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Danny Bryant: Hurricane

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Label: JazzHaus Records
Released: 2013.05.13
Time:
 44:17
Category: Blues, Rock Blues
Producer(s): Richard Hammerton
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.dannybryant.com
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Purchase date: 2016
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Prisoner of the Blues (Danny Bryant) - 5:33
[2] Greenwood 31 (Danny Bryant) - 3:49
[3] Can't Hold On (Danny Bryant) - 5:17
[4] Hurricane (Danny Bryant) - 4:00
[5] Devil's Got a Hold on Me (Danny Bryant) - 5:13
[6] I'm Broken (Danny Bryant) - 5:38
[7] All or Nothing (Danny Bryant) - 4:14
[8] Losing You (Danny Bryant) - 4:50
[9] Painkiller (Danny Bryant) - 5:38

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Danny Bryant - Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica on [2]
Ken Bryant - Bass Guitar
Trevor Barr - Drums

Additional Musicians:
Richard Hammerton - Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Kirby Bryant - Artwork, Mandolin on [9]

Gwyn Mathias - Mastering
Mike Thornton - Photography
Marco Van Rooijen - Photography
Heather Bryant - Management

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2014 CD Jazzhaus Records JHR-095



Previously hailed as a young guitar virtuoso, and a protégé of Walter Trout, Danny Bryant is building a formidable reputation as a leading British blues rock guitar heavyweight in his own right. On Monday 6th May, Jazzhaus Records will release his new studio album "Hurricane" in the UK.

Recorded as a power trio, the new album was produced by Richard Hammerton (Manic Street Preachers). The nine songs showcase the evolution of Bryant as both guitarist and songwriter. The album bursts with power-fueled originals, groove-driven up-tempo songs, and soulful blues ballads.

Danny retreated to the rural solitude of the county of Cornwall in the southwest of the UK to record the new album. "It was just like time travel," says Danny. "Since there was almost no phone reception or internet connection, I spent between 15-18 hours a day concentrating on nothing but the music."

The difference to the previous studio album "Just As I Am" (2010) is based mainly in the production. Says Danny - "The songs are the result of hard work and have gained considerable complexity." This is evident not only in the melodic title track, but also with the ballad "Can't Hold On" not to mention the funky-bluesy "Greenwood 31" – a song that harks back to a similar urgency in the style of Jimi Hendrix mixed with the attitude of Lenny Kravitz.

Inspired by American rockers including John Hiatt and Bruce Springsteen, Bryant looks back on some of his career highlights. Reflects Danny - "Recording the live album "Nightlife"(2012) was a milestone. Over the past few years we’ve constantly toured Europe, and in doing so, we have broken new ground both musically and geographically."

The results are evident from the reaction from the audiences. "In the beginning, people were primarily coming to the concerts to see a young guitar player," says Danny, "but these days I think they’re coming because of songs, voice and overall performance."

Liner Notes



Danny Bryant is living proof that the old ways are far from dead and gone. Aged 32, this bluesman has worked the club and bar circuit mercilessly, milking each meager opportunity for all its worth. With his credibility earned on the road not bestowed in magazine pages, it’s tempting to assume that Bryant’s sound would be defined by the wily tricks of the road (rugged blues staples and awe inspiring solos), but this troubadour has never been afraid to embrace his own vulnerability.

Hurricane is a sheep in wolves’ clothing. Baring a tumultuous title and supporting a stern monochrome cover, Danny Bryant’s sixth studio album appears to be the very image of masculine distance. It’s a façade of course, one that Bryant manages to maintain for three tracks at the most, before letting his tormented soul seep out.

Album opener “Prisoner Of The Blues” is a coy feint; a muscular workout complete with chunky riffs, rasping vocals and satisfying bombast. The track marauds towards a darting solo - it’s a suitably immense and impersonal affair designed to overawe the listener. “Greenwood 31” is equally seismic. Shuddering like Morrello one moment, before soaring skyward the next, Bryant’s guitar is uncorked atop a bludgeoning and coarsely rewarding rhythm section. “Devils Got A Hold On Me” has the loose swing and raucous feel of bar-room boogie as Bryant cobbles together every conceivable rock ‘n’ blues cliché.

Having got that prototypical wildness out of his system early, the rest of Hurricane is free to explore the sorrow and misery that appears to consume Bryant. The gorgeously spacious “Can’t Hold On” recalls Axl Rose in his 80s Guns ‘N’ Roses heyday. The distance between the instrumentation and the slow dejection of the delivery provides a winsome contrast to the widescreen grandeur of the arrangement. The romantic gloss is pushed to one side on the Gary Moore-ish “I’m Broken”. Bryant’s timing is sublime, each note lingers that second too long bringing the narrator’s stagnant unavoidable depression to life.

