{"id":34130,"date":"2013-11-04T19:28:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T00:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=34130"},"modified":"2014-02-08T08:38:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:38:56","slug":"the-rides-cant-get-enough-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/the-rides-cant-get-enough-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rides | Can\u2019t Get Enough<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alissa Ordabai<\/span>
\n– Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield and CSN fame teams up with fellow classic rock vet Barry Goldberg and young guitar gun Kenny Wayne Shepherd to refresh some vintage oldies and to concoct some originals. If the cover doesn\u2019t tip you off, then the very first track will \u2013 on opener \u201cRoadhouse\u201d Stills jumps right into that 40s\/50s blues feel with gutsy aplomb. The gravel-gargling voice, the guitar swollen with distortion, and the plain-spoken solo nail the vibe where it will stay for much of the record. <\/p>\n

Shepherd, 32 years Stills\u2019s junior, may sound slicker and brisker than the 68-year-old patriarch, but inter-generational gap gives extra dimension to both characters. On Neil Young cover \u201cRockin\u2019 in the Free Word\u201d where Stills and Shepherd trade solos, the tension between the simplicity and the chopsy swagger opens up a panoramic view of rock\u2019s transfigurations. And when Goldberg\u2019s keyboard isn\u2019t laying down the pneumatic, float-on-air foundation to the vocals and the solos, he pitches in with his own raucous leads, as on Elmore James\u2019s \u201cTalk to Me Baby\u201d. <\/p>\n

Five out of ten tracks showcase new material which happily resonates with the covers. And on more introspective originals the pensive lyrics couldn\u2019t have had a better voice than Stills\u2019s to deliver them. His pipes may not wing it as nimbly as in his heyday, but worldly-wise poise of a tribal elder doesn\u2019t go with youthful voices. For that we have Shepherd who sings confidently on the covers, and with biggest zing on Iggy Pop\u2019s \u201cSearch and Destroy\u201d. The old and the new join together not just in tasteful hat-tipping to the past, but in helping it carry on into tomorrow. <\/p>\n

Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues-rock<\/p>\n

Personnel:
\nStephen Stills \u2013 vocals, guitar
\nKenny Wayne Shepherd \u2013 vocals, guitar
\nBarry Goldberg \u2013 keyboards
\nChris Layton \u2013 drums
\nKevin McCormick \u2013 bass<\/p>\n

Track Listing:
\n1. Roadhouse (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg)
\n2. That\u2019s a Pretty Good Love (Bryant Lucas, Fred Mendelsohn)
\n3. Don\u2019t Want Lies (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg)
\n4. Search and Destroy (Iggy Pop, James Robert Williamson)
\n5. Can\u2019t Get Enough (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg)
\n6. Honey Bee (Muddy Waters)
\n7. Rockin\u2019 in the Free World (Neil Young, Frank M. Sampedro)
\n8. Talk to Me Baby (Elmore James)
\n9. Only Tear Drops Fall (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg)
\n10. Word Game (Stephen Stills)<\/p>\n

Label: Provogue, Mascot Label Group<\/p>\n

Online: www.stephenstills.com<\/a>; www.kennywayneshepherd.net<\/a>; www.facebook.com\/barrygoldbergmusic?fref=ts<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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