Soledad Brothers/The Hardest Walk

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Every Sunday the Detroit paper runs a review of local bands trying to make the big time.These guys seem interesting.
Rock With Smarts,Swagger
By Terry Lawson
These Detroit-by-way-of-Toledo garage rats share a name with the famous prison letters of revolutionary George Jackson,and a prowling panther adorns the bass drum of the kit played by Ben Swank.But all that the band's music has in common with the agitprop of the MC5 is a rootsy respect for their forefathers and a commitment to social equality.
A closer comparison might be what could have happened if Bob Dylan had dropped in to sing a few cuts with the Stones when they were recording "Let It Bleed".
"The Hardest Walk" manages to incorporate both stagger and swagger thanks to aptly named vocalist and harmonica player Johnny Walker,who provides rock-star frontage for the unapologetic craftsmanship heard in songs like "Downtown Paranoia Blues" and "Mean Old Toledo".The basic blues-rock attack of Swank,Walker and keyboardist-saxophonist Oliver Henry is colorized by the contributions by someone named Dechman who adds lap steel,sitar and cello.Even the instrumental hidden track is worth waiting for.
On Alive Records,Burbank,Calif.
Later
YECH

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Topic - Soledad Brothers/The Hardest Walk - YECH 14:24:09 03/20/06 (0)

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