Showing posts with label Start Believin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Start Believin. Show all posts

Saturday, September 28, 2024

#706 > KAT Blue & the True Believers - Start Believin' (PhillyCheezeBlues.Blogspot.com)

 


2024 – KAT Blue

By Phillip Smith; Sep. 28, 2024

Original source : phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com


KAT Blue & the True Believers, an up-and-coming blues-rock band out of Iowa has a new six-track EP called Start Believin’, and it is definitely worth checking out. KAT Blue fronts this tight-knit band on vocals, with Bob Sulzer on lead guitar, Bill Kiesel on bass, Paul Abodeely on keys, Doug Allemang on drums, and Bob Gleason on harp.

The EP kicks off with a hot take on Susan Tedeschi’s “Rock Me Right”. Sulzer’s guitar performance and Abodeely’s barrelhouse keys punch this up quite nicely.   I dig their rocking cover of 35th & Taylor’s “Hard Times”.  KAT’s vocals hit with a Pat Benetar vibe. Warren Haynes’ “Soulshine” is a wonderful song, and the band does a great job making this heartfelt tune their own. Gleason’s harp performance absolutely shines.

Start Believin’ is about as solid as a debut EP can get. I have a feeling we’ll be hearing a lot more from KAT Blue & the True Believers.  

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