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Curry Band. The pace slows somewhat with the horn driven mellow roller ‘Takes One To Know

One', from Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps.

A very tasty collection!

Brian Harman.

Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts—Fully Charged—Blue Heart
Records BHR1023

Kathy Murray on lead vocals, with her other half, Bill Jones on
guitar, have together employed an array of artists for this, their

5th album. The eleven original numbers and three covers were
recorded at The Single Pitch Studios ATX with Kathy and Bill

sharing production duties with Jeff Botta. The album rolls out
with the invitingly Texas tramping double shuffle that is ‘Expense
Of Love’, the tough drum work is nicely balanced with a raw,

ringing guitar. ‘My Mistake’, slows the pace somewhat, with
haunting horns courtesy of the Texas Horns trailing Kathy’s warmly raw vocals as they sensuously

wrap around a slowly stinging guitar. Tampa Red’s ‘It Hurts Me Too’, is a splendid slow blues with
a Tex Mex influenced accordion and a slow burning slide behind Kathy’s warm emotive vocal.

Pleasingly a very mellow accordion and guitar version of the Doc Pomus tune ‘Suspicion’

wonderfully wafts through the air. The B side of Irma Thomas’ 1964 classic ‘Time Is On My Side’, is
‘Anyone Who Knows What Love Is’. Here this is given a delightful mellow pairing of guitar and
gently punctuating horn, and is given the utmost respect. Kathy and Bill duet on the late night

sultry ‘Extra Nice’, this slow burner has a very nice, easy and enticing accordion leading the way.

A serious toe-tapper is to be found with the rollicking ‘Get A Hold Of Yourself’, as it steams its way
into your ears. A singing, stinging guitar is to the forefront on the splendid homage that is ‘The
House That Freddie Built’ which recalls the years that Texas Blues maestro Freddie King spent

performing at the influential Texas music hall that was The Armadillo World Headquarters, this
was also where he recorded his final album ‘Larger Than Life’.

Very, very nice!

Brian Harman.