Harry C Bodine

Formerly a member of Delta Roux, Austin singer and slide guitarist Harry Bodine gloriously displays his terrific grasp of roots styles on the self released “Which Way Home”. “Drivin’ Up Thru Memphis” rides a swaggering groove a mile wide, Nick Connolly’s swirling organ vying with Bodine’s guitar for highway mastery. “Time On My Hands has Delta mud all over it, while the swampy “Twenty-Four Hours” is dark and oppressive, with buzzing, snake charmer slide. “What Would I Do” by contrast, is delicate and touching, recalling Steve Earle’s expert melodic and compositional sense. Each arrangement is perfectly conceived, from the funky “Can’t Live Without It” to the weird, Waitsian “Troubled Mind” and the hard boogie of “Hip Street.” With uniformly excellent song craft, singing, and playing, Bodine has created a daring new album in the often-stagnant Americana genre x........................................................... ............... BluesRevue………………………………June/July 2007 x........................................................... .................................................. “Bodine is an original, who first draws on the best of his myriad of musical influences and then stamps his own individual style on the songs, There is not a weak track on this superb album and the conversationalist narrative style and moody slide guitar grab your attttention"....................................... Blues Matters Issue 40 Oct/Nov 07.......................................................... ......... x........................................................... ................................................“What Bodine seems to understand so many others miss; that often less is more. While Bodine fills the audio spectrum with plenty of interesting bits and pieces, gone are the wailing guitars and over-bearing vocals. Tasty. Pure. Delicious. Harry Bodine’s album, “Which Way Home,” could be an exciting find for those that love a really good song presented by high-class players with a bent toward underplaying and subtle nuisances. This is far from a blues album but relies heavily on the sounds and themes that blues fans will quickly recognize and appreciate. Rick Galusha Blueswax.................................................... .............................................. x........................................................... ............................................................ ........................ x To me, it's one of the best discs I have heard in quite some time; great originality, really fine tunes".............................Brett Fleming WEVL Memphis..................................................... ............................................................ .......... x The CD was recorded at the infamous Arlyn Studios and Wire Studios in Austin, Texas and was mixed by acclaimed engineer Stuart Sullivan (Jimmy Reed Highway, Robert Plant, Jimmy Vaughn, etc.) at Wire Recording. The CD was engineered by Jacob Sciba and Harry Bodine. Jacob also worked on Gov't Mule's latest CD, "High and Mighty" x........................................................... ............................................................ .................. Harry spent five years as the principal songwriter and guitarist for the Austin based band, Delta Roux in which he founded in 1999. German based Taxim Records released two Delta Roux CDs, “Bad Wind Blowin” and “Only A Fool“. Music critic Jorg Gulden of Germany's Rolling Stone magazine included Delta Roux's CD “Bad Wind Blowin” in his picks for the ten best releases of 2000........................................................ ........................................................ ............... Harry's interest in music increased after he dropped out of high school from his hometown in central New York State. He started playing bass guitar the same time his older brother Howard was learning to play the six string...................................................... ............................................................ . .................. Howard taught Harry the Blind Lemon Jefferson song “Easy Rider Blues” after which he was hooked on the blues and switched from bass to guitar. Harry's passion for slide guitar was inspired by Duane Allman's work on the Allman Brothers' “Fillmore East” album and the Derek and the Dominos' Layla album.
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