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100% ROCKING BLUES

CD REVIEW BY BLUES MATTERS - Issue #79 - Blues Matters Magazine

Review by CLIVE RAWLINGS
JED THOMAS - 'It's About Bloody Time!'
Independent

A mix of dirty blues/rock and swamp rock direct from the Yorkshire Delta is what you get on this album.

Dedicated, as it is, to Rory Gallagher, you soon realise Jed is an amazing guitarist in his own right, who gives nothing less than 100% and his vocals match that.

A big touring name in the UK as well as Europe, this is Jed's first recording in fifteen years, hence the title.

The band have been together since 1995 and it shows as Jed gets sterling support from his tight rhythm section, Nibbs Toase on bass and Paul Milek on drums along with a host of guests too many to mention on here.

Opener 4 Directions sets the blues/rock in motion, but Rick Duffield's fiddle and Bridie May Miller's vocal on Getting The Buzz takes us to acoustic heaven.

A brilliant bass line introduces the topical Rainy Day containing Ian Rose's organ, a masterful riff throughout, the tempo changing to more of a boogie five minutes in, wonderful!

From what I can make out from the sparse information on the insert, all the fifteen tracks on here are self-penned and cover a whole spectrum of blues in the generous 74 minutes.

Certainly one of the best albums I've heard thus far in 2014

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