Guitar One Records artist: Sandy Atkinson - The Best of Sandy Atkinson - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, The Best of Sandy Atkinson, by Sandy Atkinson, and it saturated with soulful vocals and hot guitar blues. Opening with Sweet Little Pieces, Ben Sudano on bass  Tom Bell on drums lay down a super SB Williams/Hooker boogie line with Cannon Quinn on guitars and Sandy Atkinson on vocal and guitar. Solid opener. Got The Wrong Number has a western/bluesy feel with Atkinson on acoustic guitar and vocal pairing with Quinn on guitars and nice piano work by Dean Germain. Boogie, Cook In Your Kitchen showcases Tomcat Blake on guitars with Atkinson's vocals, Richard Price on bass, Dan Degregory on drums, Henry Burke on keys and Wayne Beardwoods on sax. I like the slower, acoustic blues of Back To The Livin (live) featuring solid vocal and guitar work of Atkinson and Quinn. Very nice. Talkin To The Animals is a cool blues rocker with a springy rhythm. With saucy vocals by Atkinson, Quinn on guitar, Germain on keys, Sudano on bass and Bell on drums, one of my favorites on the release. With John Lee Hooker styling, 1 Night Stand is a cool little boogie performed live with Quinn on guitar accompanying Atkinson on vocal and guitar. Another cool track. Slow blues, She's Just A Floozy has a rich, old school, "Memphis Minnie" kind of sense. Atkinson on vocal and guitar with Blake on guitar gives this track plenty of sass. Wrapping the release is quiet, acoustic ballad, Out Of The Blue featuring Atkinson on vocal and acoustic guitar. Putting me in mind of an acoustic version of Seattle grunge rock, Super closer. 

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Lightning In A Bottle Records artist: The CD Woodbury Trio - Bulldog - New Release Review

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Bulldog, from The CD Woodbury Tri, and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with Wicked Grin, CD Woodbury sets the pacd with a strong hammer on riff with Robert Baker thumping a single not bass line and Bill Ray on drums. Woodbury tells the story on lead vocals adds in guitar soloing that adds just the right amount of pepper. Solid opener. Doc Pomus' Little Sister stays simple with it's pop roots with Woodbury laying down a guitar riff and including Davis soloing on harmonica. Blues rocker, Gaslight Road, has a deep bass/drums groove and Woodbury, on guitar, creates a Green's Fleetwood Mac feel adding gritty vocals. Very cool. One of my favorite tracks by Jack Bruce, Politician, is up next with Woodbury bringing on the suspenseful melody on guitar. He doesn't have Bruce's voice, but he really does a great job on this track Overdubbing clean chords with eccentric slide riffs and tight picked blues riffs. Super. A laid back cover of Willie Dixon's, Spoonful, works really nicely with Woodbury's voice. His laid back guitar approach, paired with Mike Marinig on flute and his own guitar flair with "Kim Simmonds" like accents really is nice. Wrapping the release is title track (Call Me The) Bulldog with it's funky blues rocking feel. Woodbury cuts loose with a cool, funky guitar riff on this one making it a strong closer. 

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