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in both guitar and voice. 'The Man From Nowhere' is a resonator fingerpicking ragtime song with

the old style vinyl crackle for effect. 'Echoes' is such a lovely song with the alternative style acous-
tic guitar tuning blending so well with his rich voice. This song has that vibe of John Martyn, my
album favourite.

'Addict' is once again vocal and acoustic guitar with a sad tale of drugs. This song is almost border-

ing on Nick Drake territory. 'Maxwell Shuffle' is an instrumental blues shuffle in the style of Stevie
Ray Vaughan and the album closes with Dom’s arrangement of the traditional song 'The Parting
Glass'.

Dom is well supported with a great rhythm section consisting of Laurence McKeown on drums and
Dave Thompson on bass. Dom himself is a fine guitarist both on electric and acoustic and his voice
has a hearty richness about it that gives this album its soul. At times the three piece electric band

brought to mind Robin Trower, 'Bridge of Sighs' era.

It is interesting to note that this album has a stripped back quality both in terms of overdubs and
production which means you get straight to the heart of the songs in such an open, honest and
emotive way. Great album and good luck in Memphis!

Ged Wilson

Rowland Jones & The Moveable Feast—Live @ Oswestry—Indepen-
dent Release

Rowland Jones is well known as a blues artist particularly around
the north west of England both as a solo artist and more recently
with his three piece band. This new album captures the three
piece band recorded live at the Hermon Arts Centre in Oswestry.

'True True Blues' opens the album with a nice Latin feel whilst
'Always Thought' has a great laidback blues vibe with some good
clean vocals. There’s more Latin vibes with a bossa nova beat on
'A Million Ways'. 'Don’t Play With Fire' has a different overall
sound to it, a cautionary tale that brought to mind shades of Van Morrison. 'Never Met Someone
Like You' has some nice guitar work and 'How It Is' has a more rocky feel.

The album closes with some great interplay from the band on 'Never Been To Memphis'. There is
also a good play on old style blues lyrics here too, really enjoyed this one.

This interesting lineup of Rowland Jones on vocals and guitar, Bo Lee on bass and Iain Mellor on

percussion works really well and with the Latin infusions gives a nice jazzy blues vibe. You can de-
tect shades of Mose Allison around Rowland’s songwriting and delivery. Just one minor gripe from
me is as the album is recorded live you want to pick up the sense that you are there in the room but
as there is no audience sound or applause it just lacks a little something, other than that there is
some great music to be had so please do give it a listen.

Ged Wilson