THE DELLA GRANTS
Presentem a THE DELLA GRANTS , segons la premsa anglesa tenen devant seu un brillant futur !! Un primer treball discográfic que us presentem tot seguit .........
How refreshing to find a blues band that brings original BLUES material to the genre, instead of an album full of retreads heard a million times over in all pretty much the same way. The Della Grants serves up blues-rock just right in their independent release of Time for Change. With their blues roots solidly evident on every track of this debut album, The Della Grants bring a contemporary (crossover blues) sound to the blues world that it is uniquely their own.
Three of the members of the Della Grants (Max Manning [lead guitar, lead vocals], Andy Boulton [bass] and Tom Walker [drums]) spent fourteen years together in the cover band The Mokats. Breaking off in early 2013, they reformed with old friend and blues aficionado Tom Best [vocals, guitar, harmonica] to form a new foursome as The Della Grants.
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The Della Grants: Tom Walker (drums), Tom Best (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Max Manning (lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel), Andy Boulton (bass).
While listening to Time for Change, you may come across some tunes that are familiar if you’ve heard The Mokats EP Crossover Blues. All of the tracks from that album have found their way to the new one, but they have been retooled and re-recorded. According to Manning, the DGs “wanted a much more honest sound for the album, quite a ‘live’ sound.” He continues, “We thought the old tracks were over produced and wanted to change so many parts — the songs had evolved a lot since they were originally recorded. Stuff like the chorus in ‘Truth Don’t Cost A Penny,’ the middle part in ‘Greed To Feed,’ end of ‘Weaker Man,’ all of ‘Awkward Feeling,’ and we obviously got to work with Mark Stanway on ‘Keeping Me Away From You.’ ”
When comparing the tracks, one immediately notices the new Della Grants take on them. The band succeded in reaching the goal of capturing their “live” sound. The Della Grants sound is sharper, edgier… and you can hear the areas that Manning points out for improvement. (Note to MM: Thanks for keeping that incredible riff in “Greed to Feed”.)
“Sometimes you should ask yourself what are you going to do today that are gonna turn things around, now.
So you know… no, its not just a one of those days, now.
It’s gonna be a beautiful day.”
(from “Too Fast”, The Della Grants)
BluesMusicFan Radio has had all the tracks from the CD in rotation, and many of the DJs have put them in their playlists. As far as the new DG tracks are concerned, the entire album has been enthusiastically received with particularly positive feedback given to ‘Too Fast’, ‘Lay My Head’ and also on the Keb’ Mo’ cover of ‘Am I Wrong’.
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