Yep...probably my most listened to band at the moment.Saw them for the second time in Edinburgh last Sat and they had the place jumpin.They,re currently touring the UK right now...check their website for details. Their new album "Promised land or bust" is well worth buying...fantastic band.
Modern blues? They are good but they are really just channeling Mississippi hill country blues that's been around since forever. It seems fresh because it's a rawer form of blues than what is considered "modern" blues.
Don't be sarcastic, they are playing right now june 2016 and the punters are luvin' it It's what it is, if you don't like it for a historical perspective then you just don't get it
Sounds like a total rip off of CLUTCH. The dude even looks like Neil Fallon. And the video looks like it would be a clutch video. "Invocation of the Dummies. Requiem for a head. Ill Cash in on the Corner, PILES of Street Cred!"
Having said that, i dig it.
Everyone rips off of everyone.
I mean half of the lyrics of this clutch song are stolen/borrowed. So. ... whatever.
I was listening to Ian Collard all day today at work. That's funny that you posted that.
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Regardless if it´s modern or not -- which is quite simply (or not so simply) a question of defining an elusive concept: "modernity" comes in many guises, and personally I´m not at all sure that it is a positive word -- M & A is a ferociously dynamic duo and they manage to whip out more life of their sparse setting than many a-ten piece band does in a entire career.
@Killa_Hertz: A total rip-off of Clutch? Hmmm. I don’t think so. Moreland and Arbuckle started out as an acoustic duo and are firmly in a blues groove and have been from the start. They are a lean and mean juke joint roots/blues band inspired by North Mississippi grooves, as was mentioned here. Very RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. They play “Jumper on the Line”, cover Little Walter, etc. A lot of one chord grooves, cigar box guitar, etc. etc. Collard is part of this sound as well. Clutch is, for lack of a better term that I am aware of, an “alt metal” band from the 90’s that started flirting with blues sometime around The White Stripes/Black Keys era, and the increase in popularity of the North Mississippi Hill Country sound in alternative rock. Rhythmically, the two songs posted are very different to my ear. Moreland Arbuckle’s drummer swings in a more traditional juke joint manner and the Clutch guy is more rock/heavy rock oriented. Not saying one is better or worse but there is no “total rip-off “ here. I have seen both bands and enjoyed them, although I find Clutch’s early sound a bit hackneyed, reminding me of an era of 90’s rock music that I personally despise (Limp Bizkit (sp?) for example). I kind of dig their Black Keys “Rubber factory”-era thing now. Glad they moved on!
Both songs borrow lyrics and ideas from older blues tunes, from “Stagger Lee” to Big Joe Williams and probably some others I am unaware of. I’m sure both bands were very conscious of the references they were making, and did them purposefully. The harp player Dustin Arbuckle plays and sings really well. Deep grooves!
I was talking specifically of this video and song. Not trying to sum up their whole catalog.
and even then, it was light hearted.
Clutch being compared to the white stripes however ..... Lets not say things we cant take back.
Im a pretty big clutch fan. ( dont really dig the new stuff too much) Their earlier stuff was pretty Heavy Rock. I dont think ide call it metal. The stuff in the middle got bluesy a bit. As you hear on that album, they added a little harp and some organ. Their lyrics aren't your typical transparent cliche BS either. Which I like. ( This song isnt really a great example of their music. As its more a Radio Hit type of Jam.)
I prefer their stuff somewhere in the middle. Blast Tyrant, Robot Hive Exodus, Beale Street to Oblivion. Those albums are pretty killer. Blast Tyrant is a fantastic Album.
Anyhow regardless of Clutch.
Thanks for posting this. I had never heard of these guys. Imma goin to dig into them a little more. I dig the Cigar Box guitar and stuff. ----------
Sorry I couldn't resist. Clutch isnt a band that can really be summed up very easily. They are all over the map. Heres a few Bluesy cuts off of a Limited Edition Album. ( sorry for going OT, but I thought you might enjoy them.)
