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...concert, three songs which appear on Doc's new album were particularly impressive. "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad," "Freight Train Boogie," and "Summertime." The first, built around a full, expertly phrased vocal rendition, also displays some infectious harmonica playing and fine lead guitar by Merle. Doc's smooth, lively harmonica and his own virtuoso lead work make "Freight Train Boogie" a superb sample of the happily driving energy of country music. "Summertime" testifies to many of the virtues of Doc's style: the simple, straightforward vocal is deeply evocative without being at all maudlin, just as his humor...
Smither's chief assets are a rough, powerful voice, the ability to interpret and arrange music with understanding, and a talent in saying things simply, but not tritely. With the help of Eric Kaz, who plays fine back-up paino and harmonica on Smither's Don't It Drag On, he performs Dylan's "Down in the Flood" more excitingly than Dylan, a usually impossible feat...
GEORGE GERDES, a schoolmate and friend of Loudon Wainwright's, has also tried to learn a lot from Bob Dylan, inviting a comparison which is perhaps unfair. He has the same narrow vocal range, which he stretches around the edges. He uses harmonica in the same upbeat, folksy way although he plays both it and guitar much better than Dylan. On the whole, however, Gerdes is less successful, at least on his album Obituary--he is simply not as intense a folk or blues performer...
...couldn't sleep so we called up the other teams and played the harmonica over the phone." Tatrallyay said. "We figured if we couldn't sleep, they shouldn't either...
...both albums, they seem to have gained some measure of experience and have decided to cut the inane gimmicks this time around. The band--Howard Scott, guitar; B.B. Dickerson, bass; Lonnie Jordan, keyboards; Harold Brown, drums; Papa Dee Allen, conga and bongos; Charles Miller, horns; and Lee Oskar, harmonica--also seems to be tighter and more sure of themselves. Even United Artists has gotten itself together and instead of a lot of hype the promo man just handed me the album and said, "Here, you'll like this." He couldn't have been more correct. "All Day Music," the title...