Erick Hovey - Blues Farm

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2009
Time: 48:07 
Size: 112,7 MB 
Label: Self-Released 
Styles: Blues/Roots/Rock 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Ball and Chain - 5:48
 2. Know Who You Are - 3:56
 3. Soda Pop Girl - 3:51
 4. Patchouli - 3:16
 5. Runnin With a Full Moon - 4:15
 6. Fight That Monkey - 5:36
 7. Baby Come Home - 4:01
 8. Missing Part - 2:48
 9. I'm Through - 3:05
10. Talkin Bout Love - 3:35
11. Goin Down - 3:19
12. Can't Fall Down - 4:34

The opener on the Blues Farm CD, “Ball and Chain,” has a slow, moody, funky backdrop with some terrific understated guitar work. “Know Who You Are” is more upbeat, almost blues/rock with Hovey’s ragged but right guitar, and features some tasty harmonica from Andy Blumenthal and keyboards from Tom Gary. “Soda Pop Girl” is a gentle swinger about a girl who drives our protagonist around town while he drinks, and “Patchouli” is highlighted by Hovey’s stinging guitar fills.
Other highlights include the atmospheric “Runnin’ With A Full Moon,” the jazzy workout, “Fight That Monkey,” “Missing Part,” and the guitar-driven shuffle, “I’m Through.” Hovey’s a fine guitarist and his vocals are solid and suit the material well, and he gets excellent support from Blumenthal (harmonica), Gary (keys), Jeff Foreman (drums), Dan Lodden (bass), and Heather Kelly (vocals). This is a pretty solid set of Midwest blues that will please most blues fans.~ Graham Clarke / Blues Bytes / MS, USA

Blues Farm