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Third CD of "Fall in Blues" under the leadership of singer and guitarist Hermann ‘Hobo’ Posch. The band has its own take on the blues rather than any slavish copying. Straight blues numbers in the band’s own individual, relaxed and tight style, and some examples of ‘americana’ for lack of a better term...
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Album Info available in: deutsch english |
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Linernotes by Dietmar Hoscher, February 2008
Emotions. That's what music should transmit. The Blues offers itself tremendously to that. No other genre dives as deeply into human emotions as the Blues. "Blues is almost like a form of therapy. But, the emotions and expressions must be real, since an audience will not be fooled." The one who makes a statement like that is far from trying to fool his audience and that is the last thing Hermann Posch would ever do. He has founded his band Fall in Blues in 1999 and lead it straight to the top without hype, playing the acoustic as well as the electric blues with heartfelt intensity.
If you want to follow your own path and leave unique tracks, you can`t be disturbed, but have to continuously focus on your goal, even if there are obstacles that seem uncircumventable. Sometimes you do have the "Blues in the City". Hermann Posch is blessed with an unbendable creativity and lives it out in his songs. With smokey voice and exquisite guitar work he lays down songs proofing Willie Dixon´s statement that "the blues are the facts of life". Paul Kozakiewicz on bass and Hardy Auer on drums provide a full rhythmic foundation. " Newbie" Tom Hornek enhances with a rich variety of key works.
Fall in Blues´ musical self-confidence that is earned but also evident in their song-writing craft. After all that´s the only way to earn a lasting spot in the history of music. From the grooving "Border to Border" that brings up memories of JJ Cale, the thoughtful ballade "Sweet Emotion", the melancholically "No Peace of Mind" that will go deep under the skin, or the jazzy "Yellow Moon" all the way to the mourning slow blues in "Blues in the Bottle, Hermann Posch never looses himself in banalities or pleasing, but proofs again how the blues is part of all facets of life. "Blues is pure Emotion" espouses the recently deceased Bill Perry. Fall in Blues proof it!
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This Austrian combo was formed in 1999 under the leadership of singer and guitarist Hermann ‘Hobo’ Posch, and this is their third CD. The previous two were reviewed by yours truly in Blues Art 03/2006, and I was impressed with the fact that the band has its own take on the blues rather than any slavish copying. That pattern continues on this set, which contains several straight blues numbers in the band’s own individual, relaxed and tight style, and several examples of ‘americana’ for lack of a better term. Hermann has a fine, tough but tender voice which suits his material well and he is ably supported by keyboards player Tom Hornek, bassist Paul Kozakiewicz and drummer Hardy Auer, plus several guests.
The main influences seem to be vintage Fleetwood Mac – the control to be heard on some of the guitar work (particularly on the ten minutes long ‘Blues in The Bottle’) – has only rarely been heard since Peter Green was a young man, the early solo career of Eric Clapton (does the cover of Peter Tosh’s ‘Stop That Train’ equate to EC’s version of fellow Wailer Bob Marley’s ‘I Shot The Sheriff’?), and the laid-back approach of JJ Cale, the latter emphasised by the presence among many fine original numbers of Cale’s ‘I Got The Same Old Blues’. Overall, this is a fine album, maybe not for the purists, but those with a taste for any of those names just mentioned should certainly investigate further.
----- Norman Darwen |
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