Steel Notes Magazine
July & August 2016
Track 9 - Gar Francis - The Wave
OK, I am biased, Gar Francis is one of
my favorite musicians. This guy
writes really cool songs and would be
a ton of fun to jam with. This song is
no exception. The bottom line is that
Gar is a fretmaster with a tremendous
amount of raunchy garage based
soul. You really need to give this tune
a listen.
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Track 10 - Steve Laudicina - Wide Open
When I read on the bio sheet that Steve’s
influences include BB King, Albert Collins,
James Brown and Booker T I sat up and
took notice. I really like all of those
groups. (One of the best shows I have ever
seen was BB King shortly before he passed.
I count myself as lucky to have seen him in
person.) I can hear the James Brown
influence on this track. If James had
decided he wanted to Surf it would have
sounded something like this, although
James would have added som e sort of vocal
noise (you can’t really call a lot of what
came out of James Brown’s mouth words). Nevertheless, even without vocals this song has a
massive intensity and I can easily imagine James sliding all over the stage as Steve plays the
guitar. Fantastic song, Steve!
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