Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys: Keep On Pushin’

Rocking blues with a mix of Memphis stomp is delivered by John Kennicott/voc-harp, Brandon Logan/g-voc, Taylor Frazier/b and guests LaRhonda Steele/voc, Steve Kerin/key-p, Jimi Bott/dr and Joe Mack-McCarthy/horns. There’s a healthy dose of gospel and sweaty soul throughout, dripping with Southern moods as shown on “On The Run” and the growling “George Fisk”. Logan and the horns cruise through Chicago on a bluesy “The Fall” and a rocking steady “As Long As You’re There”. There’s a lot of red clay under the fingernails of “Light M Up (Hold Me In)” as the horns simmer like fried rice, with the team getting noirish on the low lights of “Time To Bail (Keep On Pushin’)”. Dry rubbed ribs of sound.

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