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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
1/11/08 CONCERT REVIEW AT DARWINS, MARIETTA GA
WHY ANTHONY GOMES IS THE FUTURE OF BLUES ROCK
1/11/08 CONCERT REVIEW AT DARWIN'S, MARIETTA GA
Gary Weeks & Mike Nunn
Maybe with the Crown Royal, little purple sacked, mojo hand hanging off of the Marshall Amp and the feathered dream catcher dangling mysteriously from the mic stand, Ruf Recording artist Anthony Gomes just might have been trying to conjure up some new age musical voodoo?
His new band, The New Soul Cowboys consists of drummer Peter Lang, bass player David Karns and keyboardist Dylan St. John who were akin to Jesse James gang of desperadoes riding into town and terrorizing the locals.
At a very crowded Darwin's in Marietta, GA, Gomes was part revival tent preacher, part Blues man, part rock-n-roller with a little Soul thrown in the mix. Anthony is an animated performer who doesn't settle for people sitting like mesmerized couch potatoes. An Anthony Gomes live & alive concert, is simply a soul satisfying rock-n-roll fest at its best!
Gomes actively pursues his philosophy of Blues evolving through exposure to and inclusion of current day trends & influences. This provides the musical alchemy to transform him into a charismatic performer and not just another S.R.V. regurgitating wanna-be simply going through the motions by covering the beaten to death old blues I,
IV ,V progressions.
With a super-human magnetism that blends sexual swagger with
entertainment moxie, Gomes gave two killer, high energy sets of music that made people dance, scream and left them totally breathless.
Both sets roared out of the starting gate and the music had the
impact of a howitzer cannon. When Gomes did slow it down to change the pace, and warm the mood you immediately felt a sense of relief and appreciated these relaxed moments of pure Soul.
Being a Nashville resident for several years has no doubt been inspirational to Anthony. He cranked-up a country rock uberblitz with "Rebel Highway." Dylan St. John's honky-tonk keyboard wizardry made the country gospel tinged"Carolina" a down home piece of Southern heritage.
On occasion, Gomes would leave the stage friday night to let the
rhythm section of Karns and Lang solo. Karns' slap-bass percussive technique and Langs' sledgehammer attack had the impact of a minefield of funk based rhythms just exploding with hipness & bliss.
Anthony has the set of world class pipes and singing stylings to
make his songs come to life. But the guitar super freaks in the crowd reveled in the volcanic, white-hot, shredderific phrases he was laying down. Gomeshad no problems in playing the guitar slinger image to the hilt. He can throw down the wicked riffage of a Eddie Van Halen shredfest, while laying ahot slab of funk on the nights platter of deep fried Blues/Rock!
Perhaps it was due to the recent Led Zeppelin reunion that Anthony threw in"Heartbreaker" during the second set. Unlike the lp version, Anthony puts his own stamp on it. Instead of merely Zeppelinizing it,
the song becomes a funk-o-rama with a mile wide groove. But then,
Gomes throws the obligatory Jimmy Pagesque solo in there that even the heavy metal meister himself might approve of.
With a warlocks' alchemical potion of rock, soul, blues, country
and funk stirred into the the blues roots stew pot,Gomes takes these seasonings and creates a gumbo of music that rides a funky soul
train into a mythic grooveyard of rhythmic, danceable fun.
The hard-core "Nazi" Blues purists have no love for Anthony. While
Gomes can't please everybody, he knows inherently how to raise the roof. He will burn, croon & make the ladies swooon! These are the voodoo packed, highly seductive charms of the Blues. And, there is no more qualified high priest of Blues/Rock than Anthony Gomes!
The Buzz About Anthony Gomes:
"The place was packed, they came from all around, there was a buzz in the air, the lights went down. Gomes came out - and he was the sh*t. He could play guitar like there was no tomorrow. When he started to sing, I was floored..."
- Creem Magazine
Gomes crams musical styles and manages to leave his own brand sizzling on the sound. His magnetic, shake-em-up live shows keep his fans captivated - and hankerin for more.
- The Pitch (Kansas City)
"Blistering guitar licks and vocals that slice like a hooch-soaked machete"
- Toronto Star
"A serious mojo mofo
- Salt Lake City Weekly
"Gomes pursues his passions with a musical intelligence that places him way ahead of the other hellions igniting the Fender Fretboard."
- Downbeat
Anthony Gomes proves that music can transcend race, age and international borders. His lively R&B infused guitar makes Gomes accessible to all kinds of music fans."
- Des Moines Register
Anthony Gomes sets the bar very high for his live show but its clear right from the get-go he has no problems getting over the bar.
- Hard Rock Haven
Like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gomes brings his blues-rock to the forefront and is on the fast track to joining some of the biggest blues-rock legends music has ever seen. As much as I like John Mayer and his move to blues-rock, Anthony Gomes is a much more superior bet.
BIOGRAPHY
For some musicians, it all comes down to what happens on stage. Anthony Gomes burns with blazing vocals and incendiary guitar work throughout Live, the first full-length concert release from a man who plays as many as 250 dates annually in North America and Europe.
Mining blues-rock, soul and gritty R&B styling for the past decade, Live is a summation of where Anthony's been and also offers a glimpse of where he might be heading, too. The album finds him immersed in his element - performing for an audience and making a connection. Certainly, Anthony enjoys the craft of the studio, but that passion and power truly rises to its greatest heights during his live performances.
