Richie Sambora’s performance today on Howard Stern was fresh and vital.
His brand new track Every Road Leads Home To You done up acoustic (for the show) had real passion.
A fast listen at iTunes suggests the songs to be well written, organic and band orientated. More later. Free track download at Sambora’s website
Melissa Ethridge- 4th Street Feeling. Title track , smoky rhodes type piano, personal breathy soulful vocal take. Sample lyric..”when everything I had could fit into my chevrolet” Very nice
Little Big Town-Pavement Ends-Lead track on the new album Tornado. Sample Lyric.”take me back to the muddy river, where the bull and cow don’t bother, pick up a girl who won’t holler”..Ouch Ouch…It’s worse than you can imagine
Chris Robinson Band-Beware, Oh take Care-I urge everyone to check out the emotionally charged “Grateful Dead” ambience of this track. Aching vocal. and gorgeous chord changes that are unorthodox but fit so well. Impressive!
Buddy Whittington-Fender Champ-With a title like this you have to come up with the goods. Clever lyric, snaky riff, and killer lead solo. Blues rock well Done!
Nils Lofgren-Ain’t Too Many of Us Left-Nasty, Nasty. Springsteen’s over qualified guitar slinger rips and tears with vocalist Sam Moore (yes that SAM)
PSY-Gangnam Style-Great fun on the SNL sketch. But yeah the song is really shitty.
JOHN EMMS is a veteran music journalist, radio show host http://emms.podbean.com/ and has fun on the side with his blues rocking bro’s at www.theshaftmen.com
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