Interesting tunes and clean composition makes for great listening
author: Craig Andrews
Each of the songs on this album is a pleasure to listen to, with the right mix of strong bass, a good rythmn and well presented lyrics. I especially like 'Stop Breaking Down' and 'Gets me Nowhere', a song that should be adopted by downtrodden workers everywhere :)
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it’s not how many notes you play, it’s how you play them
author: Blues In Britain - R Jim Greaves
The opener, “Stop Breaking Down” has a funky bass line and SRV/Hendrix guitar – a good variation on this standard. The drummer gets busy (in a good way) on “Hipshake” and propels the song along. There is good sense of dynamics shown here by Mark on guitar too. Next there is a slow and moody take on “Move” (“You Gotta Move”). It uses a “Come On In My Kitchen” structure and has haunting and sparse guitar, liked this one. “Gets Me Nowhere” is an original and is more of a crossover song. Its mantra-like hook line works well at putting across the monotony of the daily grind. “Rain” features more tasty guitar and some nicely overdubbed or double-tracked vocals. Another original, “Take It Slow” is a solo acoustic guitar and vocal song and strikes me as very much at the demo stage and I’m afraid the lyrics are slight. The third original, “Tonight” is a slow, moody ballad with hints of “Summertime” in the lyric, a much better song. The CD closes with “Rollin’ And Tumblin’” with acoustic guitar, liked this one.
Mark’s vocals are good and the rhythm section are rock solid but inventive at the same time. The guitar work is good (sometimes very good) and not overblown as is often the case in the trio situation. In the accompanying notes it states ‘it’s not how many notes you play, it’s how you play them’ – amen to that. As I said earlier this isn’t straight blues but there is a lot of good music here to enjoy, well worth seeking out.
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Neat work guys, we shall look forward to hearing more of you...
author: Blues Matters - Caleb
On this listening I'm sure they'll do UK Blues proud and will go down well. Mark Koehorst [guitar, vocal], Bobby Kewley [bass, backing vcls] and Philip Escott [drums] make up this lively three piece outfit who proclaim to be re-inventing the Blues.
Here they tackle some familiar tunes like Hipshake and do give it a different twist, Rain [Lennon/McCartney..or isn't it now McCartney/Lennon??], this is actually
a very good version of a Beatles song! The original songs here stand out above the covers and are neat and quirky in composition.
"Tonight" has strains of "Summertime" slushing around in the background thru' a gorgeous fretless bass, there is a very nice working of Rollin' And Tumblin' credited as Morganfield/Koehorst which belts along and harmonises with acoustic guitar and what I'd describe as 'slapping' [like dampened drums].
Neat work guys, we shall look forward to hearing more of you...
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