2017 –Midnight Circus Records
By Phillip Smith;
Aug 5, 2017
It’s been just a little over two years since
reviewing John Pagano’s tantalizing Live
at Darwin’s album. At that time, he was going by JP Blues. One
More Round, his fifth album, and first under the new band name, is another extraordinary
recording. Still playing as a power
trio with drummer Shiloh Bloodworth and bassist Tony Hossri, Pagano delivers
eleven delicious new tracks to the table.
Pagano
pours a double shot of swampilicious slide guitar into the boogie-laced
drinking song “Bottoms Up”. It is slathered
and smothered in delicious greasy blues. “Trouble on Wheels” is another great
high energy track to get the blood pumping.
His searing guitar licks shine though the rolling rhythm.
Pagano reintroduces
his cover of Hugo’s version of “99 Problems” which he had recorded
earlier for his Live at Darwin’s
record. Pagano goes out of his way to
make the new studio take sound amazing. It is fabulous indeed. I’ll be cranking up the volume on “Catch That
Train” too. It’s a fearless Billy
Gibbons-inspired rocker which perfectly closes out the album.
One
More Round is so good; it’s hard to put down. Pagano definitely scores again.
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For my July 2015 review of JP Blues – Live at Darwin’s, click here .
For more info on the John Pagano Band … http://johnpaganoband.com/
