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Is It News

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before i heard this cd, i knew i'd like it... i'm a doyle fan is all there is to it. that said, i was totally unprepared for the kind of sound and vibe that doyle and cc adcock put together on this cd. it's like the sort of thing one might find in the back stock room of some funky old new orleans record shop... hmm, what's this? pick it up, dust it off, put it on the player, drop the needle... wow... i've heard this before... but i haven't, but damn, it sounds so familiar... i know the voice, but these songs, they elude me. they must be hits from some obscure regional label of the, uh, late fifties to mid-seventies? that's a soulful vibe, and the band sounds coherent yet totally different one song to the next... these are gems, polished, held up to the light for inspection, they are the real deal.

bottom line: "birdnest on the ground" and "fitchburg street" are great, but they don't really prepare you for the kind of great that is found on "is it news"... this just seems to be happening in a different dimension, a larger spectrum, some kind of tangible but incomprehensible quantum shift forward, both in terms of musical expression and integration of songwriting, playing, and production. check it out...

I have been a fan of Doyle sr. for a number of years. I had heard about him hooking up with CC Adcock on this project and had high expectations. This is one of the years best! Doyle's singing is great and the song are super cool! The guitar talent is first class. Buy it now!!!

D.B.'s got it all: punchy, rockin', with a sweet side that keeps on givin'. I got mine, get your own!

Great CD, I received a promo CD at work, I knew of Doyle Bramhall II and low and behold his dad blew my mind too. These two great living American artist made me proud of my Texas roots. This is the best music I heard since listening to Jeff Buckley's first album. Big D covers songs in the CD, but, he makes them his own...great music for the soul.

I went to see CC Adcock at Jazz Fest this year. Had a guy named Bramhall playing with him. CC was his usual mix of cool and grease but the songs were instantly catchy. Turns out Bramhall is sort of a legend. Turns out they are playing together because they just put together an album. Turns out the album is even more terrific than the Jazzfest set. Bramhall writes good hooks. The songs stay with you. Adcock keeps it raw."Cryin" is pure classic Swamp Pop.

CC Adcock is becoming the great collaborator. Robert Plant hung out with him in Lafayette (Louisiana, the Cajun capital)last year. Plant says "He's a piece of work - but I like him."

The writer of Stevie Ray Vaugn's "Life by the Drop", Doyle Bramhall has produced an instant classic with this great new album. Produced by himself together with Louisianna guitarist/vocalist C.C.Adcock this CD kicks of with the rollicking rocker "Lost in the Congo" and continues the high standard throughout.

Supported by a cast of excellent muscians, including Jimmie Vaughan and Adcock this CD is a must for any fan of good American roots music.

Got to admit to not knowing a thing about Doyle, probably should and will certainly do some investigation now. This was a 'recommended' to me by Amazon so I gave a few tracks a listen. What a great CD. The songs are terrific and fun. Just plain old good rock and blues. I also really like the production. The sound fits the songs perfectly. If you like blues with a rock flavor that reflects where so much music came from you will enjoy this immensely.

I listen to a lot of blues and blues related, inluenced etc. music and even though I love it, it can wear on you after awhile. Especially when it is a continual stream of classic retreads of people trying to better the originals or perhaps just trying to prove that they can play them as good as the original performer (which is rarely ever the case). Doyle is not one of those people. Even on his previous cds, his covers were injected with his own ideas and personality. On this cd of all originals he does a great job. Big beats and cool guitars are the call of the day. His singing is superb. The first time I heard him it was more than a little apparent where Stevie Ray Vaughn learned to sing. Don't be confused on this, it was definatly Doyle doing the teaching. Maybe not a total monster but scarey as hell. I love it!!

Instead of sticking to his previous winning formula of straight Texas blues and Memphis-styled soul, Doyle Bramhall Sr. experiments a bit on this latest release. The musical styles he delves into are a little more original and not so "mainstream" (relatively speaking, of course...Doyle is not and probably never will be true mainstream--he's way too talented for that) as his two previous efforts.

A winning combination is the result! The genres touched on are kind of widespread, but they're great nontheless...some of the songs are a little more primitive and raw than some of the horn-laced soul tunes on "Fitchburg Street." Personally, I enjoy Fitchburg Street more, but I'm just more of a straight-ahead blues-rock-soul kind of guy. I can still recognize the talent and quality of the music here, and it's logical that Doyle wants to branch out with each successive album--great stuff!

I never tire of listening to this album. It's got long legs. There's not a bad cut on it. Anyone who doesn't like it has no taste to begin with. This is tasteful rock blues song writing at its best. In fact I think Doyle should run for president after Barack. We need a bluesman in the White House. Check out Boz Scagg's "Come on Home". Equally entertaining