Like A Apple On A Tree
Independent
Four out of five
Boogie blues,
stoner blues, trance blues, call it what you like – Texan CR Humphrey, aka Old
Gray Mule, does it with aplomb and then some.
On his fourth cut under the OGM moniker, Humphrey takes the single-key
style of this oldest of genres and sets it to overdrive – this is motorcycle
booted feet to the floor music, driving and writhing from instrumental opener ‘Come
On In’, through to closer ‘Banda De Gypsies’, which takes a dalliance into stoner
rock territory towards the end, before cutting out to raucous laughter from all
in the studio.
Humphrey brings in
boogie blues maestros Lightnin’ Malcolm and Cedric Burnside in this instance,
who add some grunt on extra guitars and percussion, as well as Australian
harmonica guru Snooks La Vie – a barnburning groover of an album, hands down.
Samuel J. Fell
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