2019 – American Showplace Music
By Phillip Smith; Oct. 19, 2019
Chicken Grease, the latest release from Biscuit Miller and the Mix is absolutely fabulous. Miller, who took home the Blues Music Award for Bass Player of the Year in 2012 and 2017, fronts a tight band steeped in Chicago blues. Their music is smothered in grease and fortified with funk. The Mix consists of Doctor Love on drums, Bobby B. Wilson on guitar, Alex ‘Southside’ Smith on guitar, and John Ginty on Hammond B3, Vintage Vibe electric piano, and percussion.
The funky groove of “Here Kitty Kitty” pulls me right in with its playful energy. This one always puts a grin on my face. “Two Legged Dog” keeps the funk flowing with a righteously contagious riff, and killer beat. With lap-steel in hand, Marcus Randolph makes a couple of outstanding appearances: the first on “609”, and the second on title-track “Chicken Grease”. Both are superb tracks, and Randolph sounds amazing.
Biscuit’s smooth-as-silk vocals are front and center as he suavely slows it down with the soulful “Watching You”. “Get Ready”, a song of peace and love, sweetly brings the album to a close with brilliant keys and a hot buttery baseline.
Chicken Grease is a must hear for blues and soul music aficionados. It’s such an enjoyable listen from beginning to end.
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