Running back downstairs, Jango Rhythm was just beginning. The drummer starting off the song with a unique reggae influenced stomp. He is good.
(And good drummers are hard to come by.) Phil, John, and Adam (no last names, 
please!) round out the crew. Phil plays bass clean -- no effects, 
straight ahead. John and Adam have pedal boards that stretch into the next 
county. God, I love to see either almost no effects, à la Teri Greene, or an excess of noodling gear. Keep that middle-of-the-road crap. 
   Okay, Jango Rhythm is mining that garage band aesthetic from a bit more mature, wiser, and 
talented perspective. From hooky chorus to anthemic foot stomping, 
these 
guys are not about to give up the ghost on straight-ahead rock, from 
more of 
a Replacements attitude than AOR or Top 40. All the songs have that familiar flavor without being staid, lifted, tired, or overused. There is just enough familiarity to get your deal cooking and just enough originality to 
keep you in it. Quite a trick, really. I don't think they have gigged out much, 
so 
they still looked a little tense, but that seemed to add to the edge 
and 
immediacy of the music. Watch for their shows about town.
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