| Michael Landau Group - Live
(rel.2006)
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AMG Review by Greg Prato (3 1/2):
It's fitting that the name of the label that put out the 2006 double-disc live set by the Michael Landau, Live, is called Tone Center. Because tone is an enormous part of Landau's guitar playing throughout the release. Recorded over a two-year period in North Hollywood, the album's 12 tracks ooze with blooze — especially evident by the crawling album opener, "Worried Life Blues" (which sees Landau alternate between spacious blues phrasing and wailing away at his instrument). The usual suspects serve as a main influence throughout — Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, etc. — but Landau is as skilled a player as any of the blues-rock revivalists of the early 21st century.
guitar9:
Michael Landau is perhaps the most widely respected session guitarist of all time having played with Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Quincy Jones, Joni Mitchell, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, The Jefferson Airplane, Seal, and a host of others.. This double CD Live recording captures Michael Landau's critically acclaimed guitar ability as it was showcased at an LA club during 2006. Landau makes his instrument and voice do the talking on this 2 CD set, performing some of the most incredible sounds and phrases ever recorded on a guitar. Instrumental tracks include "6/8 Blues", "The Mighty SB", "Ghouls And The Goblins", "Johnny Swing" and "Untitled". Parental Advisory: Explicit Content. |
