Josh Smith & The Frost

Woman

Maddog Music

This is the 4th release by Josh and the second with his band, The Frost. While maybe not for the Blues purist, it is an exemplary showing of contemporary Blues with a diversified format of rock, jazz and a little funk for fun, all held together by an undercurrent of Blues. All material is original except for two covers. I Don't care is co-written with bassist Tom Sandelier and One More Time with drummer chris chance.

The title track, along with All I Want Is You and One More Time , are hard guitar-driven, powerful and rock based. Luke Warm Water and Oh Louise are instrumentals that carry you along with the guitar riffs backed very well by chris and Tom. Downtown is a ballad that will make you grab your sweetheart and slow dance while gazing into each others eyes. Josh does most of the vocals and all guitar, Tom and chris do background vocals with chris taking the lead vocal on One More Time.

If you are a lover of guitar-driven contemporary Blues, give this cD a listen.  The talent of these three young men shines thru. While some may argue that this disk lacks focus because of its diversity, many will love it for just that reason.

Kathy Merritt

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