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John Heidt
Bramhall – Jellycream
Doyle Bramhall II has a pretty good pedigree. His dad played and hung out with the Vaughan brothers in Texas. Doyle II started his career playing with Jimmie’s Fabulous Thunderbirds, then formed Arc Angles with the Double Trouble rhythm section and Charles Sexton, and issued a solo release in ’92. This album is a perfect…
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John Heidt
Hadden Sayers Band – Swingin’ From The Fabulous Satellite
If tasteful, solid, rock is your thing, this band is for you. Storming out of Texas and led by guitarist Hadden Sayers, they blend blues, classic rock, country, and good old-fashioned pop music into a satisfying stew. The rhythm section, Steve Will (bass), and Eric “Magic Baby” Hansen (drums), propels Sayers on cuts like “Trippin’…
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John Heidt
Jerry Reed – Pickin’
This album was released last year, but I like it a lot and haven’t seen much written about it, so we’ll tell you a bit about it. It’s a pretty much what you’d expect from Reed. Some songs with funny lyrics and funky beats and guitars, and some instrumentals with gorgeous melodies and monster pickin’.…
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John Heidt
Eddie Kramer
Gaurdian of Jimi's Sound
People who think they know Jimi Hendrix’s music inside and out may have to think again. A new batch of compact discs being released this April might make you hear the legend’s music in a different light. Let’s start at the beginning. You may remember Jimi’s family finally winning legal control of his recorded catalog.…
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John Heidt
Nokie Edwards – Carvin’ It Out
I shouldn’t have to introduce you to Nokie. He was a member of the Ventures and is well-known in guitar circles. Knowing that and nothing else about him will leave you very surprised about this album. Nokie proves himself a versatile player, full of interesting licks and a master at playing melodies. There’s killer bends…
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John Heidt
Brian Setzer – The Knife Feels Like Justice
I was extremely happy to see this on CD. I loved this album when it came out in ’86, and it still sounds wonderful. I guess you’d call this post-Cats/pre-swing Brian. Musically, it really doesn’t relate much to either. I guess in this day and age, this is “Americana. ” It’s produced by Don Gehman,…
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John Heidt
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’ 1970-2000
Yes, there really has been a couple different versions of the Doobie Brothers, musically, and personnel-wise. And as far as I’m concerned, both were great bands, working in slightly different veins. All of them and more represented here on this nice four-CD set. The first disc and a half show off the band under the…
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John Heidt
Robert Gordon with Danny Gatton – Live:The Humbler
This terrific album comes from a cassette of a live show of Gordon’s in the early ’80s. The rockabilly/roots rock singer had just hired Gatton several shows earlier, and man does he cook. The tape apparently circulated for some time as a bootleg and picked up the title The Humbler because any guitarist listening would…
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John Heidt
The Hadden Sayers Band – Swingin’ From The Fabulous Satellite
If tasteful, solid, rock is your thing, this band is for you. Storming out of Texas and led by guitarist Hadden Sayers, they blend blues, classic rock, country, and good old-fashioned pop music into a satisfying stew. The rhythm section, Steve Will (bass), and Eric “Magic Baby” Hansen (drums), propels Sayers on cuts like “Trippin’…
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John Heidt
Wayne Kramer – LLMF
The Wayne Kramer story has been documented pretty well. A member of the MC5, time in prison due to drug charges, several very good albums on Epitaph the past few years, and now a live album (use your imagination to figure out what the initials in the title stand for). Not surprisingly, Kramer and bandmates…
