Warren Haynes is one of my favorite artists. We share the same birthday (though I have him by a couple of years) and an obvious love for a guitar. He was playing with David Allan Coe when I first heard of him, then he basically revitalized the Allman Brothers some twenty years ago before starting the GM side project in 1994. An outstanding guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, much like one SRV. "Thread" is not as heavy as 2006 "High & Mighty," and its mix of styles should please new fans more than old. There's plenty of Allman influence and other Southern style (Blackfoot), great fretwork (and not just screamin' gee-tar), keyboards that smack of Reese Wynans in Double Trouble, and one song that could have been lifted from David Gilmour's 1978 solo record and another from an early Bad Co. album. I kept listening to the first track thinking how ZZ Top-like it sounded, then I finally read the credits and it's Billy Gibbons on contributing axe. No wonder...
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Gov't Mule "By A Thread"
Warren Haynes is one of my favorite artists. We share the same birthday (though I have him by a couple of years) and an obvious love for a guitar. He was playing with David Allan Coe when I first heard of him, then he basically revitalized the Allman Brothers some twenty years ago before starting the GM side project in 1994. An outstanding guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, much like one SRV. "Thread" is not as heavy as 2006 "High & Mighty," and its mix of styles should please new fans more than old. There's plenty of Allman influence and other Southern style (Blackfoot), great fretwork (and not just screamin' gee-tar), keyboards that smack of Reese Wynans in Double Trouble, and one song that could have been lifted from David Gilmour's 1978 solo record and another from an early Bad Co. album. I kept listening to the first track thinking how ZZ Top-like it sounded, then I finally read the credits and it's Billy Gibbons on contributing axe. No wonder...
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As one of the handful of people who actually purchased the David Gilmour solo album referred to, AND a big fan of early Bad Company, AND a Stevie Ray Vaughn enthusiast, AND a huge ABB fan (of all of its iterations and permutations)...well, I really don't see that I have a choice but to invest in this CD.
ReplyDeleteKeep the recommendations coming!!
Tim