justin griffin
Rock n roll. Hazy blues based hypnotic guitar jams. Like the Stooges had a bastard baby with Canned Heat and got Tom Waits to sing over a constant groove. Fantastic
Favorite track: High Drag, Hard Doin'.
Gavin Hellyer
Jefferson County is actually my favourite track, a long, irresistable bluesy dirge with immaculate musicianship. And that goes for the whole album. Just a great rootsy record.
Favorite track: Vibe Killer.
chris r
Great band seen then twice in London a few years ago. Amazing live!!!!!! Going again this autumn cannot wait to hear I've killer live Indescribable other than a killer vibe!!!!!
Aaron Burr's attempt to seize the Texas Territory for his own dominion has beguiled composers 'n bands for ages. Allegedly Aaron Copeland's 'Appalachian Spring' was originally entitled 'Blennerhassett Spring' til Martha Graham had a snit & threatened to tell his socialist pals he was active in the Lavender Mafia, the fuckin’ witch. But hey, it went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. Lowell George supposedly had a concept album in the can (aka, 'Carolina Parakeet') what was all about it, then Neon Park said he refused to draw a bird sportin Burr's noggin, so George ended up makin 'Thanks I'll Eat It Here' instead. Then died not long after. Now that's just a damn shame! And so this fascinatin’ tale of (alleged) treasonous expansion would end up in limbo until Endless Boogie took up the quill & recorded this new, inspired masterpiece entitled, 'Vibe Killer'. It's like a history lesson plundered deep outta the archives of Straight/Bizarre.
Our story opens w/a jowly narrative enunciated by Top Dollar (as Aaron Burr) callin’ out all them sissy Dem-Rep blaggards, letting 'em know he's on his own path. Naturally what follows is some tasty sun zoom riffage a’tween TD 'n The Governor and the wiley Sweenhound, backed solidly by the Razo/Druzd rhythm union. In fact, through the whole of this opus, Druzd effortlessly marshals through the sonic undertow while Razo rudders his bass like a brilliant pulse in a spasmodic vortex. Top Dollar, the aforementioned Herr Sween & The Governor gnash, morph, crystallize while the jams flow; it's 'Mirror Man' bum-rushin’ 'Pretties For You'. Before ya know it, we're at track 5 ('Back In '74') where the plot ostensibly takes us to a memory've Burr enterin’ college, but is surreptitiously more about the year Top Dollar gave up on Grand Funk in favor of Josefus. You're followin’ all of this, right? So as we amble into the ether of this brilliant opus, we can surmise by title 6 ('Jefferson County') the end is near. Burr (aka, Top Dollar) reflects on everything from Wilkinson's betrayal to the excellent meals while in captivity at Fort Stodden, then suddenly, NO, it's him, Top Dollar-with full Endless Boogie heft-soarin’ high above the hobo fires that flicker along the bank've the Ouachita River, drownin’ out forever the simperin’ harmonica bleats've tryranny. It's almost enough to make you wanna smoke a ham. Friends & collectors, Endless Boogie have never not occupied the Catbird Seat. Winners gonna win, yo. They, like Aaron Burr himself, understand manifest destiny & no amount of port nor Madeira will take them down. Shit, might as well bring the sherry too. Who knows, maybe your mom's a fan.
Roland Seward Woodbe
Burr, Texas (Wharton County)
2017
That Strat. guitar tone. The waves of trance like repetition. I hear Blind Owl from Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Maleem Mahmoud Ghania. Blues and Psychedelic sounds with the North African groove. Timothy Kearns
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