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"I have thousands of fans all around
this land that tell me I'm great all the time/But I can't
get a record deal to save my life and it kinda blows my
mind" sings Motor City Josh on the Bluegrass title
cut to "Blues Collar Blues Man" (***) . I'm surprised
too considering the guy's definitely got the goods. The
Southern Rock thunder of "I'm Goin' Away", Chris
Cain-like swing/shuffles that I like to call "swuffles"
("I Can't Win For Losing"), funky fat Albert King
Blues swagger of "I Paid The Doctor", "Funky
Man Of The Blues" and "I'm Down With That"
in addition to the lean n' muscular midetempo pounders "I
Was Born To Play The Blues" & "Born In The
Dog House" are all high caliber originals. Josh's guitar
licks are crisp and (Albert) King-like in tone plus his
voice is full of charm and range recalling Cain and Dr.
John ("Sit Back And Let The World Go By", "I
Paid The Doctor"). This disc is at least better than
half of the stuff you'll hear any day on Alligator, Blind
Pig et al. visit motorcityjosh.com and tell me I'm wrong.
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