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11. Guilty
12. Downtown Lament
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| Blues Review Mag 2-07
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| Now Dig This Mag 2-07
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CD review of "Newark Fried Chicken" on www.RootsMusicReport.com
......They may have been together only 20 years but the Hammers’ CD packs way more than just 20 years of music, particularly blues music in the confines of this little CD. From the very beginning of the first track Rippin & Runnin which is very reminiscent of the old Jerry Lee Lewis impact it definitely has in it.
.......This collection definitely shows signs of all of the band’s transitional periods from the blues, rockabilly , jump, some twangs of R&B, honky tonk and a heck of a lot of soul. All of this bands history just melts into its own sound. And what a sound it is.
.......From the soulful angst of newly adjusted married life in “You’re Right (Married Life) to the heavy distinct beat of “Hot Hand” the band puts you in a place where the blues melts with the reality of life. “In Something Inside of Me (Kirwan)” the soulful ballad bemoaning the loss of a love, the band’s music puts it’s listeners in that deep dark place you must be to get the gist of the blues stories the entire CD tells. You can just place yourself mentally in that perfect blues bar hearing the music live in your head.
.......“Since You Messed Up My Mind” gives you just that edge you need to hear, to get your feet tapping a’la John Travolta and Uma Thurman in Pulp fiction type beats. The next track “You Can Do No Wrong” just keeps the beat going and clarifies that with this CD the Hammers can do no wrong either. The entire CD is a must have for the collection of anyone who likes any kind of blues themed music It just puts you right there in that perfect frame of mind for the perfect kind of music that it is.
Diana Aguirre Martinez
THE HAMMERS
Newark Fried Chicken
North New Jersey's The Hammers smolder and smoke. Their brand of R&B influenced rock draws from the origins. Nods to Big Joe Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Sun R&B provide the backbone. The band's seasoned vets make their originals sound like they were birthed 50 years ago. The music has style, but doesn't sound stylized. This is a confident band of exceptional musicians that show their love of the roots of rock and roll, adding to the canon, not just aping it.
-- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music
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