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Track by Track Review
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Kid Gloves
A smoking blues riff leads this off and then they launch out into a hard rocking, tune. |
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The King Of Zydeco The early sections here feels a bit like the electric side of Bob Dylan. The chorus, though, features some real Zydeco music. In some ways this reminds me of Dire Straits a bit. The closing instrumental section also includes Zydeco instrumentation. |
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Middle Name This blues rocker is mean and very tasty. There’s some killer guitar soloing and some bluesy harmonica. |
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Alexis This killer jam is more old school blues. It’s a real screamer. It’s a full instrumental and works quite well. |
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Empire State Express A back porch acoustic slide guitar motif makes up this track. It feels like something Robert Johnson might have done. |
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Ghost Blues “Ghost Blues” starts in a similar style to the previous number, but then fires out into a killer, traditional, electric blues jam that’s very tasty. It’s got a great chugging rhythm section and just plain rocks. There is definitely some exceptional slide guitar on this beast. They do a great job of integrating acoustic instrumentation with electric to create a multi-layered old school blues tune with a real hard edge. |
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Heaven's Gate The pounding rhythm section that drives this is a killer. They combine rock with blues sounds here in a mixture that leans heavily on the blues side. It’s another strong cut on a disc with no shortage of winning material. |
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The Loop A short instrumental, slide guitar drives this one. |
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Walkin' Wounded While there’s still plenty of blues on hand here, this one is more purely rock oriented than a lot of the music here. It’s also a real winner. The killer guitar soloing later is expected. The wailing saxophone solo is not. That doesn’t mean it isn’t equally exciting, though, because it is. |
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Slumming Angel More bluesy, this still has plenty of hard rock built into it. There’s also plenty of charm, charisma and power. It’s another strong tune. |
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Never Asked You For Nothin'
The introduction here is hard rocking, but then it drops down to a old school blues song that’s got plenty of Zydeco in the mix. This works pretty well and serves as a good change of pace. It’s not really my type of music, though. Still, the guitar soloing is killer. This is the first of two bonus tracks. |
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Bowed But Not Broken The final bonus track, this one is among the best on the set. That makes it amazing that it’s just a bonus. Combining a sound akin to Thin Lizzy with the rocking side of Gallagher’s catalog, this is a killer tune. It serves the set well as a closer, that’s for sure. |
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