Showing posts with label Tulsa Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tulsa Time. Show all posts

Saturday, September 4, 2021

#515 : Seth Lee Jones - Flathead

 


2021 – Horton Records

By Phillip Smith; Sep. 4, 2021

 

Years of playing weekly gigs at The Colony in Tulsa, Oklahoma has most definitely awarded a solid cohesiveness to the sound of Seth Jones and his bandmates Bo Hallford (bass guitar), and Matt Teegarden (drums).  Recording straight-to-tape in under seven and a half hours with no overdubs, Jones and his band forged an extraordinary nine-track album of fire-roasted blues-rock.  Its name is Flathead. 

For starters, Jones busts out with his own open-tuning version of Muddy Waters’ ”I Can’t Be Satisfied”.  I love hearing the licks this luthier and third-generation guitarist tosses into the song.  “It Was Raining” is absolutely beautiful.  This is pure blues served up Texas-style and slow-cooked to perfection.  I can’t help but hear a little Stevie Ray Vaughan on the intro of their cover of Howlin Wolf’s “You Gonna Wreck My Life”, and that’s just one of the reasons I like it.  Jones’ redux of this classic is a quite powerful one, complete with blues-soaked vocals and an attention-grabbing guitar performance.  The slide guitar on “Tulsa Time” is plumb terrific too.  A number one hit on the country charts for Don Williams in 1978, and covered by Eric Clapton the same year, this song is timeless classic.  Flathead wraps up with a head-turning performance of Ray Charles’ “Mary Ann” with guest guitarist Mike Satawake.  This infectious, melodious song takes a short detour off the main road so Jones can let loose on guitar, and it sounds wonderful.

Flathead is surely one of those records every blues-rock fan will want in their collection.  It’s that damn good.

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Official video for “Tulsa Time”




For more information about the artist, visit this website : https://sethleejones.com/

 

 

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