Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
In music there is no such thing as a fluke, there is no such thing as a happy co-incidence and despite the many one hit wonders that have littered and worried for a short while both the album and single charts around the world, it still takes skill, dedication and talent to have got even that far let alone become good enough to be recorded live as from Songs From The Road.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are legends and then there is Canned Heat, the timeless Rock/Blues of one of nature’s most elegantly driven bands. A group that has Woodstock in their veins, that gives the Boogie the respectability and honour it deserves and to which if never have seen live only edges the musical psyche towards self denial like oblivion.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
For anybody who was in the New York area in the early 1990s and got the hear the seminal live grooves of the album Pocketful of Kryptonite as well as the righteous tones of Blues songs that were ahead of their time by around a decade, the Spin Doctors were a class act to watch and listen to.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Roads are there to be travelled, no matter how long and straight it looks, it will lead somewhere. The road to Hell paved with good intentions, the sunny side of the street or the enclosed, tempting and quiet cul-de-sac in which you may never depart; all have their points of interest and all should contain a reason to be there. For the superbly talented Dana Fuchs the road is one in which Ruf Records have placed her vibrant live set down for all to hear and in Songs From The Road everything sounds sweet, vivacious and only enhances the Florida musician’s reputation.
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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.