{"id":27079,"date":"2024-02-23T05:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27079"},"modified":"2024-02-26T07:39:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:39:49","slug":"album-review-eddie-roberts-the-lucky-strokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/album-review-eddie-roberts-the-lucky-strokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Eddie Roberts &#038; The Lucky Strokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27080\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucky_strokes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucky_strokes.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucky_strokes-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lucky_strokes-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Eddie Roberts can pretty much do it all. Guitarist in The New Mastersounds, he\u2019s also a producer and label owner, applying his gifts to the work of other artists on that label. Roberts\u2019 latest project \u2013 or one of \u2018em, anyway \u2013 is The Lucky Strokes. Imagine the New Mastersounds aesthetic applied to a kind of funky Southern rock. Shades of jam bands to be sure, but the music on <em>Eddie Roberts &amp; the Lucky Strokes<\/em> owes as much to Tedeschi Trucks Band as it does to, say, Booker T &amp; the MGs. If your tastes run toward North Mississippi Allstars and such, you\u2019ll find lots to like on this LP.<\/p>\n<p>For the listener who wonders how Roberts\u2019 guitar prowess wold work in a slightly different idiom, this album provides an answer. On \u201cSweet Dreams,\u201d his snaky, hypnotic guitar lines corkscrew around while the vocal conjures memories of Steely Dan. With just two guitars (Roberts plus lead singer Shelby Kemp) and a taut rhythm section of bassist Ashley Galbraith and drummer Taylor Galbraith, the group makes intelligent use of its instrumental assets.<\/p>\n<p>Things do take a turn toward ordinary on the relatively uninspired \u201cHoly Fire.\u201d It sounds and feels like a \u201870s romp, an outtake from Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple. There\u2019s nothing wrong with this riff-fest, but it tends toward facelessness. But the group is far more credible on a reading of \u201cGrits Ain\u2019t Groceries.\u201d It\u2019s easily the most exciting track on the set, one that points out that these players are at their best when at their most soulful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood Morning Lady\u201d is a fine pastiche of The Allman Brothers, and successful on its own as well. The languid, simmering \u201cRambler\u201d is a slab of southern gothic noir. \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d showcases Roberts\u2019 Memphis-inspired musical proclivities. And the set concludes with a jazzy, swinging blues of \u201cIf That\u2019s Your Idea of Lovin\u2019 (Move it Along).\u201d The exuberant give-and-take is both the least original thing on the album and quite possibly the very best track. These cats can do anything they want musically, and they make it all work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Roberts can pretty much do it all. 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