Customer Reviews

Pt Power Trio

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is an album of covers. Good to excellent covers of guitar driven power trios* of the past. There are covers of Tramp (Stray Dog), Day of the Eagle (Robin Trower), Young Man Blues (the Who), Highway 61 Revisited (Johnny Winter), etc.. Most of the covers stick close to the cited versions (not, in the case of Hwy. 61 & Young Man, to Dylan or Mose). Pat is in fine six string form, and so if waht you want is power trio covers, this album is for you. It's what I was looking for, hence the 4 stars.

If you are looking for more originality, more bluesy, something to break up the pounding, newer sounding, whatever. . . this album is not for you.

I'd say the truth is somehere between the more extreme opinions here.

They're good covers, some VERY good, & Pat's great, but they are just covers. Get his last album of actual PT songs instead - it's excellent 'proper' Travers. Or, better for Pat, get both!

In my opinion, PT=MC2 (as in 'squared') and 'Just a Touch' show that he's far from 'washed up'!!!!

love

Moth

No more words need to be said other than the four above! Buy this cd and you'll see what I mean .

First we finally get Puttin It Straight (from 1977)released on CD, then this fantastic hard rockin' release for one of the all time guitar gods. I don't know what happened to PT in 2003, but I'm glad he got rid of his case of the "blues" and came back to his roots. With this lineup and some of the genius of his original songs, the next CD could be the comeback we have been waiting for.

Until then put on the one of the best versions of HWY 61 Revisited ever recorded.

Like one reveiwer, I'm not one for cover tunes per se, but I like to try to keep an open mind. The thing that I like about this collection is first and formost, every song are excellent exsamples of classic guitar rock. Secondly, Pat shows how guitar rock should be played. So much of todays music simply leaves me unfulfilled. There is no imagination, no direction, no fire. There may be tons of talent, but without that fire all you end up with is some interesting sounds with a beat.

A lot people would do well to add this collection to their list so that they can hear the stuff that, perhaps, inspired Pat to create the type of music that made people like me notice him in the first place. One of Pat's claim to fame, in my humble opinion, lies in the fact that most of his early works, has at least one classic blues standard. Whether they are original or a classic cover, they all bear the mark of a gentleman who gives back what he has been given. What in the world is wrong with that? Seems to me he has more fun doing this, then poor smucks like me who have to work for a living, and he gets paid for it too. Get it, yiu wont regret it.

I gotta tell ya - livin' out of a suitcase makes a man feel fat and sassy!!! PT is in rare form and rockin' harder than ever. Three favorites are "Tramp", "Dreams of Milk and Honey" and "Inside Looking Out."

I haven't heard Pat Travers since college days. My wife and I decided to take a "flyer" on this one. It turned out to be a great purchase. Forget about the fact that this is made up of 100% cover tunes. The material is classic and the playing is unforgettable. You'll be singing these tunes all day long! Pat Travers has put together one of the hardest rocking "power trios" ever. This music and the virtuosity of musicianship puts 99% of the "new music" out there to shame. If you're looking for an incredibly intense straight ahead rock album...you've found it

Absolutely awesome! I agree with Brian, glad PT dumped the blues thing and got back to rock. Some of these covers are IMHO better than the originals, "White Room" for example. PT is among a select few who can make other's songs his own. Well recorded too. He sounds as good as he did in the 70s, go PT!

Pat Travers is back. This is his best covers collection so far. The fact that several of the tunes were not FM favorites, but rather off the beaten radiowaves, is refreshing. My favorite is DAY OF THE EAGLE. IMOP, he nails this Trower tune perfectly, with his own monster tone. PLAY IT LOUD AND PROUD!

Normally I don't love covers of rock songs; but there are exceptions and this Album by Pat travers is one of them; Every song rocks. They are as good as the orginals; except Inside Looking Out, which is as good as the cover, of the Animals orginal, by Grand Funk Railroad (Self titled red album 1969). White Room, Inside looking Out, are Highlights, oh heck every song is a highlight. Its a fine album, a must get if you wanna rock!!!