Artist: Steve Miller Band
Title: Let Your Hair Down
Genre: Blues Rock
Release Date: 15th April 2011
Label: Roadrunner Records
Album Review
Perhaps the most important thing to note about the upcoming STEVE MILLER BAND release is that it is a “companion album” to the release of ‘Bingo’, an earlier album full of blues covers performed by Miller and hit group ‘Let Your Hair Down’. So, fans should expect a musical style very similar to what they heard on the previous album, though ‘Hair’ seems to include more original material rather than just a lot of covers. Also, this album is the last one to feature material from ex harmonica player and collaborator Norton Buffalo. Listening to his harmonica work on the first several tracks will remind listeners just how talented he was in the blues rock genre and he shall be sorely missed. However, the music here isn’t just all about Buffalo. Miller is still in his prime as a guitar player and merging not only funky music such as with ‘Love The Life I Live’ but also slower and more acoustic tracks like ‘No More Doggin’.
There is even some swing jazz involved with the music from ‘The Walk’ which is a bit of a surprise for fans considering they are so used to Miller and his band performing usually the same kind of music over and over throughout an album; maybe this is partially a downfall. Despite not too much of a variety of blues music spread through this album, it still rings as a great and groovy release for 2011, even if it does feel like a rushed release of posthumous material for Norton Buffalo (who died originally of lung cancer in 2009). Some may call it just B-side material from ‘Bingo’, but those who love blues rock in general or Steve Miller’s work will probably already have this album in their sights to get on the day it comes out. Who could resist one of the legends?
Tracklist
01. Snatch It Back And Hold It 4:00
02. I Got Love If You Want It 2:32
03. Just A Little Bit 2:58
04. Close Together 2:55
05. No More Doggin' 2:53
06. Pretty Thing 2:57
07. Can't Be Satisfied 3:42
08. Sweet Home Chicago 2:42
09. Love The Life I Live 3:24
10. The Walk 3:00
Line-up
Steve Miller- vocals, guitar, keyboard
Norton Buffalo- harmonica
Website
http://www.stevemillerband.com/
Cover Picture
Rating
Sound: 8
Music: 7
Total: 7.5 / 10
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