Monthly Archives: February 2007

Despite personnel changes, The Domino Kings continue to offer some of the finest traditional country music you’ll hear. Stevie Newman, Les Gallier, and Richie Rebuth all play guitars here, while David Sowers handles bass. Like the CD, the guitar parts are short and to the point – a lesson players (and writers) in many genres [...]

Not a lot of bluegrass musicians hail from New York; there’s Dr. Banjo (Peter Wernick) and Mr. Mandolin (David Grisman), but after them the list gets short. The Gibson Brothers are New York natives – upper New York State, to be precise – and together they create their own hotbed of bluegrass. Red Letter Day [...]

Arriving just after instrumental surf music was dealt a knockout punch by the British Invasion, Davie Allan survived against all odds, providing numerous soundtracks to biker and teen exploitation movies and hitting the charts with a remake of the Shadows’ “Apache” and his fuzzfest “Blues Theme.” Allan has remained active throughout the decades, but has [...]

Once every couple of years, Cray puts out a well-crafted record with fine writing, guitar solos that ooze soul, and vocals that rank with the best. No change here. Twenty should make plenty of “best of the year” lists. This article originally appeared in VG‘s Nov. ’05 issue. All copyrights are by the author and [...]

I confess, these good ol’ boys have become one of my favorite rock and roll bands. There double-disc opus, Southern Rock Opera , was one of my favorite records from the past couple of years. It’s a tribute, in effect, to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and parts of the South. With the band’s latest, the South rises [...]