"Some of my favorite artists and bands would release live albums to bookend a period and then move on to a new sound, a new journey," Anthony says. "I feel like this is a booking-ending of this sound and style for me as I look forward."
Nominated Artist of the Year by Blueswax magazine 4 years in a row, winning one of those years, Gomes acclaim continues to grow as a songwriter and especially as a performer. While the original plan for a live album was to record a series of dates in Nashville, fate overtook the project when Anthony and his band lined up a test recording during a show at the Triple Door in Seattle, Washington on February 27, 2007. Listening back to the 90-minute performance, Anthony and his team realized they already had the live album they wanted. "We just played, not thinking about the red light being on," he says. "There's no studio trickery, this is it. We started to pass it on to some fans before releasing it and they all said it's their favorite CD, 'this is the Anthony Gomes that we know, the person we see in a live show.'"
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Anthony received his first guitar in his early teens and he hadn't even asked for it. But instant love for music turned to dedication as he followed a life path. Moving to the USA in the late 1990s, he first settled in one of America's greatest blues cities, Chicago, as he learned his trade night after night. Then, to further his musical education as a songwriter and continue the advancing of his own spirit, he headed south to Nashville, where he's still based today.
Anthony's recording debut came in 1998 with Blues In Technicolor, followed by the acoustic and intimate Sweet Stringin' Soul in 2000 and 2002's Unity. 2006 saw the release of his finest artistic achievement and commercial success so far, Music is the Medicine, which hit Billboard's Top 200 Indie Chart and spent 16 weeks on the top 15 Blues Chart peaking at #4. And now comes Live, which Anthony sees as a companion piece to his studio work, while also serving as an introduction for his newest fans.
"The album captures the essence about what happens between an artist and the audience, that energy you can't capture in a studio," he says. "The show is a journey and within there are great individual performances. It's an organic, living, breathing document of that one night."
The set list includes a churning "Music Is the Medicine" as Anthony works the crowd into a frenzy, while the funky and soulful "Bluebird," a highlight of the last studio release, soars even higher here, the interplay between guitar and keyboards capped by group vocals on the refrain. Theexplosive "Testify" is so powerful, Anthony thinks it shreds his original studio track.
The album also features a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker," both a challenge and a thrill for Anthony. "It was intimidating, but also very natural, part of who I am," he says. "I played it in my first band in high school and grew up on that music, so it's an extension of myself and it's nice to pay respects to an act that influenced me as a musician and a songwriter.
On the new "I Won't Let You Down" Anthony thanks his greatest supporters throughout his career - his parents. "You want to make them proud of the man or woman you've become," he says. "They've given so much to raise you and you want to make sure you're doing a good job in their eyes and live up to the legacy of your family." Equally compelling is "Wings of a Song," which harkens back to Anthony's lifelong mission statement that music can indeed change the world.
As Live ends one creative period for Anthony, he's already looking ahead to the next chapters in his ever-continuing musical story as he prepares to unveil Anthony Gomes and the New Soul Cowboys, a song summit between blues, R&B and country too. Of course, his unofficial membership in the Nashville Muzik Mafia, which includes Big and Rich, Cowboy Troy and Anthony's one-time backing singer Gretchen Wilson, should make it all the more colorful.
"I'm very well-received in Nashville, being a southern rock/blues musician and I've been laying down the groundwork for this new direction, being a roots player, too," Anthony says. "Yes, I'm a blues guy, but as I said on my first album, my blues is Technicolor." And the sound of Anthony Gomes has never been more widescreen, full of Hi-Def excitement, than on Live.
Discography
1998 - "Blues in Technicolor" (Urban Electric)
2000 - "Sweet Stringin' Soul" (Urban Electric)
2002 - "Unity" (33rd Street Records)
2006 - "Long Way Home" (MITM, LLC)
2006 - "Music Is The Medicine" (Adrenaline)
Awards
1998 - Buddy Guy's Legends "Best Unsigned Blues Band"
2003 - BluesWax Artist of the Year
To learn more about Anthony Gomes visit his website:
www.anthonygomes.com
or
www.myspace.com/anthonygomes
Location: Nashville, United States
Members: New Soul Cowboys
Anthony Gomes and The New Soul Cowboys Demo
May 06, 2008
Primary Colors
Nov 30, 1999
Unity
Aug 22, 2002
Live
Feb 19, 2007
agb1622
Born to Ride......
posted 3 week ago
poppashan
Take Me Up, Take Me Up,,,, Up to Zero......
posted Mar 09
millsapk
lovin the LIVE CD - it has amazing energy and soul, I
am addicted! Anthony is the perfect drug... his band
rocks!
posted Mar 04
Dalkur
love it
posted Jan 14
sherriep
Prepare to be stalked baby...hee hee hee. We won\'t
hurt you we promise. Dec 16th can\'t wait to see you
and meet the new guys :)
posted Nov 28
jrnyman65
Hey man it was great to meet you in Nashville. look
forward to seeng you again in Nashville and how we can
work together to change the world!! Keep Rockin!! Paul
posted Nov 10
jrnyman65
It was great seeing and meeting you in Nashville these
past three days. Your an incredible artist and human
being. Look forward to seeing and talking with you
again at the end of the month. Keep rockin and changing
the world with your music.
posted Nov 10
MamaJeanandPapa
What a talent!!!!
posted Oct 18