★★★★★
Mixed and remastered from DIY releases at the behest of Ardent Records, the label arm of the famed Memphis recording studio that once rolled tape for Texas luminaries ZZ Top and the Vaughan brothers,
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2014-05-15
★★★★★
Being road warriors, and members of JJ Grey & Mofro of late, has presumably kept Greyhounds out of the recording studio. Even if Spring Training is the local duo's first disc in three years, a new release is welcomed, although at four songs, it's unacceptably brief. Master of the keys Anthony Farrell is the all-star this time out. His "What's On Your Mind" blends Memphis funk with a pleading falsetto, and "Soul Navigator" offers an irresistible Gulf Coast crunch...
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2011-10-31
★★★★★
"I'll take you to the KFC and buy you a combo dinner," sings guitarist Andrew Trube on "It's Alright" from ¡No Más!. The platter serves as an apt metaphor for this song cycle, unpretentious funky grooves dripping with grease and thick organ riffs oozing like gravy. The Austin-via-L.A. duo of Trube and B-3 tickler Anthony Farrell is joined by local drummer Dave "Sniz" Robbinson on the majority of the set. While Greyhounds are more Brother Jack McDuff than Archie Bell & the Drells, "Tight It Up...
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2009-07-21