Gary Hoey "Deja Blues"

 

This was in a BKP musical care package a couple of months ago, a name I had written off after he kept putting out multiple surf-styled Christmas albums.  He was originally in a band called Heavy Bones, whose one record on WB in 1991 was quite good in a glam/pop/rock vein.  His solo cover of Hocus Pocus brought him to the MTV masses.  He moved from Boston to the left coast and fell into the Dick Dale style of music, hence the rather successful Xmas series.  He played with Todd Rundgren as a "friend" at the turn of the century and made some money recreating David Gilmour solos on Pink Floyd tributes before hooking up with Lita Ford on the second release in her over-50 comeback (no, it wasn't good).  So you'll understand why I waited several weeks before committing this to a disc for play in the car. 

And I'm sorry I waited...



He said this was the record he's always wanted to make.  Well, gotdammit, why did it take so long?!  Because he didn't have the money, apparently.  Found out this was a Kickstarter project last year so his backers must have received their copies in November.  I found another release date from March and now Amazon has had it since May.  It's not a long record @ 38 minutes, but it's solid throughout.  Puts me in the mind of a Pat Travers-type sound.  Mostly originals with a couple of covers (I could do the remainder of the year without another mediocre version of "Born Under A Bad Sign") and a few guests you may know, like Frank Hannon from Tesla and Jon Butcher. 



And the guy's got some decent vocal chops, too, so why has he done primarily instrumental albums? 

Hey, Gary?  Ditch the coast and head for the Delta...