CD REVIEW: SEASICK STEVE – Sonic Soul Surfer

Shane | 16 March 2015 | Reply

CD REVIEW: SEASICK STEVE – Sonic Soul Surfer
Caroline Australia
23 March, 2015
Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar
8/10

He may look like an ornery ole bandicoot, but Seasick Steve has long left his hobo days behind, being embraced instead by the blues & roots crowd over the past decade and turning in a nice living travelling around the world’s festivals with his homemade cigar box and acoustic guitars.

Paired with drummer Dan Margusson, Steve’s music is sparse but full of the warmth of the blues, and on Sonic Soul Surfer he stretches out from his earlier rootsier albums with some harder rock n’ roll that never fails to connect.

There’s still plenty of rootsy blues on offer: Dog Gonna Play channels the risqué blues of decades past; Summertime Boy rocks n’ rolls along playfully; Swamp Dog shows off his minimalist blues slide playing to great effect and the title track is like a ‘50s Status Quo on speed.

It all adds up to one mighty fine record that is bound to win over new fans, and giving him plenty more opportunity to jump the next passing train and visit even more places near and far with his down-to-earth, everyman boogies.

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