Review:
'JEFF AND VIDA'
'Loaded'
- Label: 'no label, go to www.jeffandvida.com'
- Genre: 'Alt/Country'
- Release Date: '2004'
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No doubt about it, you're going to hear about these guys sooner or later. "Loaded" was released in 2004 and is an irresistible, full-on blast of all that's ever been good in country music.
Twelve self-penned songs that manage to touch most country bases, with familiar lyrical themes of love and relationships in good times and bad, and wondrously skilled musicianship that takes you from where country meets jazz ("I Cried") to full speed bluegrass with a fast banjo on lead and old-timey fiddle backing up ("I Remember Wrong").
In between there's nods in most of the directions that country has veered over the years- a bit of Texas swing here, a bit of rockabilly there. The panache and confidence with which the whole is delivered reflects the amount of time they've spent on the road but what gets me most is the sense of joy and fun in their music. Recently relocated from New Orleans to Nashville and with their first appearance at the Ryman Auditorium just last summer, I'll be amazed if they don't shortly become hugely successful. Fans of "real country" (whatever your take on that may be) should be delighted. Dates in April in the UK should be worth checking out this dynamic Duo.
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author: John Davy (medicinmusic)
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