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...Stradlin and his session musicians let loose on "Time Gone By," a hand-clappin', thigh-slappin' bluesy guitar jam that shows the band at its best. A simple tale of love and loss and the effects of time and distance, "Time Gone By" has little to offer in the way of lyrical artistry but the groove is good and the sound satisfying...
...almost a year after his official resignation from Guns N' Roses, Izzy returns to the world of rock n' roll with a new band and a new solo album. On Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds, Stradlin eschews the excesses of heavy metal superstardom for a tight rhythm and blues jam session that showcases his Sixties-rock, Rolling Stones influences. Stradlin even collaborates with a member of the legendary rock group on the album's ninth track, "Take A Look at the Guy," which features vocals and lyrics by veteran Stones guitarist Ron Wood. Stradlin's debut solo album...
...Stradlin sounds like Keith Richards too, launching into the first track, "Somebody Knockin," with a vintage Stones mid-tempo guitar groove. His classic "guitarist gone solo" gravelly vocals complement the track's gritty feel, and the simplicity and repetition of the lyrics demonstrate Stradlin's focus on stripped-down musicianship for this album...
...Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds make liberal use of the Hammond organ, trademark of the retro movement so popular among rock n' roll musicians today, as well as such instruments as the mandolin for a sound noticeably different from that of Guns N' Roses. The soulful, passionate rock n' roll of such tracks as "Shuffle It All" and "Come on Now Inside," the last track on the album, reveal Stradlin's move away from hard-driving bitterness and destruction that characterized his former band...
With Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds, Stradlin seems to have softened a bit since the days when he wrote such delicate, sensitive pieces as "Pretty Tied Up." However, much of his new material lacks the raw energy and lyrical force (albeit politically incorrect) of Guns N' Roses. Only after listening to his solo work with his new band does one realize that much of what made Izzy's songs on Use Your Illusion I and II so powerful was the caliber of musicians backing...