Time: 56:14
Size: 128.7 MB
Styles: Rockin blues
Year: 2017
Art: Front
[5:57] 1. Muscle Shoals
[3:12] 2. Last Beer And Testament
[4:55] 3. One Alone
[4:41] 4. Next Time
[4:43] 5. Don't Make That Girl Cry
[4:48] 6. Stayin' All Night
[5:54] 7. I Belong
[4:24] 8. Miss Understood
[3:41] 9. Bad Bad Way
[4:25] 10. Man On A Mission
[3:31] 11. I Ain't Sleeping With The Lights On
[5:58] 12. Rock Star
Once in a while a CD comes along that’s thoroughly new, but comes across as a throwback from another time. That’s the case for Half Live, the third release from a quirky band of American-based music veterans who chose to name themselves in honor of Sydney Greenstreet, the legendary British actor who starred in Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
While not pure blues by today’s standards, this collection hastens back to the late ‘60s or early ‘70s, when The Spencer Davis Group, The Allman Brothers, Van Morrison and others were producing one hit after another infused with blue-eyed soul. Sidney Green Street is a tight four-piece ensemble fronted by Lance Doss, a top-notch guitarist and vocalist who’s worked with Welch legend John Cale, Deepak Chopra and others in a career that began in the mid-‘90s. He splits six-string duties with Justin Jordan, a veteran of Garland Jeffreys’ band. The rhythm section consists of British percussionist Steve Holley — who’s worked frequently with Poppa Chubby as well as Ian Hunter and Joan Osborne after a long stint with Paul McCartney’s Wings and time with Elton John and Joe Cocker – and bassist Paul Page – who’s spent extensive time with Robin Trower and spent time with Chubby, Hunter and Gary “U.S.” Bonds.
As the title suggests, Half Live is just that. It opens with six songs recorded in studio and finishes with a run of six more captured at The Great Notch Inn, a venerable biker bar in Little Falls, N.J., that serves as the band’s unofficial home base. ~Marty Gunther
While not pure blues by today’s standards, this collection hastens back to the late ‘60s or early ‘70s, when The Spencer Davis Group, The Allman Brothers, Van Morrison and others were producing one hit after another infused with blue-eyed soul. Sidney Green Street is a tight four-piece ensemble fronted by Lance Doss, a top-notch guitarist and vocalist who’s worked with Welch legend John Cale, Deepak Chopra and others in a career that began in the mid-‘90s. He splits six-string duties with Justin Jordan, a veteran of Garland Jeffreys’ band. The rhythm section consists of British percussionist Steve Holley — who’s worked frequently with Poppa Chubby as well as Ian Hunter and Joan Osborne after a long stint with Paul McCartney’s Wings and time with Elton John and Joe Cocker – and bassist Paul Page – who’s spent extensive time with Robin Trower and spent time with Chubby, Hunter and Gary “U.S.” Bonds.
As the title suggests, Half Live is just that. It opens with six songs recorded in studio and finishes with a run of six more captured at The Great Notch Inn, a venerable biker bar in Little Falls, N.J., that serves as the band’s unofficial home base. ~Marty Gunther
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