| CD REVIEW White Cowbell Oklohoma |
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Band : White Cowbell Oklohoma Viva Live Loco is a live album from White Cowbell Oklohoma after having released three albums and it was recorded last year at one of the best festivals, Burg Herzberg, Germany. It manages to capture the energy of the live event, and it shows a band that is very tight and comfortable. It’s the result of playing a hundred or so gigs they’ve played together, I guess. WCO have never been filigree technicians that build intricate models with precision instruments, no, these guys take the chainsaw and take on a maple tree, fuelled by a few gallons of moosehead (beer). And that is what makes this album so much fun, because the Canadians play straight from the hop and if they don’t get you going you are either dumb, completely void of feelings or simply dead, nothing here is over produced, there are no overdubs or similar crap, this is authentic and alive, with an energy that is infectious and gives you the feeling that the band stands next to you in the living room and just rocks away. The music is a throwback to all of the edgy, hard rock anthems from the 1970s. Taking in a heavy influence from Allman Bros, Kiss, Deep Purple, ZZTop and Alice Cooper, with some of the heaviness of Black Sabbath, what’s on this record is down and dirty party rock n’ roll, with a very prominent southern blues influence…This band wears its hard rock influences on its sleeves, proudly, but also displays a very party glam approach to the music. Cosmicmasseur. |