MUSIC REVIEW
guitarist and a great singer/songwriter too. She’s been critically lauded, in her native Australia and around the world, for her stinging slide guitar and rootsy, genuine approach to the blues. “The best gal guitar player I heard
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in 35 years”, according to legendary blues pianist “Pinetop” Perkins. Longtime Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin is just as effusive. “She’s got it, you know what I’m talkin’ about, she’s got it! I’ve played with all the great players, and she’s got it!” It’s high praise that is entirely deserved. Box and Dice takes its name from
Fiona Boyes – Box and Dice (Reference Recordings)
In the liner notes to this exceptional album,
Boyes writes of the inspiration she got from three special guitars she acquired. “Inspiration comes in many shapes…” True enough. Flying from Ottawa to Saskatoon, I was all set
to plug in my phone and listen to some of my music to pass the time. On a whim I decided to see what Air Canada had to offer as audio on their in-flight menu. In addition to a Delbert McLinton classic – Never Been Rocked Enough – there was this tasty little gem. Right from the opening riffs of Juke Joint on Moses Lane I knew this was the next review for Bounder. The award-winning Boyes is an exceptional
the six-string cigar box guitar Boyes picked up in the outback – taking it off the wall of an 1863 Victoria state watering hole, The Star Hotel, for her gig. The album cover shows her picking away on it, green dice as the control knobs, long mane of blond hair covering her face. Just prior to recording the album,
the maker of that first six-string cigar box guitar – Shayne Soall from the old gold mining town of Yakandandah – presented her with a four-string version complete with a classic Aussie car, the FB Holden, embossed on the faceplate. Previously, Boyes had acquired
one of only two existing National Reso-electric baritone guitars in
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