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CRITICAL EARAlbum: Holy Ghost Building Artist: Seventy Sevens Label: Lo-Fidelity Records Sounds like: Lost Dogs, Rolling Stones It seems funny now that early rock'n'roll was labelled the Devil's music when it first arrived, considering that listening to it now, one can hear the similarities and parallels to the gospel, blues, and bluegrass country music from which it emerged. (And look at how both Elvis and Johnny Cash returned to the hymns they grew up with). Listening to this latest album from the Seventy Sevens, a legendary group whose history reaches back into the 'Jesus music' era, reinforces the connections. They have taken old spirituals — some more obscure than others — and given them the rock treatment. That is, most of them. The music ebbs and flows between rock and country, in the manner of Lucinda Williams, Lost Dogs, Daniel Amos, and some of the Rolling Stones' music. So Stranger Won't You Change Your Sinful Ways is softly twangy, while I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayers has all the bluesy growl of classic Stones.  Holy Ghost Building
Nick Mattiske More reviews online in the YAYA section of our website. {moscomment} |
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