Scott McKeon – Trouble (Provogue).
Trouble is the second album from baby faced guitarist Scott McKeon. However, don’t let his youthful looks (he’s 23) deceive you; he is a hard nosed guitarist and has made it into the Top 30 blues guitarists already. McKeon tours relentlessly and has opened for such luminaries as Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow and John Mayer. Trouble has 12 original songs and opens with The Girl, which has an industrial feel, some great riffs and an all encompassing sound. However, the guitar, albeit in short bursts, is the star. I Can Tell highlights McKeon’s youthful voice and the song comes over as a bit poppy, but there is a harder core in there too. This may be a bit too middle of the road for some people’s tastes. The eponymous title track is a grinding standard rocker with a big chorus and this chorus may just be enough to win you over, that’s if McKeon’s guitar doesn’t. Scarecrow is the track of the album so far with acoustic influences all over and layer upon layer of sense provoking guitar. Written by Robbie McIntosh who also contributes slide and resonator guitar. Talk To Me, featuring John Mayer’s vocalist David Ryan Harris, is an acoustic led rhythmic groover with a sing-along feel to it.
Broken Man has fuzzed guitar and echoed vocals wrapped up in some classy pop rock. All That We Were is a ballad which shows how good a song McKeon can write. This is as good as any in the genre and the big guitar solo sets it off well. Capture Me has a pounding drum beat and strong, throbbing guitar. So Much More has sultry acoustic vibes with Robbie McIntosh adding his weight on guitar. Added horns and organ on Giving Me The Blues makes for a soulful sound. What I’ve Become is another mid-paced rocker with heavy bass and a storming finish. Home is a low key finish but after a 20 second pause it drifts into an electric jam. Fully instrumental, it is a strange finish but a well played one nonetheless.
http://www.scottmckeon.com/
http://www.provoguerecords.com/
David Blue.
Trouble is the second album from baby faced guitarist Scott McKeon. However, don’t let his youthful looks (he’s 23) deceive you; he is a hard nosed guitarist and has made it into the Top 30 blues guitarists already. McKeon tours relentlessly and has opened for such luminaries as Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow and John Mayer. Trouble has 12 original songs and opens with The Girl, which has an industrial feel, some great riffs and an all encompassing sound. However, the guitar, albeit in short bursts, is the star. I Can Tell highlights McKeon’s youthful voice and the song comes over as a bit poppy, but there is a harder core in there too. This may be a bit too middle of the road for some people’s tastes. The eponymous title track is a grinding standard rocker with a big chorus and this chorus may just be enough to win you over, that’s if McKeon’s guitar doesn’t. Scarecrow is the track of the album so far with acoustic influences all over and layer upon layer of sense provoking guitar. Written by Robbie McIntosh who also contributes slide and resonator guitar. Talk To Me, featuring John Mayer’s vocalist David Ryan Harris, is an acoustic led rhythmic groover with a sing-along feel to it.
Broken Man has fuzzed guitar and echoed vocals wrapped up in some classy pop rock. All That We Were is a ballad which shows how good a song McKeon can write. This is as good as any in the genre and the big guitar solo sets it off well. Capture Me has a pounding drum beat and strong, throbbing guitar. So Much More has sultry acoustic vibes with Robbie McIntosh adding his weight on guitar. Added horns and organ on Giving Me The Blues makes for a soulful sound. What I’ve Become is another mid-paced rocker with heavy bass and a storming finish. Home is a low key finish but after a 20 second pause it drifts into an electric jam. Fully instrumental, it is a strange finish but a well played one nonetheless.
http://www.scottmckeon.com/
http://www.provoguerecords.com/
David Blue.
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