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 RuthSUE FOLEY
ICE QUEEN
KENNY 'BLUES BOSS' WAYNE
Rollin' With The Blues Boss
RORY BLOCK
BLUES WALKING LIKE A MAN- A TRIBUTE TO SON HOUSE
WATERMELON SLIM
TRAVELING MAN
NICK MOSS & THE FLIPTOPS
PLAY IT 'TIL TOMORROW
THE CLAUDETTES
DANCE SCANDAL AT THE GYMNASIUM
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