Vargas Blues Band – Heavy City Blues

album by:
Vargas Blues Band
Version:
CD
Price:
£14.22

Reviewed by:
Rating:
2
On 28 June 2014
Last modified:28 June 2014

Summary:

The first two tracks on here are the best` Rock n Roll Circus’ and `Shake Baby Shake’, after that it does all tend to blur into one.

Vargas Blues Band have a strong release history, founded by Javier Vargas in 1991, they have released nearly 20 albums. Javier Vargas, who’s recorded and performed with some of the world’s heavy rock and blues hitters such as Santana, Double Trouble, Jack Bruce, Devon Allman, Larry Graham, Carmine Appice, Tim Bogert, Junior Wells, Glen Hughes and Chris Rea to name a few, is still expanding his Blues and Rock collaborations, as this latest release features Carmine Appice, Paul Shortino and Bobby Alexander.
The album is actually quite good, if not a little throw away, the songs are well written, nicely arranged, with a good blues lead featuring strongly in the mix, but overall it does lack a punch. I didn’t once find myself looking at the sleeve to discover the song title, thinking “I will put that on again, later”.
If you’re going to cover a song as timeless as The Everley Brothers ‘Love Hurts’, you had better try and beat what I consider to be the best cover version ever of this song, the one by Nazareth. Unfortunately this falls way short, offering nothing new and at time’s dragging, a disappointing effort with only the vocals saving it.
The first two tracks on here are the best` Rock n Roll Circus’ and `Shake Baby Shake’, after that it does all tend to blur into one.
Overall not the worst blues/rock album I have ever heard, but I doubt I will listen to it again.

Track listing:
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Shake Baby Shake
Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus
Searching for Love
Back to my Love
Love Hurts
Hush Don’t Cry
Sin City
Don’t Step On me
Banker Blues
Rolling Trance
Anaconda Style

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The first two tracks on here are the best` Rock n Roll Circus’ and `Shake Baby Shake’, after that it does all tend to blur into one.

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