It’s tempting to label Danny Bryant a natural balladeer, but the label doesn’t quite sit comfortably. His vocal is surprisingly sublime: he can make a stadium show off his despair or he can make each line feel miniscule and insular. With a guitar in his hand he is undeniably deft. He’s never short of a heart-breaking solo or a despairing spiral staircase sidebar, but his lyricism leaves a lot to be desired. Falling back on slim snapshots and tried tropes, Bryant’s guitar will drive you down into the depths of despond only for a frustrating line like: “It’s like you took a knife, and stabbed me *dramatic pause* in the dark” to take you entirely out of the moment.

At it’s worst Hurricane can feel impersonal and generic. “All or Nothing” offers an intriguing arrangement, it has a sense of sly impetus, but Danny pulls the rug out from underneath his audience with platitudinous lyricism. It’s a shame, as Bryant’s playing and vocal tone are incredibly engaging. Reassuringly, the best is saved till last as Bryant’s potential is unleashed and all his stumbling blocks are overcome on “Painkiller”. Full of oddly specific imagery, it conveys the sense of intimacy and individuality that even Hurricane’s best moments lacked. “Painkiller” is a reminder that at 32 years of age the phenomenally talented Bryant is still evolving as an artist.

David Hayter - 5. June 2013
Guitar Planet Magazine



UK based guitarist Danny Bryant returns with his seventh studio album, Hurricane, an album as passionate as it is firmly grounded in rock and roll.  The craftsmanship on Hurricane really relies on the ground it covers. Too many traditional blues albums treat their various tracks as venues for varying guitar solos without really worrying about varying the sound of each song, and Bryant seems determined to avoid getting caught in the same rut many of his contemporaries do.  On Hurricane, Bryant strives to make a lasting impression not only as a skilled guitar smith, but also as a competitive songwriter.

The intro to “All or Nothing” is a gothic-styled string arrangement which is completely atypical for someone with Bryant’s sound, opening the track with a particularly moody feeling that follows through the following four minutes.  The verses also incorporate a brilliant synth riff that occupies the background space, albeit briefly.  Perhaps Bryant is briefly channeling the new wave sounds of The Cars or giving a friendly nod to newer indie sounds (think buzzband supergroup Wolf Parade).  “Prisoner of the Blues” essentially sounds like its title suggests it might – it’s dirty, gritty, and almost sloppy, but in a decidedly purposeful, technical way.

That being said, the album isn’t without its flaws.  “Can’t Hold On” seems hopeful at first, but the dark piano intro eventually gives way to a cliché power anthem, complete with synth-styled guitar sounds and reverb-drenched cross-sticking that reminds me why I’m glad the ’80s are done and gone.  After that the record hits the occasional lull, but there are really no other major offenses to report.

Bryant croons “Daybreak comes / and the same old blues” on “I’m Broken,” a fairly ironic line considering how much effort in Hurricane went to making sure it wasn’t indeed the same old blues.  Bryant succeeds entirely in this endeavor too, and by mixing and matching skillful guitar work with emotive and moody melodies Bryant creates a record with enough diversity and enough traditionalism to satisfy any blues music enthusiast and enthrall any blues lover.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Richard MacDougall - April 8th, 2013
Copyright © Blues Rock Review



Recorded as a power trio, Hurricane was produced by Richard Hammerton. The nine songs showcase the evolution of Bryant as both guitarist and songwriter. The album bursts with power-fueled originals, groove-driven up-tempo songs, and soulful blues ballads. Danny retreated to the rural solitude of the county of Cornwall in the southwest of the UK to record the new album. "It was just like time travel," says Danny. "Since there was almost no phone reception or internet connection, I spent between 15-18 hours a day concentrating on nothing but the music." The difference to the previous studio album "Just As I Am" (2010) is based mainly in the production. Says Danny - "The songs are the result of hard work and have gained considerable complexity." This is evident not only in the melodic title track, but also with the ballad "Can't Hold On," not to mention the funky-bluesy "Greenwood 31" – a song that harks back to a similar urgency in the style of Jimi Hendrix mixed with the attitude of Lenny Kravitz. Inspired by American rockers including John Hiatt and Bruce Springsteen, Bryant looks back on some of his career highlights. Reflects Danny - "Recording the live album "Nightlife" (2012) was a milestone. Over the past few years we've constantly toured Europe, and in doing so, we have broken new ground both musically and geographically." The results are evident from the reaction from the audiences. "In the beginning, people were primarily coming to the concerts to see a young guitar player," says Danny, "but these days I think they're coming because of songs, voice and overall performance."

Amazon.co.uk



"'Hurricane' is a thoughtfully conceived, well constructed album with impressive songs and his best ever vocals." 4.5/5

Get Ready To Rock (Pete Feenstra)



"Bryant creates a record with enough diversity and enough traditionalism to satisfy any blues music enthusiast and enthrall any blues lover" 8/10

Blues Rock Review



Hailed as a young guitar virtuoso, Walter Trout protégé Danny Bryant is building a formidable reputation as a leading British blues-rock guitar heavyweight in his own right. This release highlights his power-fueled originals, groove-driven songs, and soulful blues ballads.

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