H ere I go again !
IRRESISTIBLE BEHAVIOUR by Marco Goldsmith's Blue Heat is the best
Australian blues album since Blue Heat's previous album, Marooned. The
seven strong Warrnambool outfit crank up a sophisticated brand of urban R&B
with just a touch of the woodshed, no pretension whatsoever and mountains
of class and cool.
Quality is in top order and not one lick is overblown or dragged out in the
name of false improvisation. Blue heat swings the blues courtesy of
fabulously subtle horns that have the inherent ability to make one cry as
attested by the fills and the changes of Don't You Love Me Too Much. The
fraternal tightness of the Galbraith brothers rhythm section anchors the 10
tracks perfectly - just the security that Bradley Harrison needs to float a
sinuous sax fill. Or for Mr. Goldsmith himself, the hip vocalist, writer,
and guitarist who uses it to inject his craft.
Yes, Blue Heat has got it right on all three stages of the song - the intro,
the body and the finale. I'm Comin' Home and Right Track are so good they
warrant a long eulogising paragraph. Richard Tankards's slick keyboards
provide the most subtle intro to this refined tune but if you were to
intro-scan the intros to each tune at 10 seconds a song, you would have, in
100 seconds, all the persuasion needed to shell out your hard earned for what
is another hallmark in Blue Heat's remarkably short recording career.
Marco Goldsmith's Blue Heat has the same tenacity, the same verve, the same
economical yet improvisatory craft and deep feel that the best R&B bands from
Houston, Los Angeles and West Memphis exhibited in the '40's, 50's and 60's.
And yet this band is very much part of today's scene.
The next time this most esteemed gentlemen of the blues, Mr. BB King comes to
Melbourne, he would be well advised to employ Blue Heat for himself. That's
for sure ! (10/10)
CD REVIEWS - Beat 24:7:96
Marco Goldsmith's Blue Heat
IRRESISTIBLE BEHAVIOUR
(Independent)
Following the success of ‘Marooned,’ and with album number two , ‘Irresistible Behaviour’ hot off the press, Marco and ‘the Heat’ have serious soul stirring intentions.
The album is available for $30.00 AUD
(includes p & h within Australia $35.00 AUD for O.S. customers)
from
Blue Heat
PO BOX 1336
Warrnambool, Vic,
Australia 3280
In the words of Ilkka Bister who reviewed "Irresistible Behaviour" in FORTE, "Look there'll be hell to pay if you don't catch Blue Heat at a gig, or buy this disc. It's guaranteed to be the best Australian R& B release of the year. Th
is album is just irresistible !"