Billy Miles Brooke

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*****Billy Miles Brooke – "ALL DRESSED UP...AND NOWHERE TO GO"- *****"Awesome! …Seriously--glittery guitars accompanied by all of the 1969-era Rolling Stones-informed flamboyance you could ask for…results in nothing other than raunchy good times" - ALBUQUERQUE ALIBI MAGAZINE****************************"Of everyone who sends CDs to my mailbox, Santa Fe’s Billy Miles Brooke has a clue to what I like best: rock and roll, baby, with no metal, no bad boy stance and no useless riffing. This is a good disc of rock & roll/ heart & soul with country honk and a taste of glam acknowledging Marriott, Parsons (both Gram and Gene) and Jagger-Richards without mindless imitation. ??The Stones influence is apparent right out of the gate. No, not their coke-sniffin’ cockhound persona but what they would’ve played for themselves in the wee hours, trying to even out the highs and lows of powders, whiskey & pills while recording in self-imposed “exile” in Villefranche-sur Mer, 1971. Toss in Nikki Sudden and Jeff Dahl with smoother vocals and you have the full picture. This isn’t balls-out rock (which is overrated anyway) but more like keep it in your pants and let’s see what you really have to offer. Brooke offers alot, with welcome subtlety. ??The slide guitars are lovely and --yes!--finally a rock and roll record that features piano in the vein of the great Nicky Hopkins. Wait, did I say subtle? Closing track Tearin’ Up the Town wakes you out of the disc’s country reverie with a barn-burning twist-party complete with honkin’ sax, the other rock and roll instrument unjustly forgotten. ?All Dressed Up… isn’t ground-breaking but reliable, no bullshit and comfortable. Not easy to do, it works for either Saturday night or Sunday morning." - WIG WAM BAM MAGAZINE******************************Brooke doesn’t just create an homage to the genre he loves so much …(he) brings glam back to life… and, indeed, it does sparkle. As the album goes on, the songs change up from dancey rock songs to country-infused ballads and back again - every one a solid track. - SANTA FE REPORTER****************************"...a cool mixture of Rolling Stones rock and roll meets Glam and with a little bit of country tinge thrown in (used the way the Stones did)...with outstanding songs like Queen of the Stardust Ball, Tearin’ up the Town and Sloe Gin. Rock and Roll!" - LOWCUT MAGAZINE*******************************"Damn straight! We're talking the down and dirty period of 'Sticky Fingers' with a greasy helping of early skinny and cool haired Rod Stewart and a smattering of the glitter rock ala David Bowie and Mott The Hoople." - GLORY DAZE*********************************There’s a classic scene in the Rolling Stones’ documentary “Gimme Shelter” where we find the boys visiting Muscle Shoals studios in Memphis listening to a playback of their brand new rocker- a little tune you may have heard called “Brown Sugar”. Keith is in exquisite recline mode, lying on the floor, with his snakeskin boots propped up on the coffee table, clicking serpentine heels together in time with the wicked beat. This was 1969- TWO YEARS before the release of “Sticky Fingers”, the first album on their own vanity label (via Atlantic records) and after a nasty, drawn out divorce from their original label, Decca. Have you ever wondered if there wasn’t a hidden treasure trove of lost tunes that they might have recorded during that time of limbo- sure, there was “C********* Blues” and a smattering of tunes that appeared on the hodgepodge “Metamorphosis” LP years later, but nothing more significant than that? This was the inspiration for “All Dressed Up … and Nowhere to Go”- a mix of the imaginary great lost studio album between “Let it Bleed” and “Sticky Fingers”, Rod Stewart’s early ‘70’s solo and Faces albums, and a splash of Bowie added for good measure. Of course nothing can possibly come close to the majesty of the real Mick n’ Keef & Co. and the other icons mentioned, but anyone who appreciates real down n’ dirty, hip-shakin’, tear-jerkin’ rock n’ roll (with a little blues and cod country thrown in the mix) should appreciate this homage to that era. ************************************************************ So grab a bottle of Jack, pull on those ol’ snakeskin boots, light up a smoke, and crank it up! ************************************************************ Billy Miles Brooke spent his formative years playing the legendary clubs of Los Angeles with his former band, Tragic Romance. After finally inking the ever-elusive record deal (see “Cancel the Future” on Century Media records) he toured the U.S. and eventually went solo – to Europe- armed with only an acoustic guitar and a tuning fork. He spent five years abroad, honing his songwriting craft and gathering fans from Helsinki to Toulouse. After a year in Nashville, he has since settled in the old wild west town of Santa Fe, New Mexico.“All Dressed Up … and Nowhere to Go” was recorded in October, 2007 and March, 2008 at Switchyard Studios in Nashville, TN, with some help from Music City’s hottest players.**************************************************** ***Billy Miles Brooke – “All Dressed Up … and Nowhere To Go” (2008)GLORYDAZE online Magazine review: (www.glorydazemusic.com) 'It's Only Rock 'n Roll' to quote The Rolling Stones.. right Billy? Damn straight, and speaking of the Stones, those bad boys of rock are the touchstone for 'All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go', We're talking the down and dirty period of 'Sticky Fingers' with a greasy helping of early skinny and cool haired Rod Stewart and a smattering of the glitter rock ala David Bowie and Mott The Hoople.