Beau Hall and Pull My Finger. In the face of adversity, play funk. Or something. There's only so many things I can say about my band. Let's start with "I change the name at every gig because F*&@ you I can do what I want." For a long time, it was the Magnificent 7. What a great band. And then I went through that "change the band and the millions will come" phase, so we changed lots of people in the band and now I'm kind of adrift in a sea of jamtime. It's not a bad thing. I play with awesome hitters like John McKnight, Steve Dixon, Scott Phillips, bass players like Jon Schwenke, Dustin Sargent, Michael Hurwitz, and of course there's Louie Vallee on sax, guitarists like Shinn Uehara (from the original Mag7), Jim Hodgson, and of course my backup inflatable love doll singer tamboriner Melissa Plumlee.
Beau Hall and insert band name here successfully blend self-congratulatory attitude with meat-grinding grooves and jaw-clenching skill. That Band follow Beau like the JBs follow James Brown. The energy weaves the fine line between chaos and kinetic. The funk-soaked gears grind their way through 8th-grade potty humor delivered by vocals that mix Michael Hutchence, Prince and Frank Sinatra. If you squint.
I wouldn’t call this music Funk. I’d call it Groovecore; a heavier blend of funk that includes louder guitars, heavier drums. Sort of like, if Prince and George Clinton co-wrote songs with the Rolling Stones and The Ramones.
TALENT!!
Beau Hall took my ears by storm with his album, “Unh!†Funky, sexy and soulful, this is one CD that will stay in my car for a while. It is clear that Beau’s musical influences range from Prince, to Hendrix, to Jeffrey Gaines. The album opens with the fun and percussion-driven tune, “Whatchagonna Do.†As superb as the vocals are on this song, the instruments are just as tight. My favorite song on this album is “I Wanna be the One.†The creative lyrics and melody weave in and out of an acoustic guitar, build to a climax and then come back down again. “Sometimes I Cry†is the essence of true heartache and blues. I absolutely love the Hammond as it “cries†in the background.
This album opens an array of emotions and after all, that’s truly what music is about, raw emotion. From start to finish Beau Hall’s music had my fullest attention and I have the utmost confidence that he will grab the attention of others…..this music, this talent and this voice, cannot be ignored.
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