The Porkroll Project, from the greater Philadelphia, PA area is hard rocking 6 piece blues band who play a high energy blend of fresh covers and originals.
The music is blues, but it's done up Porkroll style. Little bit of grease, good dose of funk, whole lotta drive and grind. Throw that together with some dangerous lead guitar and harmonica, powerful organ, and rippin' piano, and you have a recipe for a night where anything can happen!
The Players:
Neil "Porkroll" Taylor Guitars
Willie Thornton Harmonica, Vocals
Joey "Big Note" Stout Organ, Guitar, Vocals
Paul Matecki Piano, Guitar, Vocals
Doc White Bass, Vocals
Chad Edstrom Drums
The band has a collective experience that runs deep and wide, having played together in various other projects for over ten years. They've shared the stage, not only with each other, but also with such notables as Bo Diddley, Los Lobos, Mem Shannon, Michael Hill's Blues Mob, Bobby Radcliffe, just to name a few. They are well seasoned veterans of events such as the Phila. Jam on the River, the Annual Chameleon Club Blues Festival, the Phila. Folk Festival, and the always fun Bandana Blues Festival.
So if you and your crew are craving some hard rocking, foot stomping, hip shaking, earthquaking entertainment, give an ear to a heaping helping of The Porkroll Project. It's the right thing to do, and a tasty way to do it.
What are others saying about The Porkroll Project? Funny you should ask:
"Having booked The Porkroll Project (and their former incarnation Mudboy) on soon to be three of my Annual Bandana Blues BBQ's, I testify to the fact they are a tough act to follow. PRP possess a healthy respect for the blues, plus songwriting that contains the essence of real life in all its irony. Add their deep in-the-pocket-grooves and you have the extremely tasty Porkroll Project. Put that on a potato roll please!"
Beardo
Senior Contributing Editor of Blueswax
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"Overall, this is a good recording, well made, solidly played, and with some good original material."
Bruce Iglauer
President, Alligator Records
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"The opening track on "PORK ROLL PROJECT", one of eight originals out of twelve tracks, is a fast and furious funky number called "BORN READY" and from the sound of it, these guys certainly were born ready - ready to play some smokin' music that is. This one features the whole band at their best - the vocals are vigorous, the guitar work is gritty, the harmonica is hot and the rhythm section - led by JOEY on the organ - rips it up. I admire a band that has the courage to open with what may very well be the best track on the CD. That's confidence!
"GOOD MORNING BLUES", closes out the "PORK ROLL PROJECT" just like it started, with a smoker. This one is a red-hot shuffle that, unless it's in a coma, is impossible for a body to not respond to. Mine was shaking so much I had to stop typing. It's songs like these that make doing these reviews take so long. Counting the six times I hit replay on this one, it added a good thirty minutes.
Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro
BluesWax Contributing Writer
www.mary4music.com
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