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Sons of The Jet Age

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"Sons" is rockin'!! I tend to put on the blinders, and I've been really into hard-core blues for a while, but this crosses into R&B and roots-rock, and I love it! "Dark Side" is one of my early favorites... Malick's playing on this song is far different than what I was expecting. I think I had "Malick played with Otis, Muddy, etc..., in my head, so I wasn't expecting the more melodic stuff. It's really great!

Also, about Justin's singing... WOW!! Now, I have his CD that he recorded with Kid Bangham, and I saw them together at the Winter Island Blues festival. Now I love Bangham's Texas-style blues (I'm a BIG fan of Jimmy Vaughan's playing), but I have to say, Amyl's vocal style fits so much better with the the material on "Sons." You can really hear the gospel and R&B influences in his voice.

What a great CD! Kind of a cross between the Black Crowes and Tom Petty with blues undertones. I don't usually listen to this type of music but it was recommended to me and I really love it!!

If you enjoy driving electric blues and fervent, gospel-inspired vocals, buy this cd! Get It While You Can is a soulful re-make of the classic R&B song recorded by Howard Tate in 1967 (and later by Janis) and Amyl Justin's sanctified tenor vocals are perfect on this as well as more uptempo fare like Shot Full Of Heartache, Lone Wolf and the coolest version ever of the traditional You Are My Sunshine, which includes a delightfully bluesy guitar solo by Peter Malick, whose exciting playing stands out in cut after cut. The rhythm section is rounded out by Tom Hambridge who plays drums on 4 tracks and also produced the cd, Floyd Murphy, Jr. (of Blues Brothers fame) and Brad Hallen or Dave Hull on bass and Tom West on piano and B-3 (Susan Tedeschi band). Strong originals that rock hard! Justin's Detroit soul and Malick's Chicago-bred blues guitar shine throughout. Don't miss this one.

This review is exactly the same review that I gave for Peter Malick's CD called "Wrong Side Of My Life." Both CD's are pathetic excuses for music. Do not waste your time or money.

Believe it or not, I am a huge fan of Peter Malick and his work. His efforts and skills on two more recent CD's called "New York City" and "Chance and Circumstance," are remarkable. On these, his guitar work is among the best I've ever heard. The overall song quality and the sound production on these two CD's is phenomenal. I liked "New York City" and "Chance and Circumstance," so much that I would have bought anything that involved Peter Malick at that point. However, that was certainly a mistake. I am just so glad that I listened to "New York City" and "Chance and Circumstance," before I bought "Wrong Side of My Life" and "Sons of The Jet Age."

However, once again, it begs the age-old questions. What is it that makes a song good? How can someone do such fascinating, brilliant, and genius-type work on one or two CD's, and then just absolutely stink the place up on two others? How did the Rolling Stones (as young kids) produce the Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers albums, but then struggle to ever produce anything like them ever again? How did Michael Schenker do his best songwriting and guitar playing as a young teenager, then sink to the point of anonyminty after that? How did Led Zeppelin (as young kids) produce such a high volume of quality albums for their first six, then fall flat on their face (and don't give me the Bonham death excuse, because that don't cut it)?

Here is the good news. In the case of Peter Malick, there is still hope. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because "Wrong Side of My Life" and "Sons of The Jet Age" were his first two attempts. Peter's most recent work is his best work, and hopefully he will stay on track from here.

Produced hot and loud, like a cross between J. Geils and Mott the Hoople. Man, can these guys play! One of the best albums of 1999 - wish I'd known about it long before today.

Peter Malick has teamed with Amyl Justin to form an R&B smoke house! Tapping Malick's incredible guitar licks with Justins formidable vocal powers, the Malick/Justin Band is sure to please~catch them live for an even better thrill!!

Authentic lyrics, impassioned lead guitar and soulful vocals make this cd a MUST HAVE. Their lively rendition of "You Are My Sunshine" gives new appeal to an old classic. From the dazzling lead guitar in "Dark Side" to the propelling rhythm in "All Alone" you will find it difficult to choose a favorite !! A collection of rock/blues like you've never heard (but always wanted to). It leaves only one question...how can they possibly "top" this one?

Damn!! "Sons" is rockin'!! I tend to put on the blinders, and I've been really into hard-core blues for a while, but this crosses into R&B and roots-rock, and I love it! "Dark Side" is one of my early favorites... Malick's playing on this song is far different than what I was expecting. I think I had "he played with Otis Spann, Muddy Waters, etc...," in my head, so I wasn't expecting the more melodic stuff. It's really great! Rootsy rock to Stax-era R&B.

Also, about Amyl's singing... WOW!! I have his CD that he recorded with Kid Bangham, and I saw them together at the Winter Island Blues festival. I love Bangham's Texas-style blues (I'm a BIG fan of Jimmy Vaughan's playing), but I have to say, Amyl's vocal style fits so much better with the the material on "Sons of the Jet Age."