I just received this debut release Wanna Feel Somethin' by Mary Bridget Davies. Excuse my French but this cd kicks ass. Seven of the 10 tracks on this release are self penned and the band just cooks. Davies has a great blues voice and a lot of Aretha's flair. That's a killer combination. Your Kinda Love has roots in Muddy with rhythm along the lines of Hoochie Coochie Man but this song is strait up and Davis sings with conviction. Won't pay You Mind is a jump blues and has great guitar lead track which gets you going. Again Davies has terrific vocal style. There are some cool horn and guitar solos throughout that give the already great track some real some weight. Same Ol' Blues slows things down and gives Davies the chance to show her vocal styling which by the way doesn't resemble American Idol (whew!). Again Davies vocals are punctuated with very nice guitar accompaniment by Dave Hayes. Here is where you can really see some of the Aretha influence come through where she passes on the Star Search pyrotechnics. Real Thing gets a funky groove going and is handled a lot like "the real thing" as opposed to later pretenders mimicking the funky soul groove of the 60's and 70's. Great track. Gettin' Stronger.... starts off with a great little slide interlude and leads into again a soul based blues tune from earlier times. Excellent. The title track, Wanna Feel Somethin' is a soul, blues, funk fusion track that works well with the set and I can't say a negative thing about Davies' voice..I really like it. Trick The Devil begins with a country blues like slide guitar hook and gives Davies a solid basis to stretch her wing vocally again telling stories and picking up steam toward the end developing into a full swing. The recording ends with a couple of cover tunes, Wonderwall and Thunder and Lightnin' which are not as strongly written as Davies' own compositions. Here voice is still strong and these tracks give her to show different sides of her voice but don't add significantly to the overall release. And I do want to mention the band: Dave Hayes on guitar and vocals, Gary Roberts on bass and vocals, Chris Hazelton on Organ, Keys and vocals, Joe Voye on Drums and vocals, Pete Carroll on Trumpet and vocals, Mick Rowland on sax and vocals and Aaron Thomas on tambourine do a terrific job,
I really like this recording. Mary Bridgett Davies is a great up coming singer/songwriter and I'm looking forward to see what she comes up with next.
Bman
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