The
Rubes � Hokum
Label: Underdogma
Records
Rating:
Tracks:
Snake Oil Wonder Why 20 Three Change My Mind Smoke And Mirrors Disguise Take Your Time (Hiding In A Cloud) To The Next Step Interlude The Ballad Of Sisyphus Mac Duff |
Listen to samples and Purchase this CD online |
I wasn't prepared for this disc when I popped it into the CD player, given that it was an advance CDR and the bio that came along with it was really short of details. The first few bars caught my attention and I remained transfixed to the end.
You just don't hear music like these that often these days. What kind of music? Blackmore-esq powerblues is the way I like to think of it. The formula for success here is two parts Badlands, one part Blackmore's Rainbow mixed with one half-part Black Crowes and one half part Kings-X. Since the demise of Badlands it's been hard to come by music like this. In fact, lead vocalist Mace sounds strikingly similar to Ray Gillian if not a litter better at execution. Fans of Badlands could easily substitute this album for that third album that never came from Ray Gillian and company.
With the exception of the six minute long third track, "20 Three", which grows a little long in the tooth after four minutes, this album is pack full of great hard rockin' blues inspired tunes.
Live: Myles Kennedy's Art of Letting Go U.S. Tour Launches In Joliet
Sites and Sounds: In Memory of Dickey Betts Show Coming to Macon, GA
5 Starr: Ringo Starr - Look Up
Slipknot, Falling In Reverse, Five Finger Death Punch Lead Inkcarceration Lineup
Shinedown Plot Dance, Kid, Dance Tour
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai Reveal All-Star SATCHVAI Band Lineup
David Ellefson and Bruce Kulick Guest On Marina V's New Single
Phil X & The Drills Stream 'Moving To California'
Khanate Announce First U.S. Tour Dates Since 2005
Peter Frampton Launching Let's Do It Again Tour
Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty To Give SXSW Keynote