Eric Lambert - Just The Way I Feel | ||
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Label: Skydog Records Producer: John Carpenter & Eric Lambert Year: 1999 Total Playing Time: 47:03 m:s Review date: 2 December 1999 |
| Web site: www.ericlambert.com
Email: lambert@ericlambert.com | ||
| Rating: 6 | ||
| Verdict: A little too authentic blues for me which would be improved by employing a new vocalist. | ||
| Eric Lambert cites influences such as The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and The Band. After cutting his guitar playing teeth on the rock stylings of Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Jeff Beck and others, Lambert found himself studying the music of Bill Monroe, Doc Watson and other bluegrass pioneers. His career includes a stint with country rock act Virgil Kane, joining Joe Jordan to concentrate on acoustic playing and singing and then in 1991 joining Chicago based blues and roots band Big Shoulders. In late 1996 he released "Year Of The Gnome" his first recording as a band leader. "Just The Way I Feel" is his second solo album.
As I mentioned last month in my review of Michael Lee Firkins my exposure to blues music doesn't extend much beyond Stevie Ray Vaughan. Therefore thinking of comparisons is a more difficult task compared to reviewing a more AOR artist. Certainly when listening to this I'm reminded of Eric Clapton. Eric Lambert keeps things moving at a moderate pace and there's no certainly no long drawn out slow blues to allow your attention to wander. 'Acoustic blues boogie' is the phrase I'd use to describe the majority of the tunes. The selection on offer includes the traditional barroom blues of "Treat Me Right", light acoustic blues on "Just The Way I Feel", Clapton-esque "Love Can Make It Right", soul/Blues Brothers of "What My Love Can Do", the instrumental "Gnome Breakdown" and the electric blues of "House On The Moon". "Love Can Make It Right" & "Got The Kind Of Love I Need" are the two tunes that made the biggest impression. As far as I know Eric Lambert handles the vocals himself and herein lies the main inhibitor to my enjoyment of the album. Eric's voice has a got a kind of 'catch' to it and sounds 'weak' in places. Whilst this is might be authentic when it comes to sounding just like a one of those pioneering bluesmen, it isn't to my tastes. | ||
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