I have been listening to the just released (May 28) new CD, The Games People Play by Paul Lamb & The King Snakes. The recording opens with a lively medley of Ray Charles' I Got A Woman and Johnny Cash's Fulsom Blues. They roll right into an original track, Let Me In, which along with some great harp sounds has a tasty British blues infused guitar solo. Very stylistically cool. Lamb's original boogie, Come To The Conclusion, is raw and rugged and has some really authentic delta guitar work as well as nice overdriven harp tones. The band uses classic Summertime to highlight Lambs capabilities on what sounds like a chromatic harp. Harp guys tell me... but it's cool. One of the best tracks on the recording is Big Walters' Easy, an instrumental showcasing both and harp. A smooth shuffle style song it just slides along as a harp and guitar jam. Another Ray Charles track, Black Jack Game is given the slow deep blues treatment and is really a pleasure to listen to. Ryan Lamb, lead guitar player really does an exemplary job on the guitar as well as the supporting band (Dino Coccia on drums and Rod Demick on bass). It's unusual to hear a contemporary band do a classic Roosevelt Sykes tune but here comes Ida Mae done raw and dirty...I love it. On another lamb original, Mind Games, that harp is really singing and the band is really swinging. Pulling a Professor Longhair track out of the bag is a real nice touch. Ya Ya Blues is done with that Nawlans gait and you know the boys are getting ready to wrap and party. Ledbelly penned Midnight Special is given an a capella (with harp) treatment and is very effective. Nice conclusion to a pretty cool recording.
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