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‘Too Much Alcohol’, is driven by ferociously solid slide and equally enjoyable pummelled piano,
whilst ‘A Thousand Miles From Nowhere’, is a satisfying, almost drifting, slow burning
melancholy piano and drum blues, hard picked slide and guitar add to the despair.

‘When I Get Drunk’, is a foot stamping, piano pounding led rocker, with echoes of Chuck Berry
behind the crashing slide work and ‘Have A Good Time’, is a harmonica drenched goodtime
foot-tapper with equally satisfying rolling piano. Finally, ‘Pay Bo Diddley’, is yes, a drummer’s

delight, as the music bounces around, the happy audience chant “Pay Bo Diddley” and the closer,
‘Gimme Back My Wig’, is a delightfully, riotous combination of steaming, pounding, piano, and
crashing, roaring, slide guitar.

Highly recommended!
Brian Harman
Big Shoes—King Size—Qualified Records QR2025-3

Big Shoes have been together for over ten years now; primarily
to emulate the band Little Feat and their comforting slide driven
rhythms. They have now released this, their fourth album. B.S.
are music veterans, Rick Huckaby; Lead Vocals, Guitar, Will
McFarlane; Guitar, Vocals, Kenne Cramer; Guitar, Tom Szell -
Bass Guitar, Lynn Williams; Drums and Bryan Brock; Percussion.

The opener, ‘Halfway To Memphis’, is beautiful horn laden, slow
burning, soul infused paean to a lover and ‘Can I Take You With
Me’, is a smooth guitar swinging/ ringing groover with swampy
undertones. On ‘Right About Now’, the lazy, rolling New Orleans
piano and guitar marching-beat effortlessly entices you in.

The gently insistent, funky guitar and a rolling pace enthuses ‘King Size’, a song about past,
popular cigarette brands and ‘I Don’t Need Nobody’, contains some lovely jazzy rolling piano,
enveloped in swinging, warming, comforting, horns. That is followed by ‘Hurry Up Slowly’, a
rich, loving, late night, lovers ballad full of mellow piano and slide guitar. ‘Every Song’, is up
next. It is a beautiful ballad reminiscing about love in the past and the songs that were meant
forever. whilst in ‘Til’ He’s A Memory’, the gently, emotion filled swinging piano and guitar,
create a heartfelt pledge to erase the memory of a bad man.

Another gentle and loving grooving ballad, ‘You Just Know’ comes with lazy warming guitars,
easing you into mellowness.

Lots of great music here so it is highly recommended!

Brian Harman
Yates McKendree—Need To Know—Qualified Records

This is the second album from Nashville born Yates, son of blues
musician Kevin McKendree. Here, the band is Yates McKendree;
vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, bass and drums, Kevin

McKendree, piano and Hammond organ, Robert Frahm, Rhythm
guitar, Steve Mackey, bass and Griffin Photoglou, drums.

The opener is ‘Burnin’ Tears’. A strolling, singeing, organ leads

the way, a melancholy guitar underpins a sorrowful vocal. ‘Need
To Know You Better’ follows. Here a low pulsating guitar and