guitar solo by Sam Mitchell and Power's soft soulful vocals really remakes the track. Rocking cover of Led Belly's Roberta really digs in. Power doing almost a soul shout and the Argent band get the house rocking with super harmonica work. Elmore James', The Sky Is Crying, is one of the more original blues tracks on the release. Power's vocals and harmonica work, with slick guitar riffs by Halsall make this a real gem. Power does a cool acoustic cover of Kokomo Arnold's Milk Cow Blues with vocal, harmonica and guitar. Straight up blues rocker hits square on. A second take on The Sky Is Crying is a great slow blues with hot harmonica work by Power. Halsall digs in on lead and Mitchell on slide adding nicely to a really super cover of a super song. Wrapping the release is a string composition of Love Is Shelter wrapping the release in an unusually dignified fashion. 

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Waywire artist: Ed Alstrom - This Idea Of Humanity - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, This Idea Of Humanity, from Ed Alstrom and it has blues and gospel influences. Opening with Put You First, Ed Alstrom shows his R&B influences with a Ray Charles feel. Playing piano, organ and singing, backed by Suzuki Andes on drums, Ula Hedwig on vocals, this track swings. Funky, Humans, features Alstrom on lead vocal and keys. Hedwig on backing vocals and Andes on drum give the track a cool texture. Soulful, Understanding, really is a nice showcase for Alstrom's soul shouting style and R&B piano. One of my favorites on the release. Another R&B style track, Go Ahead, has a great feel and Alstrom's vocals, backed by piano and melodica and Andes on drums keeps it light. Straight down the middle, The Way Back, is pure blues with Jimmy Vivino on guitar and Alstrom on vocal and piano. Vivino really digs in on slide giving this track real grit. Very nice. Wrapping the release is jazzy, Worry, with a super bottom by Don Guinta on drums, and Meredith Greenberg on djembe and contributing ethereal vocals to Alstrom's driving melody dominated by his own vocal and keyboard tapestry. Solid closer. 

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