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Posted By: GUEST
20-Jun-07 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: Review: The Beat Daddys
Subject: Review: The Beat Daddys
AMERICA HAS SPAWNED ANOTHER GREAT BLUES BAND: THE BEAT DADDYS
Now is the time to experience the great Southern blues-rock of The Beat Daddys on their sixth CD, Five Moons. This hard-touring, classic blues band has it all – great original songs, fancy picking, soaring slide guitar, a rock-solid backbeat and that special paid-their-dues feeling that always comes with great blues.

Lead singer and chief songwriter Larry Grisham has played with blues singer Mighty Sam McClain (on tour), Bobby Blue Bland (in the studio) and guitarist Tom Britt (Vince Gill, Patty Loveless); and has jammed with James Cotton, Doyle Bramhall Sr., Buddy Miles, Anson Funderburgh and Sam Myers. Lead and slide guitarist Britt Meacham (best-known nationally for his guitar-work on the Bob Seger classic hit "Old Time Rock & Roll") was a member of recording acts Jackson Highway and Storm, toured with Little Milton, recorded with Rickey Medlocke and Blackfoot, and jammed with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Traffic and Dire Straits. The bassist is Barry Bays, who has played with John Mohead, Shawn Lane, Jeff Healey, Bobby Whitlock and Jim Dickinson. Drummer Paul Scott has toured in the bands Dixie Grey and The Forrester Sisters. Special guest keyboardist Johnny Neel has played with the Allman Brothers, The Dickey Betts Band, Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac), Allen Woody and Matt Abts (both with Gov't Mule) and Marc Ford (Black Crowes).

So, as you can see, the band has the credentials. They are fulltime professional musicians (road warriors). They live the blues life and it shows in their passionate, dedicated music. The songs on Five Moons range from uptempo electric blues-rock (a la Stevie Ray Vaughn) to acoustic ballads (Bob Seger-esque), to Southern rock (a touch of Skynyrd and Allmans) to simply classic blues. If you like the blues, you can't go wrong with this recording. My favorite is the closing track, "Where Is She," with its electric slide action.