Mick McConnell - Under My Skin (2017)
Mick McConnell - Under My Skin (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +cue, log, scans - 304 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 94 MB | 00:41:08
Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock | Label: stuff music records | Release Year: 2017
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +cue, log, scans - 304 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 94 MB | 00:41:08
Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock | Label: stuff music records | Release Year: 2017
Recording of “Under My Skin” began in 2015 under Grammy-winning producer Blue Miller, who draws on his experience with acclaimed acts such as Bob Seger. Six cuts recorded in Nashville with some of Music City’s finest musicians with Blue Miler at the helm, and four in the UK with Stuart McCredie producing. Mick’s raw gravel vocal holds the attention throughout the 10 cuts. The material – written by Mick or co-written with Blue Miller – focuses on Mick’s dreams and past trials and tribulations. The songs are fairly versatile, and he doesn’t stay within the confines of pure blues. It is very much “balls out” on the rockier up-tempo stuff, but offers a good balance with the light and shade of the more laid-back tracks. His guitar work is accomplished, technically top drawer and they are his own licks, he’s not a “Borrower.” It’s a good game of tones too.
Opener “Holdin On” kicks things off on a Ry Cooder style groove, with some tasty resonator guitar slide licks. It all sits on an infectious core riff. Gorgeous piano from Jon Coleman, also on organ. Track three is a commercial ear-full; and made me sit up and really take notice when I heard the lyric on “No She Don’t…Like Country.” Mick singing about Samantha who says: “No, I don’t like country and I don’t do soul.” I laughed out loud; my ex-wife was a pro singer and sang country and soul! Her name; Samantha! I kid you not.
The sublime “All My Soul,” has Chris Rea and Clapton flavours, a lovely ballad verging on a mid-tempo pace. “Lock You Out,” kicks off with some twangy Brent Mason style Nashville guitar; which is ironic as this is one of the four cuts recorded in the UK and not Nashville! “Visiting Mr J” tells a tale about blues legend Robert Johnson. The closer, “Spell On Me,” has a retro vibe, channelling the likes of Gary Moore and Peter Green. A good hook on a commercial track. No real criticisms of the album; but an observation is there might well be a case of you can maybe “hear” the join between the tracks cut here and those recorded in the USA.
But for a guy who has earned his living playing lots of schamltzy pop ballads with Smokie for the last 21 years, Mick McConnell has delivered a very nice solo album that serves as a clear indication of where his heart is really at. It deserves to do well for Mick, in his own right and away from the famous brand name he usually works under.
TRACKLIST
01. Holdin On
02. Man With A Smokin' Gun
03. No She Don't … Like Country
04. All My Soul
05. Lock You Out
06. Visiting Mr. 'J'
07. Moods On A Rainy Day
08. Cross The Line
09. Under My Skin
10. Spell On Me
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EAC extraction logfile from 14. May 2017, 12:28
Mick McConnell / Under My Skin
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