American
blues rocker Jay Jesse Johnson is one outstanding axe master. He’s delivered
nothing but quality discs, and this one is just another notch on the Marshall
stack. What I really like about JJJ is that he blends his down to earth,
classic blues playing with swift and tricky licks, similar to the way Stevie
Ray used to do. In fact Set The Blues On Fire would fit in nicely somewhere
between Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood”, Joe Bonamassa’s “A New Day Yesterday”
and Pat Travers “Makin’ Magic”. His tone is really to die for and the sound is
fat. I also really like his rough and bluesy voice. What also makes this album such
a stellar piece, is the phenomenal backing band featuring groove master Jeff Donaldson
on drums, the funky Reed Bogart on bass and the cool Lee Evans on keyboards.
The song material goes from semi-hard blues ballads such as I Knew Then and the
outstanding cool guitar master piece Rio De Los Suenos to full out funky
rockers like Ace In The Hole and album opener Hell Or High Water. A killer album and indeed it's on fire!
Janne Stark
Country:
USA
Year: 2015
Label:
Grooveyard Records
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