Thor And The Thundercats - Once In A Blue Moon

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1997
Time:46:38 
Size:108,7 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Blues Rock 
Art:Full 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Kiss and Tell - 4:22
 2. Dangerous - 3:41
 3. Shut Up - 4:17
 4. Ain't It Strange - 3:27
 5. Blues Crusader - 2:53
 6. Take A Picture - 7:05
 7. Live Today - 3:54
 8. Bad Investment - 2:48
 9. Not Enough - 3:08
10. Keep on Rollin - 4:08
11. Once in a Blue Moon - 6:51

"Once In A Blue Moon" is a CD composed of entirely original material by Thor And The Thundercats, a local area band from Vancouver, Canada. Thor Kristinnson's somewhat inconsistant vocals get the job done on some songs, but others would benefit from more polish.
While the vocals could use a little help, the rest of the package is very good. Thor's guitar is strong throughout the CD, punctuating the good songs, pulling up the marginal ones. And while I'm not usually a big sax fan, the playing featured here is lively & enjoyable. The boys cut loose on Shut Up!. The repetitive chorus gets a little old, but excellent trade-offs between guitar and sax are the focus of the song. Other notable songs are Blues Crusader, an up-beat blues shuffle, & Take a Picture, the bands offering in the straight ahead, hard-edged blues department. There is heavy
SRV influence evident in the later, and while this is sometimes taken with disfavor, I think there's nothing wrong with emulating the "great ones", as long as you can pull it off, which Thor does nicely. Bad Investment, a humorous tale of good money gone bad, is another very good tune. The title cut, Once in a Blue Moon, is a nicely done, melancholy blues ballad, although I do feel it's one of the songs that could benefit from stonger vocals. There's some really good, entertaining music here. All in all, though, this is a good effort. Using all original material, Thor Kristensen has put together a respectable CD. 

Once In A Blue Moon