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Another gem from Delta Moon (God bless them!)

M. Bernocchi | Old Windsor, Berkshire United Kingdom | 09/30/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a fantastic album! Delta Moon is, from my point of view, the more interesting modern blues band around. I've been lucky enough to watch them play live during their recent tour in UK, and they played beautifully! What a fantastic night it was! Their third album, which follows a previous studio recording and a live one, not only confirms their qualities, actually it should bring them the attention they deserve both from critics and the public. The combination of the two slide guitarists, Tom Gray and Mark Johnson, and the marvellous vocal performance of Gina Leigh, not forgetting the solid rhythm section provided by Scott Callison on drums and Jon Schwenke on bass, makes their music rise to a different level unachieved before. True blues deeply rooted in the tradition but modern at the same time with a touch of rock and pop, played with feeling, excellent skills and plenty of soul. If you love blues as I do, well my friends this is the right CD for you. For me the best 2004 issue so far! I like it so much that I'd like to rate it 7 stars!! (I've never rated a CD 7 star before, however this one is so good...that I cannot help it!). Pick it up and enjoy it!"

A rich sound melded around twin, lead slide guitars

loce_the_wizard | Lilburn, GA USA | 01/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Delta Moon, an Atlanta-based outfit melded around twin, lead slide guitars, offers rock-tinged blues and roots music that never go over the top or scream "boogie" in your face. In that respect, this quintet is much more closely aligned with Peter Green's Splinter Group---though not as cold-sounding as that blues outfit---than with southern icons such as the Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynrd.



Guitarists Tom Gray (former main man for the brains but not the bluegrass bass player of the same name) and Mark Johnson create a wonderful tone when they merge and neither seems to crowd the other. This musical symbiosis yields a rich sound that is both crisp and greasy at times but never sloppy. Bolster this element with Gina Leigh's right-on vocals, and punchy, charged up rhythm section, a sprinkling of bright piano, and Vassar Clement's cameo fiddle on Stone Cold Man, Delta Moon is a force to be reckoned with (or with which to be reckoned for those preposition purists out there).



This set contains a mixture of strongly original tracks and creative covers---including the memorable title track, which is an R.L. Burnside tune, and a great rendering of Nightclubbing by David Bowie and Iggy Pop. "Goin' Down South" may be one of the best unheralded, deserves-to-be-heard releases hiding out there.

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