Dirty Oretty

An unexcitingly exciting Band with honest lyrics and lots of pressure. Music that sounds like Doors, Lemmy, Dylan, dirt and Stones. Straight ahead grounded 70s Rock with Blues and Folk and everything that goes straight through the ear to the heart.

"I Don't Think So" is the latest Mix-Compilation from Dirty Doering, one of the resident DJs from the legendary Bar25 in Berlin, out of which the well-known Kater Holzig - and today Kater Blau - emerged. On the grounds of the Kater Holzig, Dirty Doering created the label Katermukke, through which he operates in the electronic music scene and under which their international acclaimed event series are organized.

Since the unexpected 2017 death of Tom Petty, longtime Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell has carried on with his band The Dirty Knobs. Joined by Lance Morrison (bass), Matt Laug (drums)and key new addition Chris Holt (guitars, keys, vocals), and recorded by Petty's former brain trust of producers George Drakoulias and Martin Pradler, the Knobs are guitar rock in the classic sense. Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits begins and ends with audience applause, starting with "The Greatest," Campbell's salute to his audience. Closer "Amanda Lynn" is a mandolin frolic originally meant as walk-out music for his live shows. While his voice can be eerily reminiscent of his old bandmate, Campbell is clearly his own man on this third Knobs album—anchored by a pair of well-written, wonderfully recorded numbers. Paced by strummed guitars and ex-Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone, "Angel of Mercy" is the tale of a dangerous femme fatale ("There's too much complication/ I can't figure out/ What she's leading up to/ What she's all about") whose charms are nevertheless irresistible: "Angel of mercy/ Wake me, shake me/ Take me all the way." That's followed by "Dare to Dream," where steady, chiming guitars give way to joyous choruses on which Graham Nash adds sublime vocal support.