Cover” “64” and “Johnny Rebb,” with some Outlaws influenced guitars. There’s also a bonus track lurking at the end, don’t miss it! The boys do a rocking cover of Lee Michaels’ number one hit from 1971, “Do You Know What I Mean.” You gotta love it.” Brian deliv- ers some great bass runs (which, by the way, he does throughout the album) that help to make this love cover song a welcome treat. It’s a solid, Southern Rock throwdown of an
album, and I, for one, love it. We will be watching these boys. Looks like they have the chops and attitude to go far. Pass me that jar, I want eat the peach. This is whiskey rock and roll, fellow babies.
-Michael Buffalo Smith
The Todd Wolfe Band Long Road Back
(American Show- place Music) The Todd Wolfe
Band seems to just get better and bet- ter. Wolfe sur- rounds himself with some of the most talented musicians around: drummer
Roger Voss, bassist Justine Gardner, and the master of the B3, John Ginty. Since Wolfe’s last album was released in 2013, his band has spent over 200 nights on the road touring the world. It was during these travels; the band wrote and developed material for his ninth album, Long Road Back. It’s an intelligent mix of mind-bending Rock and Blues. The title track “Long Road Back” is pure
Southern Rock with an Allman Brothers/Govt Mule vibe. I’d love to hear this one with an extended jam. “Poison” has all the qualities of a hit song. Wolfe lets loose some really nice bluesy guitar licks while Ginty’s luscious B3 attacks and Gardner’s funky bassline slide nicely into place. This is just a fantastic piece. “Fire Me Up” has a nice homey groove, and seemingly calls back to his days working with Sheryl Crow. Wolfe throws a little Southern seasoning into “Annalee” which hums down the track like a freight train tearing cross- country. I love the slide guitar screams he in- jects into the song. Wolfe breathes a phenomenal new life into
Stephen Still’s “Black Queen”. This rockin’ jewel, slathered in a heavy dose of Seventies psychedelia, is such a delightful listen. They also give a stellar performance, taking on Cream’s “Outside Woman Blues”. Voss bangs out a cool as hell tribal beat
which leads in to the witchy “Hoodoo River”. Sporting infectious grooves saturated in trance blues, this is a splendid song to chill to. Ginty plays the hell out of this one, and Wolfe’s guitar playing is simply amazing. “Gone” is another track that blows me away. It’s fuzzier, funkier, and contagious as hell. There is so much going on in the music in
this album, I hear something new and inter- esting each time I hear it. Needless to say, Long Road Back is a fabulous album and in- deed a terrific listen.
-Phillip Smith
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