![]() As the band lays down a deadly groove on "One Last Soul," Hughes' catapulting cry makes us sweat for redemption. "Black Country" kickstarts the motor with an "Immigrant Song"-style peel-out. Yes, even the godhead predecessors: No Led Zeppelin, Free or Thin Lizzy record can match "Black Country Communion" (part 1) for bang-bang consistency. If you consider the first half of these 72 minutes as one album, it can take on any competition in the specialized league of bluesy English heft. So: In the latter-day supergroup sweepstakes, Black Country Communion beats Chickenfoot by a beak and Dem Crooked Vultures by six wingspans. In the midst of all this history, keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Yngwie Malmsteen, Alice Cooper, Planet X) displays his brilliance in the rarest way: by NOT showing off. ![]() Joe Bonamassa carries the blues torch as a rule, but here he worships at the hard-rock altar, and he's got the vintage guitar gear to get his prayer heard. Drummer Jason Bonham has virtually merged limb & spirit with his late Zeppelinian father. Under producer Kevin Shirley's rough hands, Black Country Communion gather a sound and a feel that could've been stacked & waxed in the early '70s (although singer-bassist Glenn Hughes is the only member old enough to have received that particular baptism).Īlways a steam engine, Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze) has hurled himself into this project as if his very soul depended on it. I could have ordered this rock soupergroup from a menu, it's so right. "Black Country Communion" (JR Adventures)
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