Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 36:59
Size: 84.7 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front
[3:04] 1. The Blues Don't Say It All
[3:31] 2. If We Don't Talk
[4:17] 3. I Understand
[3:43] 4. Close To The Fire
[4:11] 5. Give Me Shelter
[4:18] 6. Puppets And Pantomine
[3:23] 7. Call Me A Doctor
[3:46] 8. Who's Fooling Who
[3:26] 9. Farm Kids
[3:16] 10. Play House
I just received the newest release, The Blues Don't Say It All by Ron Beer and it explores a number of different musical styles. Opening with the title track, The Blues Don't Say It All, Beer creates a funky blues rock style and a tasty little guitar solo. If We Don't Talk is a bit more uptempo but stays in the funky rock blues stream. Opening with searing guitar riffs, Beer sets a nice path. Possibly the best track on the release. I Understand is a R&B style ballad backed by simple but effective guitar riffs and horn backing. Close To The Fire is a swing blues track with heavy horns and a light pace. Bill Evans adds some real nice key work on this track. Give Me Shelter has a latin Rhythm and really sounds like it is from a Billy Joel release. Light jazz tune Puppets and Pantomime has very prominent vocals and horns. Sax dominated solo work on this track makes it a real strong contender for prime time airplay. Call Me A Doctor is done in a vaudeville/ New Orleans style again aimed directly at airplay. Clarinet and keyboard work on this track is quite good. Who's Fooling Who is a top rate pop song sounding like a Todd Rundgren composition. Again with a lot of horns and sax solo, it could garner a bit of airplay. Farm Kids, again with a pop tune and predominant sax work it could easily see airplay. Play House gets back to a more rockin' blues style. Featuring a solid guitar bridge, this track has a bit more beef but still finds itself on the pop track. Overall, this is a pop oriented release with a number of catchy tunes and solid vocal and instrumentation throughout. ~BMan Blues Report
The Blues Don't Say It All