Onstage, it sounds like Dick Dale playing at the Apollo.īeginning with the release of a self-titled anthology of collected demos, Black Girls have turned heads up and down the East Coast. On tape, it sounds like Freddie Mercury was raised by swamp people. The shorthand for their sound is "snuff rock" - which the band refers to as psychedelic southern soul. As editor of RVA Magazine, Andrew Necci puts it, "they have somehow accomplished the impossible in Richmond-they play out more than any band I can think of, yet still bring out legions of fans and musical peers." In a city where there are probably more bands than actual citizens, they have quickly developed a large and dedicated fan base in their short one year history.
Richmond, Virginia's BLACK GIRLS have become a staple in their hometown almost overnight. Gloria Jones, Shirley Matthews, Clydie King, Venetta Fields - Backing Vocals Jim Gordon, Joe Davis, Jerry Jumonville - Saxophone Speaking of which, "Sit Right Down" offers one of the nastiest-sounding National Steel bottleneck guitars ever put in front of a mike in a studio. It's stunning - especially considering it's followed here with the traditional "Down by the Riverside," done with so much class you'd swear you were in church, except for maybe that guitar solo. It all flows together until it erupts in razor-sharp lead guitar lines funked-out bass and drums are underscored by the B-3 in the middle eight before it gives way again to the chant. He answers them, line for line, in English. Bramlett - via percussionist Holland with a kalimba, congas, and a boatload of hand percussion, and a gospel choir singing in Zulu - simply takes the innovation of Hugh Masakela into the rock and Southern soul idiom. Add the title track and the album is worth its weight in gold. One can hear the Meters and a gospel choir meeting on the street corner where Saturday night reluctantly gives way to Sunday morning and the spirits are everywhere duking it out. Taken from BBC's In Concert series, in 19. Which means that most of the different line-ups of Slim ChanceĪre included though sadly not credited individually on this CD).ĭisc two contains over 70 minutes with two complete lengthy sets
Sessions shows, beginning with the fall 1973 set half a yearĪfter Lane left the Faces, and continuing through 19, And it is by no means a bad record at all if you like familiar tunes well sung and performed.Įllis was never a flash in the pan, as his brilliant performance on the soundtrack to the film of Joe Orton's Loot testifies, and again the album reflects his impeccable choice of songs.Īs well as two of his own compositions, penned with Andy Lewis and Eric Wright, he has chosen songs by Neil Young and Beatles and a reggae version of Please Please Me which, though it might not sound like a good idea, works pretty well.Īll in all, an honest offering of enjoyable fare with nothing outstanding - but all of it worthwhile.
On this, he's come up with an album made in 10 days in a mate's new studio. Steve Ellis is the old frontman from glam pop band The Love Affair, whose number one hit Everlasting Love is still a staple of nostalgia radio stations throughout the world. found.You just cannot keep an old rocker from the '60s down these days. Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 6) (AR v2) Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sectorġ0 | 42:02.37 | 6:58.08 | 189187 | 220544įilename F:\alexbras\1993 - Pat Travers - Just A Touch (US Blues Bureau BB-2014-2)\Pat Travers - Just A Touch.wav Used output format : User Defined EncoderĬommand line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exeĪdditional command line options : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=%comment%" %source% Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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