Smarten Up

Taxi Chain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Northern Blues
• ASIN: B0001GOH9S
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Where Else Will You Find Bagpipe Funk?, April 17, 2008

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RebeccaPea - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smarten Up (Audio CD)

For a five star showing and to really have fun with these guys, try to track down a copy of "Bagpipe Juke Joint." It's less experimental (if that's possible with bagpipe funk) a little more up-tempo and driving and the songwriting is more interesting.

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Effort, illustrates band's musical diversity, March 19, 2004

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Brett Lemke (www.maximumink.com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smarten Up (Audio CD)

Taxi Chain is tasteful and technically apt country rock incorporating bagpipes and blues simplicity. The troupe from Toronto, Ontario has both a honky-tonk twang and a drunken swagger, and produces nine interesting tracks that move between ambient surf-rock fuzztones and acoustic fusion experimentation. The vocals are kind of tortured and nasal, speaking through in a lackluster lounge manner while sticking to an acoustic rhythm section. Taxi Chain also includes one or two traditional European instrumental jams to mix things up a bit, and show their musical diversity. The 2004 disc has been released on the Northernblues Music label, and features the funky additions of a tenor saxophone, and an acoustic bass tapping time to a laid back drum roll. The disc "Smarten Up" features Grier Coppins on Bagpipes, Ayron Mortley on guitar, Jim Bish on saxophone, Joe Burns on bass and Ron Rooth on drums. Catch them live in Toronto to see the show and understand how even bagpipes get the blues. -Brett Lemke