CHASE THE SUN – REDNECKS & GENTLEMEN

Chase the Sun are a hardworking band; they have criss-crossed the country numerous times in a tour bus, played at every blues festival you have ever heard of and then some; they have sweated and swaggered in rooms big and small … all in the name of the blues. These three gentlemen certainly have earned their stripes the old way. With that mental image of hundreds of gigs far and wide, one can only wonder if the title of their second album isn’t the opening comment they might like to mention on occasion when they take to the stage and welcome their audience. Rednecks & Gentlemen is equal parts blues, funk, thunk and rock. Back catalogues of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Van Halen, Hendrix, Zeppelin and anyone else who got a write up in Guitar Player magazine in the 80s all come to mind as you journey the Chase the Sun universe. Sweet Candy stands out, both as a slice of slow-burning down and dirty blues and because fof Jan Rynsaardt’s Tom Waits-ian vocal effort; to hear him go from this to a David Lee Roth/Eddie Van Halen Hot for Teacher moment in the next track Living Free is slightly disconcerting to say the least. The amps go to 11, the bars to 12.

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