Plan-it - Records artists: Dan Treanor's Afrosippi Band With Erica Brown & MJ - Born To Love The Blues - New release review

I just received the newest release, Born To Love the Blues, from Dan Treanor's Afrosippi Band and it's a lot of fun. Opening with a cool boogaloo track, Can You Hear Me, featuring Erica Brown on lead vocals and a solid boogaloo bottom from Scott Headley (drums), Jack Erwin (bass) and Dan Treanor who also lays out a pretty smooth solo on guitar. On Done Got Old, the Afrosippi gets a strong rework and i really like it. Brown's vocals and Treanor's harp work are hot on the top and a driving rhythm section makes this one of my favorite tracks on the release. Funky track, Who Knows Who, has a real nice strut and Treanor displays a smokey taste on harp nicely complimenting Brown's vocals and a cool bass line from Erwin. Hurt Like Mine is a modern blues with deep roots. Traces of Black Keys are evident with raw guitar riffs and Treanor's harp lead and Brown's vocals are top notch. Excellent! The classic, A Change Is Gonna Come, features Merrian Johnson on lead vocal with really subtle tasty guitar and harp backing from Treanor. Very nice! Love Ain't Easy To Find is back to the boogaloo feel but with a gospel twist. Brown's phrasing is really nice and Treanor sits on a real nice guitar solo balancing the track nicely. Michael Hossler opens A House Is Not A Home with a nice slide guitar riff and Brown rides the wave. Hossler carries the weight on this track with Brown's laid back phrasing adding nicely. Heat has a R&B feel again featuring Merrian Johnson on lead vocal. This track has a real recognizable feel and melodic hook making it an easy radio cross player. Junior Wells' Knocked Out has an interesting James Brown kind of styling with a totally dofferent style of harp attack, Brown's vocals are some of her best on the release and Treanor really plays the blues. Very cool! Mississippi Fred's Blues has "Othar's" whistle and the traditional military style snare work often associated with country blues and vocals that I'd associate with New Orleans. Once cranked up, a raw blues rocker featuring some radical low fretboard slide work. Missing has a really deep sound like voodoo and blues. Harp, guitar chants and soulful vocals by Johnson... Excellent! Wrapping the release is Next To Me, one of the most solid radio style tracks on the release featuring Johnson on lead vocals. With a strong hook and solid instrumentation, a super closer.


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