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Alright By Me', while 'Red Handed' ups the pace and features banjo-sounding guitar. 'Lo and
Behold' isn't the Dylan song but updated gospel and 'Low Down Dirty Dog' is riffy power pop with
loud guitar from Nalle Colt and the pounding rhythm section of Rick Barrio Dill (bass) and Richard
Danielson (drums). 'Let It Not Be So' is a lovely laid-back Latin-flavoured song with Ty Taylor's
restrained vocals, while 'You Saved Me' is a juicy slice of funk and closer 'Get It' is another up-
tempo stomper with Ty testifying up-front and the band pushing him on - with a nice guitar solo
from Colt. This record does have the same energy and enthusiasm as ‘The Bomb Shelter Sessions’
and it will be interesting to hear what their next 'new' album sounds like.

Graham Harrison

Jerome Pietri — Last of the Fishing Days — Socadisc

This is a very accomplished album from this French singer/
guitarist/ bandleader/ song writer/ former one-man band,
and angler (“Blues, Rock and Roll, and Fly Fishing will never
die”, he proclaims). It flits between gritty blues and tough,
rootsy classic rock — frequently within the same song —
though careful listening also reveals some jazz influence and
hints of funk, soul and pop.

The opening track, ‘Monkey On My Back’ has a Billy Boy
Arnold influence (though it could be from The Yardbirds’
cover of ‘I Wish You Would’, I guess), and throughout the
album Jerome is not afraid to draw on traditional blues
elements — and lend an ear to ‘Fishing In The Rain’ for a fairly straight-forward blues
shuffle. Blues-rockers should maybe try ‘Collagen Woman’, with its strong influence from
early 70s blues-rock masters Free, or the Jimi Hendrix Experience inflections of the
introduction to the closing track, ‘Trophy’.

For the rock fans, there is even a bluesy reworking of Pink Floyd’s ‘Money’ (Jerome has
sometimes worked as part of a Pink Floyd tribute). As the title and sleeve photos imply,
there are some timely environmental concerns too, as on ‘Plastic Island (The 7th
Continent)’.

However, most fans of out and out blues-rock — where both the blues and rock matter —
will find this album immensely satisfying

Norman Darwen

(www.facebook.com/jeromepietriblues)

B.B. And the Blues Shacks—Breaking Point —Rhythm

Bomb RBR 6013

B.B. And The Blues Shacks have long been one of Germany’s
top blues outfits, in some senses inspired by the California
blues sound of The Mighty Flyers and similar outfits, with
their blues harp lead and predilection towards a swing-
blues approach. As that approach has evolved, so too have
the Blues Shacks — try a track like the storming ‘I Don’t
Know Why You Want Me’ with its soul touches and overall

early eighties Chicago club sound — I’m thinking of someone