Dave Arcari – Something Old, Something Borrowed EP (Buzz Records).
Erstwhile Radiotones frontman Arcari brings his style of alt. blues to the solo scene. Johnny Cash’s Blue Train is kept short and sweet but it played with Dave’s usual passion and cracking National slide guitar. The traditional Stagolee was really made famous by Mississippi John Hurt and Arcari gives it a fair treatment. He plays fingerpicked acoustic guitar and is the first time that I’ve really heard him sing without his renowned snarl – a pleasant surprise. Robert Johnson’s Travelling Riverside Blues has him return to National guitar and his vocals are maturing all the time. This song confirms that he is now an artist to be reckoned with. It’s Robert Johnson again on Preachin’ Blues and this is an old Radiotones favourite. Arcari returns to his manic style for a passionate rendition. The EP closes with Trouble In Mind and he returns to acoustic fingerpicking. Unfortunately, this is the weakest track but I suppose I can’t expect the same levels of energy throughout. I don’t think that this is his song but it does get better as it gets going.
http://www.davearcari.com/
David Blue.
Erstwhile Radiotones frontman Arcari brings his style of alt. blues to the solo scene. Johnny Cash’s Blue Train is kept short and sweet but it played with Dave’s usual passion and cracking National slide guitar. The traditional Stagolee was really made famous by Mississippi John Hurt and Arcari gives it a fair treatment. He plays fingerpicked acoustic guitar and is the first time that I’ve really heard him sing without his renowned snarl – a pleasant surprise. Robert Johnson’s Travelling Riverside Blues has him return to National guitar and his vocals are maturing all the time. This song confirms that he is now an artist to be reckoned with. It’s Robert Johnson again on Preachin’ Blues and this is an old Radiotones favourite. Arcari returns to his manic style for a passionate rendition. The EP closes with Trouble In Mind and he returns to acoustic fingerpicking. Unfortunately, this is the weakest track but I suppose I can’t expect the same levels of energy throughout. I don’t think that this is his song but it does get better as it gets going.
http://www.davearcari.com/
David Blue.
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