\n reviewer: Andy Snipper
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<\/a>\nRoadhouse – Gods & Highways & Old Guitars – Printable version
\n We all know that this is a world of injustice but the fact that Roadhouse are not one of the biggest selling acts around leaves me nonplussed even so. This is a terrific album from one of Britain\u2019s most established bands and it deserves to be top of anyone\u2019s playlist.<\/p>\n
Right from the roaring \u2018Hell On Wheels\u2019 loaded with attitude from the triple threat of Mandie G, Sarah Harvey-Smart and Suzie D and on to the tear-ass \u2018Can\u2019t Say No\u2019 with Gary Boner\u2019s throaty vocals and searing guitar this had me bouncing around the room in delight. <\/p>\n
They sit mainly in the Americana camp with strong Blues and rock elements but they are at their are at their best in Fleetwood Mac-esque territory like the eerie \u2018Skinwalker\u2019 with its jangly guitars and harmonies from the three ladies alongside big drum sound from Roger Hunt. Danny Gwilym\u2019s guitar solo is dark and has a touch of the Original American smoke to it \u2013 just a brilliant band piece all round.<\/p>\n
The title track is a classic road song and \u2018Katrina\u2019 has deep feeling for New Orleans losses but manages to avoid the clich\u00e9 of blame by focussing on the terror of the hurricane and its effect on the cities people at the time. That it leads into \u2018The Big Easy\u2019 is obviously not an accident.
\nCloser ‘Sinner’ is another dark piece with a distinctly Americana feel but my personal favourite track is \u2018Blues Motel\u2019 \u2013 six and a half minutes of chugging perfection with a ZZ top boogie to it.
\nAll told, a brilliant album and full of little joys; expect it to be featuring in a lot of end of year charts, it really is a brilliant album<\/p>\n
4 Stars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gods & Highways & Old Guitars Review – Music News.com Website Roadhouse Gods & Highways & Old Guitars added: 24 Aug 2013 \/\/ release date: 19 Aug 2013 \/\/ label: Kross Border reviewer: Andy Snipper Roadhouse – Gods & Highways & Old Guitars – Printable version We all know that this is a world of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roadhousegb.liveblues.info\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}