Fantastic
author: Paul
I found this album a couple of years ago recomended by CD Baby and I am hooked on Alastair. I am in the Boston area and wish he woyuld get out this way at some point because I would be there. I have bought everything thst he has out and have not been disappointed nor will you. This man is an up and comer!!!!!
Thank You Alastair and keep it up.
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author: Minor 7th Webzine
Slip Alastair Greene's "Chico" into your CD player and you're reminded of Eric Johnson's mature and thoughtful acoustic fingerstyle instrumental "Song for George" on his great blues/rock classic "Ah Via Musicom". Go one or two tracks on either side of "Chico" on Greene's self-titled debut CD, however, and like Eric Johnson's CD you are blown away by some of the most blistering and authentic power blues since the heyday of SRV, Johnny Winter and the Allman Brothers Band. Alastair Greene clearly has more than one voice and one volume, though, as evidenced by the acoustic numbers on this release. "The Long Way Home" is a clever acoustic re-jiggering of a twelve bar format in minor mode which creatively integrates mandolin and banjo (also played by Greene), and features a very non-bluesy vocal chorus which soars in a produced but likeable way similar to Edwin McCain. The acoustic slide on this number betrays the likelihood that Greene's spent some serious time listening to Duane Allman, or more recently, to Warren Haynes. Still, this is overwhelmingly an electric blues album which smokes very close to the point of combustion at all times. "Love Too Strong" is a "slow" blues that cooks in the way that "Stormy Monday" from the Allman's "Live at Fillmore East" also did. "Get My Wings" opens with a Hendrix-ism straight from "Crosstown Traffic", and thankfully, little such Hendrix-isms are heard all over this recording so that one is reminded that Jimi's music didn't die with him in the 60's. It just takes a gifted guitarist like Greene to remind us.
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I enjoyed the CD very much!
author: andrewg
This CD has great cuts on it. The guitar work is excellent! I've been playing guitar for about 30 years now and I'm always looking for music that inspires me. Alastair's music style is the type of music I enjoy playing and listening to. Definitely a great CD to add to your collection of fantastic guitar playing. If you enjoy blues/jazz rock guitar, this CD is a must have!
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a very enjoyable piece of work
author: Stein Øvrum
A little wiser is a very enjoyable piece of work, for someone like me, who just loves rock the southern way.
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