Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:33
Size: 95.1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front
[4:05] 1. Breakin' The Rules
[5:25] 2. Fall Again
[3:39] 3. Lost In Fantasy
[4:26] 4. Dreaming In My Sleep
[3:36] 5. Mr. Nothing (Feat. Ed King)
[5:05] 6. Goin' Down Slow
[4:00] 7. Rain 9
[5:00] 8. Rattlesnake Shake
[3:03] 9. Easy Does It
[3:09] 10. Volcano
When award winning songwriter Andy Logan decided to make a new album, he did things a bit differently. Rather than writing the songs, then deciding how the instrumentation would sound, he opted to create the sound, THEN write the songs. Inspired by the fuzz on the Black Keys’ “Gold on The Ceiling”, Andy knew then and there he would find out what pedal they used to get that “Jeff Beck/ Yardbirds” tone, and he would build one to boot. Well, after knocking out 14 fuzz pedals, 3 overdrives, a handful of compressors, and constructing a few hand-wired slightly modded Fender-style amplifiers, Andy Logan had everything he needed to start recording. Now for the songs. He wanted a certain continuity, something a bit different from his earlier releases. “I want this next record to sound like I used the same guitar, the same amp, and together with Paul and Brian, we recorded all of the songs the same day.” He began to jot notes to himself.
“Big Riffs that are fun to play and listen to...Lots of hooks, lots of guitar...BLUESY!!...Play and sing so the music grabs you by the collar and shakes you...Maybe write an instrumental, better yet, a surf instrumental. Spaghetti Western vibe? Played through a fuzz pedal. That could be hilarious. Quentin Tarantino?...Do a cover of Peter Green’s “Rattlesnake Shake”. Screw the subject matter. The song rocks...Get Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Strawberry Alarm Clock) to play on a track…” So now you have it. Andy Logan hasn’t rocked this hard since his days in “Little America”. In his words: “I don’t make background music”. That’s for sure. Crank it up.
“Big Riffs that are fun to play and listen to...Lots of hooks, lots of guitar...BLUESY!!...Play and sing so the music grabs you by the collar and shakes you...Maybe write an instrumental, better yet, a surf instrumental. Spaghetti Western vibe? Played through a fuzz pedal. That could be hilarious. Quentin Tarantino?...Do a cover of Peter Green’s “Rattlesnake Shake”. Screw the subject matter. The song rocks...Get Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Strawberry Alarm Clock) to play on a track…” So now you have it. Andy Logan hasn’t rocked this hard since his days in “Little America”. In his words: “I don’t make background music”. That’s for sure. Crank it up.
Transistors Of Mercy
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:36
Size: 99.8 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front
[3:37] 1. Rock Solid
[2:41] 2. Seventeen Wheels
[3:01] 3. Quietly Fragile
[3:25] 4. Day Without Jennifer
[3:20] 5. I Like It
[2:06] 6. Umbrella Man
[4:02] 7. Get Out Of Your Own Way
[2:59] 8. Dreams Unbroken
[3:20] 9. Berenice
[4:15] 10. Empty Room
[3:28] 11. Pacific Time
[2:42] 12. Long Slow Train
[4:34] 13. Don't Forget To Write
Psychedelic Delta Moonshine. That's what Andy Logan's third album sounds like. Trippy, with tons of Country and Blues mixed in. Andy's not a fan of "beer commercial" blues, slick digital "Music Row" recordings, or whining in general. Logan's moods are palpable, his images strictly HD, and his songs first-rate. The music is eclectic, yet cohesive. No easy feat. From the anthemic and Beatlesque "Rock Solid, to the jangly pop refrains of "Day Without Jennifer", the almost vaudevillian "Umbrella Man", the Delta blues drenched, "Long Slow Train", and the overtly psychedelic folk of "Don't Forget To Write", to name a few, there is a thread. These songs all work together as an album, meant to be listened to from start to finish. Andy still uses tape, and puts NOS tubes in his microphones- mid sixties stuff, of course. One is an RCA, which came in a really cool old box..red with lightning bolts, so you know it sounds great. Give this one a listen.
Psychedelic Delta Moonshine