This studio CD is an all-original compilation from Thackery that will take you on an emotional journey from primitive foot-stompin' greazy Blues to dazedreamy harmonic chord guitar instrumentals, to rockin get up out of your chair dance music. Thackery is a guitar master who has made playing his professional career since a youngster. For over 40 years, he has traveled the world entertaining and creating music for fans in large and small venues, theaters and even Carnegie Hall. His style is Roots Rock, with some gritty, primitive Blues, melodic Hawaiian harmonic chord instrumentals, and rock the room high octane guitar solos…
Supported by a new batch of Howlers, Omar Dykes doesn't show any signs of wear and tear on World Wide Open. The band continues to turn out a gut-busting mixture of blues and dirty rock & roll, occasionally sounding like Howlin' Wolf, other times like the Stones or Creedence Clearwater Revival. As always, the quality of songs is slightly inconsistent but the band never sounds tired – they perform with as much energy, if not more, than they ever have. Austin, Texas-based guitarist and singer/songwriter Omar Kent Dykes fits the stereotypical image some have of an American blues musician: he's tall, wears cowboy boots, and has a deep voice with a Southern accent…
Deluxe 2010 ten CD boxset from the Australian Alt-Rock band led by the late, great David McComb. Come Ride With Me … Wide Open Road The Best Of The Triffids features 10 discs spanning the band's entire career. The band were formed in 1980 by McComb and released a handful of excellent critically-successful albums over the next decade. This set includes studio, demo and live recordings, many of them previously unreleased. Includes selections from their early singles and EPS, rare cassette recordings, live shows, unreleased tracks and so much more. This is a Triffids treasure trove!