The Juke Hounds - Bluesitude

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2014
Time: 36:59
Size: 85,0 MB
Label: Self Released
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. I Drive - 4:00
 2. Stand Up - 3:33
 3. Throwin' A Good Man Away - 2:54
 4. My Prayer - 4:14
 5. Fight - 4:04
 6. Roller Coaster - 3:26
 7. Best Love - 4:14
 8. Superior Woman - 2:30
 9. Choose to be Young - 2:25
10. Flood Waters - 5:35

Musicians:
Bob Gardner-vocals, guitar;
Gerard Dominick -bass;
Doug Barber-keyboards;
Jimmy Kormanik-harmonica;
Mark Smallwood-drums.

2nd album from Akron, Ohio based band, The Juke Hounds, featuring 10 original tracks of defiant, blues and blues rock. Rhys Williams of "Blues Blast" magazine writes, " The attitude in both the lyrics and the aggressive attack of the musicians reflects the grit and power that is found throughout Bluesitude," and " it packs a powerful punch."
Blues with a 'tude, like BB King or Howlin' Wolf putting his foot down, and saying, "enough!"
The Juke Hounds share an attitude-- a Midwestern grit that makes them relate to the blues and to each other. When the Jukes play, you’ll hear echoes of BB King and James Cotton along with a defiance and swagger that says "you can't keep me down." The music, the lyrics and the bands’ aggressive stage presence announce they are a force to be reckoned with.
Says Rhys Williams of Blues Blast Magazine: "Kicking off with “I Drive”, which features a riff reminiscent of an updated, angular, more frazzled “Smokestack Lightnin’”, Gardner sings with real venom: “Backseat drivers give me lip, I ain’t going to take their shit, because it’s my life, my way, I drive.” The attitude in both the lyrics and the aggressive attack of the musicians reflects the grit and power that is found throughout Bluesitude. But this is also a band that understands light and shade. When Kormanik steps up for his harmonica solo in “I Drive”, the band slips into a gentler, funky, backing rhythm before Kormanik, Barber and Dominick drop out entirely, leaving Smallwood’s drums and Gardner’s solo guitar. Gardner pulls out a powerfully melodic solo while the musicians re-enter gradually to help build the tension and momentum of an impressive song. “
And Mladen Loncar of the Soundguardian.com writes: “Deeply immersed in a dynamic, effective and inervirajuci electric blues, these experienced musicians without doubt manage to effectively connect and present their original material and traditional blues repertoire. “

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