The Steeldrivers - The Steeldrivers
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Free Music Review: Steeldrivers drive it on home
Hit: 5 Stars
After hearing the sound files for this CD on Amazon I ordered it immeadiately. Well it just couldn't come fast enough, but finally i got it yesterday. I've listened to it 5 times already and it just keeps getting better. This one will get lots of play on my radio show Prairie Pickin' on Edmonton's CJSR. Even if you only think you like Bluegrass in small doses, pick this one up...it will knock you on your butt. The vocals are so intense your hair will stand on end. The Steeldrivers are fabulous.Free Music Review: Steeldrivers!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Need more Steeldrivers!!! BUY THIS CD! These guys (and Gal) Rock!!! Just what I have been looking for.Free Music Review: A Breath of Fresh Air in the Bluegrass Scene!
Hit: 5 Stars
...contemporary bluegrass is such a fertile field right now, with so many new styles, sounds, and ideas complimenting the timeless and traditional core that underpins the music. But even in such a rich community, these guys stand out. So much so that I hesitate to pigeonhole them as bluegrass at all...this is some sort of stringband country soul -- hillbilly r'n'b or something. I can't put my finger on it, and that's what I love about it.
Most reviewers are quick to point out Chris Stapleton's voice, which is riviting and unusual in an acoustic context: a sandpaper-roughened bluesy belt that never sacrifices the soul of the song in favor of histrionics.
But the whole band is greater than the sum of its already-formidable parts: Tammy Rodgers (remember her great duo album with Don Heffington "In the Red"? Buy it now!) nails the high harmonies and comes up with fiddle breaks that are melodic and organic but still surprising; Mike Henderson (you should buy all his Dead Reckoning albums with the Bluebloods, too) keeps the backbeat sharp with his mandolin and tosses in some great Monroe-ish funky solos; banjo vet Richard Bailey is so tasteful, his licks (smoothly blending melodic and Scruggs styles) always complimenting what is going on and never overwhelming it; and Mike Fleming drives it all with his big bass sound and smooth baritone vocals.
As fine as the musicianship is, this is a song band, and these tracks (mostly by Stapleton and Henderson) are all gems: clear and vivid portraits of heartbreak, struggle, and regret. Some have been cut by country acts (Chris has had two #1 hits in the past year, Henderson and Rodgers have both had big chart success as songwriters), but they are reborn here as stringband stomps and are all the better for it. I hate to pick favorites, but if you really don't have much time, check out "Midnight Train to Memphis," "Heaven Sent," and "East Kentucky Home," the latter a very clever variation (particularly the chord changes) on the vintage bluegrass homesickness theme.
Words ain't enough folks -- plunk down the dough and go for it!
Free Music Review: No-frills, hard drivin' workingman's music
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm not a real big fan of bluegrass but I am a big fan of SteelDriver. Where this group pulls away from the pack is with the focus on songwriting, singing and soul.
Stapleton has written #1 hits for Kenny Chesney and Josh Turner and the band is an assembly of seasoned session musicians from Music City.
Toss all of this together with a raspy, kick-a$$ singer and you get some no-frills, hard drivin' workingman's music at it's best.
Free Music Review: Awesome !!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This cd is Awesome, Awesome, Awesome and wait for it ...... Awesome.
The vocals stand out and fit the material very well. If you looking for the same old boring thing avoid this offering like the plague. But if you are looking for something new, refreshing and fun I would advize you to pick it up.