Back Door Slam – Roll Away
Posted on | September 7, 2009 | No Comments
Back Door Slam – Too Good For Me
Back Door Slam – Roll Away
I saw the Back Door Slam perform at the old Crocodile Café in Seattle, which has since abruptly closed, been sold, renovated, and reopened. As I recall, the band’s drummer (Ross) was celebrating his twenty-first birthday that night. He was the oldest member of the band.Back Door Slam – Too Good For Me
The set opened with some serviceable blues. Now, I’m not much of a blues guy. I was sort of nodding along, but I wasn’t opposed to checking to see if my date wanted a drink. Things had picked up by the time I got back. By the seventh song in, the guitarist was commanding the set in a way I have never seen before or since. He didn’t have stage presence, but he had music presence.
For the last two years, I’ve checked the price of the album every so often. It was such a viscerally live memory that I doubted a studio recording would be worthwhile. I was wrong. The $10 mp3 set from Amazon is excellent. I must have listened to the album ten times in the first week I owned it.
The band that recorded Roll Away has broken up. The bassist and guitarist have moved on and left the guitarist to relabel the band Davy Knowles and The Back Door Slam. The new act has released a live album of pretty much the same set. I’m on the edge of getting that too, just to add a little variety to the performance. If you like the tracks, buy the album and see ‘em next time they play your town. (Except they are playing my town next with Chickenfoot – and I don’t have any desire to see Chickenfoot.)
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