2012-11-17
Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, harmonica blower, Jason Vivone doesn't take himself too seriously. Just listen to his latest release with the Billy Bats, Lather Rinse Repeat. It's full of tongue in cheek lyrics about some of the blues' favorite subjects, drinking and sex. It opens up strong with the burner "I Hear A Heartbeat", before it settles into the upbeat mid-tempo blues that packs the rest of the disc. For the last song the band slows it down for the banjo-inflected "Medusa Blues". This Kansas City band has left me impressed. Rebecca RuthJASON VIVONE AND THE BILLY BATS
Lather Rinse Repeat
TORONZO CANNON
Leaving Mood
Lee DelRay
Brand New man
EDDIE "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER
WEST SIDE STRUT
NAPPY BROWN
LONG TIME COMING
ALBERT COLLINS
LIVE IN MONTREUX, 1992
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