Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We are all but stories in the end; it is how they are told and who by that defines us long after we have found a way to accept the great beyond and the next adventure awaiting us. If we are fortunate a good story-teller will take up our song and make us heroic; if we are privileged they will sing songs and craft tunes on fine instruments to make us sound unique.
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The people behind Ruf Records really have got to the very root of being able to capture the love of live music down to a tee. Not just on one artist, but on a collection of musicians who exemplify the point of seeing a band or solo artist live, striding the stage like ancient Athenian warriors ready to pounce on the admiration of the crowd with a small tickle of the guitar. Unlike ancient Athenians’ war like efforts, no blood is shed from the 21st Century axe but in the hands of Mike Zito and the Wheel, what is shed, what is let loose, is inhibition and what is gained is an emotional connection. In Songs From The Road, that connection is bought straight into the most inaccessible of arenas, that of the front room or dull long journey in which music is the only escape.