Deep End

Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hmg Records
• ASIN: B00337KMEG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,255 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Ready to Get Your Socks Knocked Off . . ., November 3, 2010

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Mark Preston "Mark P." (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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I recently had the opportunity to hear Christine perform live and was blown a way by her voice. This led to a discussion with friends about her most recent album, "The Deep End". Jumping on an impulse to hear her work, with just one or two clicks on Amazon, I received the album next day. I have now listened to the entire album, and I have to tell you, listening to "The Deep End" was definitely one for my "knock your socks off" category. This is one of those albums that has what I call a "listening snow ball effect". That's how I describe it when I'm listening to an album, and as one song ends, I look forward to hearing the next, which I enjoy just as much if not more, and then I listen to the next, and the next one . . . you get the drift. By the time I'm finished, I just simply say wow! This album that Christine recorded is magical. Christine is not just engaging as a singer, but as a songwriter too. She's a great storyteller who expresses herself in an extraordinary way. The whole album has a great flow with a nice mix of songs and production values. And on top of that, the album also features duets with Ian Hunter, Dion, and Marshall Crenshaw, as well as visits from the great Levon Helm, and one of my favorite guitarists and fellow Chelsea Guitar customer, G.E. Smith. My two favorite songs on the album are very different in style, and that would be the intimate "Girl Growing Up" and the very cool "Love Make You Do Stupid Things" - just great stuff. We also get to hear two different versions of her "The Gone with You" - also a terrific song in both forms. I really loved this album, and give it the highest recommendation! Enjoy it - you won't be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez - The Deep End, April 6, 2010

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James E. Hynes ""Jim's Juke Joint & Soul ... (Lehigh Valley, PA) - See all my reviews
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This is certainly a cliché by now but if there were any justice in the music business, this recording and Christine's poignant tribute to her producer and mate Doc Cavalier, "The Gone of You" both deserve Grammy recognition. Let justice prevail this time. Yes, this record is simply stunning on many levels. The long -time featured vocalist with the Saturday Live Band has released her first album of new songs in six years. This could have easily been a downer, having endured the tragic losses of two people who were very close to her. Instead, you get powerful statements about love and the affirmation of life. As Christine remarked to me in our radio interview, "I just decided to jump back into life with both feet and make the most of it".

She invites many guests aboard, often repaying the favor of having her sing on their records. These include Marshall Crenshaw, Dion DiMucci, and Ian Hunter as duet partners and G.E. Smith, Big Al Anderson, (NRBQ), Eric "Roscoe" Ambel (The Del-Lords), Catherine Russell, Levon Helm, and more as accompanists. Obviously she has tons of respect among her fellow artists but it's her knack for soul and R&B that shine most brightly here. Her voice is just so damn commanding, soulful, and sexy that it becomes the focal point of everything she takes on. There are eleven originals that run the gamut from hard-charging rock and R&B ("Love Make You Do Stupid Things", "Bring It With You When You Come" and "Cradle Did Rock" among others) to ballads such as the title track and "Like Honey". Of course, the central theme is "The Gone of You" which appears twice, in full band and in demo versions. Few songs of loss are stated more directly, and honestly.

The aforementioned alone would make a great record but Ohlman's carefully chosen obscure covers from the deepest reaches of her extensive record collection add tasty finishing touches. She duets with Dion on the southern soul tune "Cry Baby Cry", and with Crenshaw on the Motown hit, "What's the Matter With You Baby". She nods to the loss of Rebel Montez's founder, Eric Fletcher, on Link Wray's "Walking Down the Street Called Love" which is taken from a live radio performance with Fletcher on guitar. "The Deep End" is a treasure; easily one of this year's best records. Dive in.

- Jim Hynes
Host of "Jim's Juke Joint and Soul Kitchen" on WXLV - [...]

5.0 out of 5 stars Christine Ohlman, October 24, 2010

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Patrick - See all my reviews

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This is a great CD with some very talented musicians working together. Christine has a great voice as well. If this CD doesn't make you groove a little, nothing will.