Buddy Holly. “70 Miles” is about being on with a very nice variety of different styles both electric and resonator guitar and the road to a gig. I’m not sure what the title and grooves. “Out Of Your Head” is a harmonica, and sings; Pete Devine plays refers to, the lyrics aren’t terribly filthy, but Blues that shifts tempos between that drums and washboard; Joe Kyle Jr. plays maybe they’re thinking of the guitar tone. “Smokin’ TNT Drinkin’ Dynamite” groove upright bass. The fare is Country Blues, The Gretsch is actually in the way of the and a swinging shuffle like the Paladins including classics from Muddy Waters, cover shot being filthy. Nice picture just used to favor a lot. “Katrina y Romero” Frank Stokes, Sonny Boy Williamson II, the same though! Sixgunromeo.com -MB is another fine guitar instrumental piece, Bukka White and Al Duncan, plus some with a vaguely Latin feel. With 16 songs originals. As a player myself, I’m always a Eight O’Five Jive / Too Many Men you’re really getting value for your dollar! sucker for a group that features washboard! RRTT002 The two other covers include Dave And a major measure of this type of act is Alvin’s “Marie Marie,’ with some lyrics in whether they are adding to the tradition Here’s a group formed by inspiration Spanish, and Stevie Wonder’s “Ribbon In with their own songs, and they do. The of a Radio show called “Nashville Jumps,” The Sky” - a mellow instrumental. Tony first that appears, “Let You Go,” is good and playing that jumping style R&B with wrote half the songs on his own, and 4 enough they could have opened with it! a stripped down lineup including guitar, with Costarella, who also wrote “Let’s Fine transparent production – just feels sax, electric bass & drums, plus a female Rock It” on his own. “5 O’Clock Blues” like your in a chair in the front row at a live singer. All of them sing though, so there and “Cold Inside” are a pair of slower performance, as it should! The final track are plenty of backing vocals. The 12 Blues, followed by the Instro of “Cowboy was indeed recorded live in performance. song set includes 2 originals by singer Surfer.” That one’s a favorite for me, with The harmonica tracks don’t include guitar, Lee Shropshire, and follows a thread a bit of the Spaghetti Western feel to it! just the percussion and bass backing. through some of the songs relating “Satisfied” has a Memphis Soul kind of The electric tunes with drums don’t move to relationship problems and survival. vibe. “Tongue Tied” is kinda Jazzy, with a away from the Country Blues feel, they fit Interestingly they open on a Big Maybelle funky groove, fast picking. This is a really together just fine. They’ve opened on the cover in “I’ve Got A Feeling,” and drive nice collection of varied tunes, different most familiar cover “I Can’t Be Satisfied.” it with a Ska beat that in fact others like grooves, all with Blues and Roots Rock at Bukka White’s “Shake ‘Em On down” James Hunter bring out and the guys who the center, by an excellent guitarist with is the most familiar to me of the others invented Ska got from this style of music very solid backing. “Baby Come Home” though I’ve heard Duncan’s “It’s Too Late too. A couple of other interesting covers has some fine slide guitar playing, and the Brother” too, and the original “Rollin’ In are Jimmy Liggins “Drunk” and Big Jay show closes on “El Gato,” another guitar Her Arms” thanks Howlin’ Wolf because it McNeely’s “Insect Ball.” With less pieces instrumental workout with that Bolero uses lyrics he used. They have an earlier (no piano, only one sax), they can’t hit as feel, and a piece of “Miserlou” for good CD on Arhoolie too! Arhoolie.com -MB a hard as the original bands did, but it’s measure. Fine stuff- see the ad! -MB the right music. The R&B bands were a The Mamas & Papas / The Complete scaled down alternative to the no longer Hey - buy some of OUR stuff! Singles: 50th Anniversary Collection economically viable big bands, and here’s We have our own ads on pages Real Gone 0418 the next step. We were out dancing to a 2, 4, 25, 29, 45 and 46! We local band much like this, only with piano The Mamas & Papas were a disparate instead of the sax just a few nights ago. didn’t sell those ad spaces, but collection of former folksingers from New We like them! Eightofivejive.net -MB if you buy a CD, T-shirt, York City who landed in Los Angeles in back issues or a subscription, 1965, pretty much broke and wondering if Tony Torres / A Real Gone Time they had a future. They auditioned for Lou Adler, who ran Dunhill Records and had Tony fronts a powerhouse Blues trio, it’s just as good!! produced a pile of hits for Johnny Rivers featuring the sort of wide variety of styles and others going back to early days with that I started this magazine 30 years ago Sam Cooke. He was fascinated by the to try and encourage. While his music angelic voices of the scruffy quartet and doesn’t sound like the Paladins or the knew they could be stars. He was proven Tailgators, it reminds me of the sort of right when their second Dunhill single, the excitement I felt when I first heard those wistful “California Dreamin’,” soared to the bands – both longtime favorites! Tony’s Top 5 in early 1966 and kicked off a string been playing for several years in a big 8 of almost 20 other charting singles before piece R&B review with his co-writer here they dissolved in 1968. All those records, Dave Costaralla, and it’s time for him to from massive hits like “Monday, Monday,” step out and shine on his own. He’s backed “Words Of Love” and “Creeque Alley” are by two different lineups, one called Real here along with all their flip sides, many Gone and the other Tres Gatos. Kicking the equal of the more popular A sides. off in a funky groove with the title tune, You also get the solo singles by Mama it’s party time out of the box. The instro Howell Devine / Modern Sounds Of Cass, including “Dream A Little Dream A “Whammer Jammer” (from the J. Geils Ancient Juju / Arhoolie 550 Little Dream Of Me,” credited to the entire Band) at #2 would have made Freddie group when it came out in 1968. There King proud. Torres’ vocals are a little We haven’t had anything to review are also poor selling singles from Denney gruff, but that’s par for Blues. “Let’s Rock on Arhoolie in quite a while, but seeing Doherty and the underrated “Mississippi,” It” has a Rockabilly feel. “Surf Queen” that label name on a CD cover is instant an infectious little Pop gem Papa John actually has a Bolero or Tango feel, and credibility! These guys are a trio named Phillips cut in 1970. The group came and vocals. This CD is Roots Rock oriented, for two members: Joshua Howell plays went in just a few years and while tangled Blue Suede News #108 37