author: Omar Perez - Altar Native - Miami Fl
Chicago's emerging guitar prodigy Eric Lambert has managed to impress fans and first time listeners since the early 1990's.Ten years later Lambert is at it with his own band and Just The Way I Feel is the latest of a series spurred by Lambert's engaging guitar work that's somewhere between a Grateful Dead tour and a Louisiana swamp.The follow up to 1998's well recieved Year Of The Gnome, Just The Way I Feel propels Lambert further up the ranks as a musician and a songwriter.
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author: Don Aters - Haight Street Music News - Louisville Ky
Just pondering over this Lambert CD.Innovative guitar skills,lyrics of content and the often overlooked soulful delivery has all been culminated here. Songs that can transcend the decades and are as viable today as they were when first composed, i.e., released, are what all great musicians strive for. Just The Way I Feel has the potential to accelerate Eric to the upper echelon of contemporary artists.In an industry where a few lyrical shaman still exist, the time is right and after listening to this CD so is the music.
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author: Jon Worley - Aiding & Abetting - Durham N.c.
Lambert is a master of the feel-good blues. He doesn't cheese out his sound with studio excess, but instead prefers to infuse his songs with a soulful rawness. And whether he's taking inspiration from the Dead or Muddy Waters, the guitar work is pure Lambert. By not adhering to any hidebound definition of whay music should sound like, Lambert creates something new and unique.
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author: Keith Hanneleck - Muzikman - Adams, Ma
Considered a roots rock effort Eric Lamberts Just The Way I Feel release is an elemental and potent example of what the genre can offer a listener. There are several good examples of the many styles of music that Lambert travels through on this impressive session.The artist seems to continually evolve into more complex and appealing mixtures of styles as the CD progresses. Strap yourself in and get ready for one hell of a ride.
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