I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Too Much To Pay, from John Clifton, and it's a cool mix of rock and blues. Opening with title track, Too Much To Pay, with a straight up rocking rhythm. John Clifton on lead vocal is joined by Bartek Szopinski on Hammond, Milosz Szulkowski on drums, Janusz Brzezinski on bass and with some rippin guitar lead from Piotr Bienkiewicz (Polish band, The Boogie Boys). Blues rocker, Long Gone Mama has a R&B feel and gives Clifton a wide opening to show his harmonica skills. Nice. Rocker, Broke Down Fool features a pounding rhythm harmonic backing vocals by Keysha Burns, Hallie Williams Craig Daniel, Edwin Stovall and Chopper Wilson. Bienkiewicz rips a rockabilly style guitar solo and Clifton reloads his harmonica for another round of bluesy riffs. Swear To God I Do is my favorite track on the release with it's rock-bluesy feel. Szopinski really lays on the Hammond and Brzezinski slaps out a real nice solo on guitar. Another tasty harmonica solo by Clifton tops this one off. Wrapping the release is Bad Trip, a high energy rocker with a great melody. Clifton belts it out a torches his harmonica and Bienkiewicz rips another flaming solo closing this hot release.
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Pretty impressive licks. Look forward to hearing more.
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