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Dry Clothes For The Drowning CD Review
Band: Pinkeye D'Gekko Disc: Dry Clothes for the Drowning Label: Force MP Entertainment
Band Members: Steve Richards Mahoney (vocals/bass/piano) Tim Mauldin (guitar/vocals) Dave Grelle (hammond B3/piano/vocals) Dwayne Mitchell (guitar/vocals) Julian Eubanks (drums/vocals)
What's the 4-1-1? Bored with the latest burned out trends? Tired of hearing the same old clichés? Sick of the same limiting musical categories? Then get ready for a genre-defying, boundary-breaking artist that will challenge your ears and make you move your feet.
Genre: Southern rock / blues / rockabilly / new-age country
What's good about it? Every now and then I get sent a disc that makes me scratch my head. It makes me wonder, 'how does this fit in with RockRage?' Pinkeye D'Gekko's latest is one of those discs. It's not a hard rock album, but it is a unique combination of different music styles. "Riverboat Queen" is a twangy southern rocker that would do Lynyrd Skynyrd proud. "God Bless You Baby" tones down the riffage for some classic 12 bar blues. "Girls of Arkansas" keeps the style going, but adds some great Chuck Berry style guitar playing. Shades of The Alice Cooper Band (circa 1974) can be heard on the bass driven "Queen of Fire," and Bob Dylan's influence can be heard on "See You Again."
Pinkeye D'Gekko starts to veer off the rock music track on "Call Me Adolph During Wartime." Yes, the title is bizarre, but on this track the vocals are dark, while the rhythms are electronic and progressive. "Have You Seen the Genie" is a country music track that will have you line dancing in no time (if that's your thing). "Slow Down" has a fast rockabilly beat that might have been heard at the bar in the Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse. If that musical style doesn't do it for you, then the tropical rhythms of "The Velvet Fizz” might do the trick.
Anything bad? Even though the group sounds good, musically they're all over the place. It seems that Pinkeye D'Gekko is still trying to find their sound, which may be difficult with revolving vocalists. The spoken word, piano heavy ballad, "The Poet" just doesn't do it for me.
Bottom Line You have to respect a band that goes out there and does it's own thing. Pinkeye D'Gekko refuses to be pigeonholed into any one musical genre. It doesn’t matter what style their playing, because they play it all well.
Standout tracks: Girls of Arkansas Queen of Fire Slow Down Riverboat Queen
Did you know? Vocalist Steve Richards Mooney is also the album’s producer.
Rating: \m/ \m/ \m/ out of 5
~George Dionne RockRage.com
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