Voodoo Nation

Supersonic Blues Machine

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Released on 2022-06-24 by Provogue
Main artists: Supersonic Blues Machine
Genre: Rock

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Rarely do rhythm sections become full-fledged bands. But drummer Kenny Aronoff and bassist Fabrizio (Fab) Grossi have a crucial gimmick: inviting guest guitar players to cut tracks with the band. Given the guest schtick, the group's studio albums have subsequently become guitar showcases featuring Steve Lukather, Eric Gales, Robben Ford, Walter Trout, Chris Duarte and others. The band's last album, Road Chronicles, was recorded in Italy with ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons as the featured player. There is genuine talent in this trio, particularly when it comes to Aronoff's drumming. His resume includes stops with The Smashing Pumpkins, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson among others. The Italy-born Grossi has played with Gary Clark Jr. and Slash, and heads a musical project called the Soul Garage Experience. The pair met when they were the rhythm section for Toto guitarist Steve Lukather's side project, Goodfellas. Lance Lopez, the group's first guitarist has since been supplanted by British singer/guitarist/MMA fighter Kris Barras. On the fourth album, the problem has become twofold: running out of guests to invite and repeating themselves as songwriters. The originals have become formulaic and indistinguishable from each other. And despite the hyperbolic name, this is heavy rock with very little blues to speak of. (An actual blues cover or two might have helped a lot.) Given that style choice, it's not too surprising that the music, all recorded by Grossi at his Soul Garage studio in North Hollywood, is compressed, overloud and generally a big thumping power trio rock sound meant to boom out in a live setting. After three very ordinary opening tracks, "Money," "Too Late," and "Coming Thru" of just the trio playing alone, guests like famed Louisiana slide guitarist Sonny Landreth try to add interest to originals like "8 Ball Lucy." While the closing pop track "All Our Love" loses the banging and shows promise thanks in part to the slide guitar from Blackberry Smoke's Charlie Starr, the title track is the kind of power jam that's been done better before by many acts. Not surprisingly, the best song here, "Is It All," also features the most interesting guest, blues soul veteran Joe Louis Walker, whose singing blows away that of Barras, who is more of a rock screamer. Blues with a small "b," this machine grinds out power trio rock for those who like it loud. © Robert Baird/Qobuz

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