The Drifting Blues Band: Vol. I
13 Original Songs
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"VOLUME 1" BY THE DRIFTING BLUES BAND
Joss Stone built a career as a teenager exploring a style of music that was popular long before she was born. Southern Utah's own The Drifting Blues Band tries a similar route on its debut album, "Volume 1."
From the first song, "Are You Nervous?" - an amalgam of early rock 'n' roll and the blues - to the final frenzied track, "Crazy Driver," these local boys are grounded in a sound that originated nearly four decades before they were born.
Lyrically the songs are often limited to the subjects of girls, cars, food and school - typical teenage boys. Yet that's just another thing that brings them closer to the music they emulate. The school and food songs broaden their subjects beyond the artists they admire who mostly limited song subjects to girls and cars.
The brothers Henderson are at the center of the album. Mic, who just turned 16, handles lead guitar, harmonica and vocals duties in addition to writing or co-writing every song. Meanwhile 18-year-old Max adds the beats and production.
Rounding out the band is 13-year-old Shane Stewart adding some melodic bass lines to the energetic tunes and Trevor Christensen, 16, whose vibrant keyboard licks brighten nearly every song.
Just wait for the instrumental section of the nearly eight-minute-long "Little Miss Willie" to hear the band at its best. Trevor's twinkling keys dance around Mic's searing guitar solos as Shane propels the melody forward and Max keeps them all in check.
There are a couple of rough spots but overall The Drifting Blues Band has a surprisingly tight and mature sound, especially considering the band members' average age is only 16 years old.
Most surprising is "Cookie Blues in D Minor (The Saddest of All Keys)." The premise is entertaining: Mic sings the blues about someone eating all his cookies. Underneath that humor, though, is a fantastic blues jam.
- By Brian Passey, [email protected]
Available on itunes and CD Baby.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thedriftingbluesband
Local Spotlight
"VOLUME 1" BY THE DRIFTING BLUES BAND
Joss Stone built a career as a teenager exploring a style of music that was popular long before she was born. Southern Utah's own The Drifting Blues Band tries a similar route on its debut album, "Volume 1."
From the first song, "Are You Nervous?" - an amalgam of early rock 'n' roll and the blues - to the final frenzied track, "Crazy Driver," these local boys are grounded in a sound that originated nearly four decades before they were born.
Lyrically the songs are often limited to the subjects of girls, cars, food and school - typical teenage boys. Yet that's just another thing that brings them closer to the music they emulate. The school and food songs broaden their subjects beyond the artists they admire who mostly limited song subjects to girls and cars.
The brothers Henderson are at the center of the album. Mic, who just turned 16, handles lead guitar, harmonica and vocals duties in addition to writing or co-writing every song. Meanwhile 18-year-old Max adds the beats and production.
Rounding out the band is 13-year-old Shane Stewart adding some melodic bass lines to the energetic tunes and Trevor Christensen, 16, whose vibrant keyboard licks brighten nearly every song.
Just wait for the instrumental section of the nearly eight-minute-long "Little Miss Willie" to hear the band at its best. Trevor's twinkling keys dance around Mic's searing guitar solos as Shane propels the melody forward and Max keeps them all in check.
There are a couple of rough spots but overall The Drifting Blues Band has a surprisingly tight and mature sound, especially considering the band members' average age is only 16 years old.
Most surprising is "Cookie Blues in D Minor (The Saddest of All Keys)." The premise is entertaining: Mic sings the blues about someone eating all his cookies. Underneath that humor, though, is a fantastic blues jam.
- By Brian Passey, [email protected]