Gary Moore - Close As You Get
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Artist: Gary MooreEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Music Label: Eagle Records
Soundtracks:
- If The Devil Made Whisky
- Trouble At Home
- Thirty Days
- Hard Times
- Have You Heard
- Eyesight To The Blind
- Evenin'
- Nowhere Fast
- Checkin' Up On My Baby
- I Had A Dream
- Sundown
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Music Review: Gary Moore Only Gets Better
Rating: 5 Stars
"Close As You Get" is the new release from Irish guitarist/vocalist Gary Moore. Similar in some respects to his former CD, Old New Ballads Blues, the Moore originals sit nicely between blues covers. As he did previously with songs like "Gonna Rain Today", he's proving his skills as a blues songwriter to all who care to listen.
"If The Devil Made Whisky" is a raw and gritty 12-bar roadhouse blues song. Gary gets down and dirty with both guitar and vocal on it. He adds some harsh slide midway through, bringing an ambiance of pure electric blues to the onset. His voice utilizes a tremor that's very reminiscent of a Steve Marriott style.
The album contains about four slow blues numbers, each with its own style and sound, making it extremely diverse and interesting. "Trouble At Home", a Moore original, is a slow blues in the air of "As the Years Go Passing By", from his 1990 classic "Still Got the Blues". His tone is cutting and bright, and he maximizes the sound of a Fender spring reverb when chopping the strings of the verse ending chords.
"Have You Heard", the second slow blues, gets into a slow Otis Rush muse. Vic Martin's Hammond organ adds persona and appeal to the Mayall penned tune. "Evenin'" is a personal favorite of mine. His guitar tone is amazingly clear and warm. The bridge contains a sliding chord that's hauntingly reminiscent of Peter Green, in tone and style. Actually, the whole song is kind of Green-ish, and really very nice. "I Had A Dream", the last slow blues, reminds me of "Gonna Rain Today" from "Old New Ballads Blues". Though dissimilar in style, both present a remarkable blues ballad vibe. It's songs like this that are helping to make Moore a noteworthy blues songwriter, a member of an elite group in contemporary times for sure. Influences are obvious here as well, especially that of a note slurring, volume manipulating Roy Buchanan. The song is exemplary of the brilliance in Gary's playing currently.
Let's rock it up a bit now. "Thirty Days" is easily understood as the Chuck Berry song that it is, only done from a Gary Moore perspective. The solo is turbo charged in that mode as well. "Hard Times" is one of those `middle of the road' Gary Moore songs, for the reason that although it's inherently bluesy, his rocked up lead solo and potent vocal push it over the line, giving it that signature Gary Moore blues-rock quality. He adds the same potency to Sonny Boy Williamson's "Eyesight to the Blind".
Williamson's "Checkin' Up On Baby" is very interesting for a couple of reasons. Besides the compelling Jimmy Page like riffs (Brian Downey of Thin Lizzy fame is on drums), his vocal is similar to the old bluesman himself, making it an extremely creative recording. "Sundown" closes the album in a good way. It's a Son House song done acoustically, proving that although Gary typically plays the blues with a lot of strength and flair, he can get downright pure when he wants to as well. In other words, it's as `close as you get' to the real thing.
"Close As You Get" is a collection of brilliant performances by Gary Moore. I think he's in his prime as a player now, and the fact that he has chosen the blues as his actual calling seems to have put his mind and his playing in the right perspective. And as usual, especially since "Still Got The Blues", his guitar tone is killer! Although he can play quite fast, he's one in a unique breed of players who has proven that 'less is more', a concept that sometimes takes a while to understand. Listening to a Gary Moore note soar is one of life's joys.
Description of Close As You Get
With his latest studio album Close As You Get, Gary Moore continues in a direction not too dissimilar from his 2006 studio release Old, New, Ballads, Blues. Mixing original tunes with some interesting Blues covers that Gary has rediscovered, Close As You Get showcases Moore's exceptional talent as a guitarist and is destined to be one of the finest blues and guitar albums released this year.Gary Moore is acknowledged as one of the finest musicians that the British Isles has ever produced. In a career that dates back to the 1960s, there are few musical genres that he has not turned his adroit musical hand to, and has graced the line-ups of several notable rock bands, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II and Skid Row to name but three.
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