It's not
been a bad year for Chris Wilson of The Flamin Groovies.
It's
creeping up on the band being together for fifty years, and instead
of considering being put out to some surreal rock and roll pasture
for retired proto punks, he has instead managed to fit in a tour of
sold out dates, opened for Springsteen, and even slipped in a solo
album that is on par with anything 'the groovies' have done.
If he has
a bucket list at hand I doubt there's much left for him to score off.
On 'It's
Flamin' Groovy!' he starts off strong by immediately picking up the
gauntlet and reassuring fans that there's still plenty in the tank to
power this engine.
The
intervening years since the last studio outing from Chris
effortlessly slip away as one power pop classic eases into a stonesy
country rocker and then back again.
It's very
easy to realize why he has drawn the legendary tag to himself in
certain circles as when you listen to this release it becomes very
apparent there's not one song could be considered the black sheep of
the flock.
The
twelve tracks simply ooze class.
(Twenty
Stone Blatt Records)
fifty years,,,,jings!
ReplyDeleteVery nearly. 2015 is the anniversary of the FG.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally I am just downloading your album just now.