Thank you Billy for your time and discussing the new release Dog Eat Dog, complete with my dog barking in the background at one point!
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1/31/2020
Blues/Soul Review: Billy Price-Dog Eat Dog
Release Date: August 2, 2019
01. Working on Your Chain Gang
02. Lose My Number
03. We’re in Love
04. Dog Eat Dog
05. My Love Will Never Die
06. All Night Long Cafe
07. Walk Back In
08. Toxicity
09. Remnants
10. Same Old Heartaches
11. More than I Needed
12. You Gotta Leave
Label: Gulf Coast Records
Living Soul Blues legend, Billy Price and the Billy Price Band
are back with their second album in as many years. Put Billy Price on
your list of seasoned musicians who save their best work for last and refuse to
go gentle into that good night. After looking at the album cover featuring Mr.
Price strutting down the street with a lean, mean Doberman on a leash and a
first listen to these twelve tracks, you’ll realize this man has found artistic
liberty born from nothing left to prove and nothing left to lose.
Collaborating with producer Kid Andersen and longtime guitarist
Mike Zito, Billy Price’s Dog Eat Dog is destined to follow the
path of 2018’s Reckoning and end up on many yearly “best-of”
lists.
With Anderson’s signature sharp and choppy blues guitar licks,
The Billy Price Band has the blues covered. Add a blend of measured horns and a
deep bass groove to the mix, and the vibe takes a turn to jazz and funk.
Price’s soulful voice guides the listener to another place altogether. The end
result is a sound that will feel familiar, yet not derived, well-crafted, and
comfortable, yet not cliché’.
In several of the finer moments on Dog Eat Dog, the guitar
pierces a note which fills the air like a car slamming on its brakes. Then, he
allows the listener to catch their breath, before pulling forward with a
soulful riff and slow-riding through the city streets.
On songs such as “Lose My Number” and “My Love Will Never Die,”
Billy Price resists the urge to step in front of the groove. Instead, he knows
he’s in the thick of it and rides it to its natural conclusion. “Same Old
Heartaches” combines the soul, blues, and jazz elements with smoothest of
smooth harmonies reminiscent of the Temptations or Spinners.
Like many excellent records, it is difficult to put a label on
it. Dog Eat Dog is no exception. Call it Blues, call it soul,
call it R&B. I prefer to call it a damn good record.
Tom Endyke | Guitar & Pen | MuzikMan.net Staff
January 28, 2019
REVIEWS PROVIDED BY:
Tracks:
02. Lose My Number
03. We’re in Love
04. Dog Eat Dog
05. My Love Will Never Die
06. All Night Long Cafe
07. Walk Back In
08. Toxicity
09. Remnants
10. Same Old Heartaches
11. More than I Needed
12. You Gotta Leave
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