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<p class="review"><b>Michael Holloway</b></p>
<p class="review"><b>&quot;Blues Travels
Fast&quot;</b></p>
<p class="review">Nightfly Music NM 5338</p>
<p class="review"><b>Anthony Gomes</b></p>
<p class="review"><b>&quot;Blues In
Technicolor&quot;</b></p>
<p class="review">UE 1109</p>
<p class="review">Listening to the first
solo efforts of these two bluesmen
remind me of the story about the young bull and the old bull.&nbsp;
&quot;Young bull&quot; <b>Anthony Gomes</b> puts it right in your face
with a furious guitar and a high energy style that has you sitting up and taking
notice from the first note. &quot;Old
bull&quot; <b>Michael Holloway</b> presents it to you with an unhurried
confidence.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> Their contrasting styles may have something to do with the
paths they have taken to get to this point.
<b>Anthony</b> is the new kid on the block and has a sense of urgency to
his great licks. <b>Michael,</b> on
the other hand, has paid his dues, most recently as lead guitar for <b>Big Al
and the Heavyweights</b>. The thing
that these bluesmen share is the pen. With
one exception, all the songs are originals.</p>
<p class="review">From the opening notes
of his <b>Sonny Landreth</b> style slide, <b>Michael Holloway's</b> <u><b>Blues
Travels Fast</b></u> grabs you. <b>Michael</b>
covers all the bases with ease and confidence.
Whether it's horn driven R&amp;B, shuffles, bass forward funk, or
acoustic dobro, this disc has something for everyone.
<b>Red Thunderbird</b>, a driving boogie dedicated to<b> Bill Elliott</b>,
will have you pointing your car toward Daytona.
The <b>Wes Montgomery</b> stylings and great solos on <b>Bill Withers’</b>
<b><i>Ain't no Sunshine</i></b> will surely end any darkness while the plaintive
<i><b>I Need Somebody</b></i> is blues at its best.</p>
<p class="review"><b><u>Blues in
Technicolor</u></b> is a hard hitting Fender fest that is not for the weak of
spirit. There is a definite Texas
tinge to several of the tunes including the title cut, but this is no wanna be
here. The driving R&amp;B tunes allow <b>Anthony</b> to cut loose while
not neglecting the rest of the band. Bassman<b> Michael Gross </b>stands
tall on <i><b>High calorie Woman </b></i>while drummer <b>B.J. Jones</b> takes
the spotlight on <i><b>Wolf in my Henhouse</b></i>.
<b><i>Misery for company </i></b>is nothing but the blues.
A tune that really grabbed me was the acoustic <i><b>Hard Year for the
Blues</b></i>. This heartfelt song
remembers many of the blues greats that died in 1997, <b>Richard</b> concludes
that &quot;heaven must need some healin'&quot;.
Amen!</p>
<p class="review">I can't help but
marvel at the twists and turns these musicians take but when all is said and
done…it's the blues. Grab either one or both of these first offerings
and be ready to welcome these guys to town in 1999.</p>
<p class="review"><b>Larry Lisk</b></p>
<p class="review"><b>M. Holloway</b>:
Nightfly Music PO Box 1128, Hendersonville, TN 37077. <a href="http://www.nightflymusic.com">www.nightflymusic.com</a></p>
<p class="review"><b>A. Gomes</b>:
PO Box 0153, chicago, IL 60690. <a href="http://www.anthonygomes.com">www.anthonygomes.com</a></p>
      <p class="review"><b>&copy;copyright 1999, <a href="http://www.suncoastblues.org">Suncoast Blues Society</a></b></p>

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