Marc Ford - Weary & Wired
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Artist: Marc FordEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Music Label: Blues Bureau Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Featherweight Dreamland
- Don't Come Around
- It'll Be Over Soon
- Dirty Girl
- The Other Side
- 1000 Ways
- Smoke Signals
- Greazy Chicken
- Currents
- Just Take The Money
- Medicine Time
- The Same Thing
- Running Man Blues
- Bye Bye Suzy
- The Big Callback
Free Music Notes for Weary & Wired
Free Music Review: Cheers to Marc/Doni/Muddy AKA Burning Tree
Hit: 5 Stars
Most of the Reviewers so far came across Marc via the Black Crowes. I was fortunate to see Burning Tree on 2 tours in London in the late 80s early 90s and met up with the guys. I was a regular reader of Kerrang Magazine, and the reviews got me interested (A mix of Cream and Hendrix). Wow! something different from the Warrant's, Motley Crue's Guns N Roses etc which were filling Hard Rock Mags papers at the time. It was not that long after that Kerrang also raved about the Black Crowes. I caught the Black Crowes at the Marquee on their debut performance in London. This was obviously before Marc joined the band. They were OK, but I enjoyed the Tree much much more. When I first heard that Marc had joined the Crowes, I was a little disappointed really. Burning Tree were a real tight solid band who worked well together. I knew that Marc was always going to be in the background of the brothers Robinson in the same vein that Mick Taylor was with the Stones for example. There is no way that he would be able to take centre stage and sing one of his own compositions when Chris was around. The Black Crowes also were responsible for the break-up of another fave band of mine (Cry of Love) after they gained the services of Audley Freed, and now I here that Luther Dickinson fron the North Mississippi All Stars has joined the Fold. That means another great Blues Rock Band bites the dust. Marc's first album "Its about time" proves his versatility and that he is not afraid to tread new musical ground (i.e. Country Rock etc). "Weary and Wired" is just SO WELCOME in my book. I only got the CD very recently, and it really blows me away. It is so so reminiscent of Burning Tree at times, I really can't understand why the CD is credited solely to Marc. With Muddy and Doni back on board, it just seems so logical. Doni sang, in my opinion, the standout track on the Burning Tree debut (i.e. Bakers Song) and Muddy sang competantly on a few numbers on that disc too, but all tracks on Weary are down to Marc, though I can make out the backing vocals at times are from Doni and Muddy. There are female backing vocals at times too. Besides the Hendrix, Clapton, Young etc name-checks that have been mentioned, I will add some more that sprung to my mind (Doyle Bramhall, U2, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz and OF COURSE Cream).
Marc has also included the song "Bye Bye Suzy" which Burning Tree actually played on their London tours all those years ago. This never featured on their CD. As I listen to the CD via earphones, I would like to breakdown my thoughts on each track.
1.FEATHERWEIGHT DREAMLAND- A great Rocking starter - Very Burning Tree-ish and was reminded of the song Sting me (Black Crowes).
2.DON'T COME AROUND - One of my faves. Starts off with a Riff in the "Cat Squirrel" vein then gets into a nice bloozy feel.
3.IT'LL BE OVER SOON - A mid tempo'ed Rocker also not out of place on a Burning Tree disc. Reminded me a bit of U2's "Desire" meets Tom Petty
4. DIRTY GIRL - Another mid paced song in a Crazy Horse style (Neil Young that is)
5. THE OTHER SIDE - A nice slower number which got me reminiscing over early Hendrix
6.1000 WAYS - Well retro - Lovely Claptonish guitar here
7.SMOKE SIGNALS - Another catchy number reminding me again of Classic era Electric Neil Young. Lovely backing vocals too.
8.GREAZY CHICKEN - Instrumental track -Dirty groovy guitar circa Doyle Bramhall II (Welcome era) and featuring Horns. Smoking lead here too
9.CURRENTS - Without doubt, my fave track on the CD. A beautiful slow number here. Immediately reminded me of the Chris Issak song "Wicked game". The harmonies are glorious.
10.JUST TAKE THE MONEY - Another catchy Rocker. Starts off in a "Goin down" kinda groove.Dont really know if its about the Crowes, as others have reported, and dont really care. Great song is all I ask of.
11.MEDICINE TIME - A Funkyish number in a Lenny Kravitz type groove
12.SAME THING - As a big Blues fan, this one really smoked me. What feel!!
Lovely guitar, and arranged Marc Ford Way. HOT!!
13.RUNNING MAN BLUES - Another rocker that reeks Burning Tree again.
14.BYE BYE SUZY - As I have mentioned, this song must be around 20 years old. Starts off with the Chuck Berry riff for Bye Bye Johnny and the rest is history.
15. THE BIG CALLBACK - Another instrumental jazzy track featuring plenty of horns (Trumpet?!?) and as I am not really into Jazz, my least favourite track. At least its the last track, so there will be no skipping in the process.
There you go. Another reviewer goes on about Marc being in the top 7 guitarists. Sorry, that is a bit far fetched. He is a great guitarist, writer and singer though, and if I was to put him in a category, I would put him in the company of Doyle Bramhall II (Especially for versality) Ian Moore, Chris Duarte (You know wher I'm coming from)
One things for sure though. If Marc (AND Burning Tree) decide to tour Europe again, I'll be there - DEFINITELY.
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