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Dave Fields: Detonation

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Label: Fields of Roses Records
Released: 2012.09.18
Time:
 63:07
Category: Blues: Blues-Rock
Producer(s): David Z.
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.davefields.com
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Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Addicted To Your Fire (D.Fields/D.Miller) - 4:01
[2] In the Night (D.Fields) - 4:20
[3] Doin' Hard Time (D.Fields) - 5:24 [
[4] Prophet In Disguise (D.Fields/S.Rose) - 4:42
[5] Bad Hair Day (D.Fields) - 5:25
[6] The Altar (D.Blanche/D.Fields) - 5:14
[7] Better Be Good (D.Fields) - 5:39
[8] Same Old Me (D.Fields) - 4:30
[9] Pocket Full of Dust (D.Fields) - 7:34
[10] Dr. Ron (D.Fields) - 4:56
[11] Lydia (D.Fields) - 6:20
[12] You Will Remember Me (D.Fields) - 5:02

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Dave Fields - Vocals, Guitars
Vladimir Barsky - Keyboards
Andy Huenerberg - Bass
Kenny Soule - Drums

Joe Louis Walker - Guitar, Vocals on [3]
Delmar Brown - Vocal Rap & Organ Solo on [5]
Ada Dyer - Background Vocals on [2,5]
Deena Miller - Background Vocals on [2,5]
Doug Hinrich - Percussion on [1-8,10]
Dennis Moriarty - Harmonica on [7]

David Z. - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Joe Plourde - Assistant
Dave McNair - Mastering
Judy Tucker Fields - Digital Art, Layout
Bob Gruen - Photography
Dave Reid - Logo Design

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Dave Fields is a different kind of bluesman. Sure, he’s got some serious blues credentials, he’s played with Hubert Sumlin and John Mayall recorded one of his songs. But there’s more to this blues renaissance man and one listen to his latest release Detonation and that becomes abudantly clear. He can channel Albert King, Eddie Hazel, and Ace Frehley and be comfortable with all three.

The album opens with a rock song “Addicted To Your Fire,” that features some nice licks throughout. The next song “In The Night,” is a tune reminiscent of early Funkadelic with solid guitar playing and a funky vibe to it. “Bad Hair Day,” is a nice reggae tune with Fields taking his playing to another level. Tracks like: “Doin’ Hard Times,” and “The Alter,” have more of a modern feel to them. He goes in yet another direction on “Better Be Good,” a neat track that sounds like some old-fashioned swing-jazz with a blues flavor. “Dr Ron,” is a hard-driving song that just cooks. The best track is “Pocket Full of Dust,” this one screams 60s blues and would fit perfectly in the canon of Albert King or Otis Rush.

It is quite obvious that Dave Fields is unique with his playing these days. He has created quite an album with something for everybody. There is a lot of straight blues and just as much of everything else on Detonation. If you like blues, funk, hard rock, contemporary rock, or jazz, you can find something you’ll like on Detonation.

The Review: 8/10

Charles Dumez - August 2nd, 2012
Copyright © Blues Rock Review



On Dave Fields' fourth CD, "Detonation," he shifts his attention from blues to rock. Paying homage to rock god, Jimi Hendrix, Fields slyly nods to classic Hendrix hooks in virtually every tune. Fields used his working band consisting of himself (vocals, guitars), Andy Huenerberg (bass), Kenny Soule (drums). and Vladimir Barsky (keys). Other participants included Deena Miller and Ada Dyer (background vocals), Doug Inrich (percussion), and Dennis Moriarty (harmonica). Fields wrote or co-wrote (with Deena Miller) all of the songs. Grammy winner, David Z, produced, recorded and mixed the CD.

"Detonation" fully lives up to its incendiery title. Fields clearly enjoys cuddling up to his bad-ass, leather-jacket persona. "Addicted to Your Fire" kicks the record off with a wink at "Foxy Lady." "I'm addicted to your fire. Got that 9-1-1 attraction. Your passion's like a nuclear reaction." "In The Night" channels Humble Pie until the first backward sounding riffs kick in and we sight the Hendrix halo. "Doin Hard Time" finds Fields dueting with Alligator Record's Joe Louis Walker. The tune features hard core, fat, tremelo-steeped guitar reverberating on a classic theme. "I'm doing hard time. But I committed no crime. But I admit to be guilty of lovin' you." On "Prophet In Disguise," we get the classic "Are You Experienced" backward, windshield wiper sounds. "It's not confusing cause I'm sure you'll surmise. You're a prophet in disguise." "Better Be Good" channels the funky, jazz groove of Hendrix's "Up From the Skies." The instrumental, "Lydia," initially grasps that "Waterfall" feeling until it goes all Zeppelin on itself.

Funnily enough, two of my favorite songs eschew Hendrix. In a sane world, "Same Old Me" would bust out as a top-40 hit. "It's not a declaration of war if I don't agree with you no more. It's just my mind has changed. The old me has been rearranged... Please love the same old me." What a great, enlightened and innovative guitar solo. Standout bass playing. Then, a world apart from all this heaviness, "Bad Hair Day" reggaes down on a hilarious topic. "How could my mind get so wrapped up in my behind... But I'm not gonna lose my mind. I'm not gonna waste, any of my precious time. Even if it feels like a bad hair day."

Dave Fields gives great Hendrix. But that's just a jumping off point. He takes Hendrix and raises him to another level. Long may Dave Fields rock!

Roger-Z (12/20/12)
TheWorkingMusician.com



When I get a new release to review where the lead performer is billed as a "contemporary blues/rock guitarist/singer/songwriter," I get nervous. Whether I like the album or not, I know I'll be straining and stretching to find fresh adjectives and new ways to describe the artist that will distinguish them from all the other contemporary blues rock guitarists out there who sing and write their own material. Then again, this is a genre I can't get enough of.

Produced by David Z, Detonation isn't Dave Fields' debut collection. Time's A Wastin (2007) and All Wound Up (2008) contained singles like "Still Itchin'" and "Train To My Heart," the latter a tune John Mayall recorded on his 2009 Tough. Despite being completely ignorant of these discs, I can easily say I liked Dave Fields' Detonation from the first notes of the opening track, "Addicted to Fire." It reminded me a bit of Sly and the Family Stone if Jimi Hendrix had been their axeman. Now, that's the first pitfall for a reviewer, comparing and contrasting new folks-at least new to me-with the names of those who readers are likely to be familiar with. But it's not hard to think of Hendrix when hearing Fields bending, twisting, phasing, crunching, wah-wahing, drawing every note out, rather than simply playing fluid, linear solos. And he does all that in nearly every song.

As Detonation progressed, I kept thinking more and more that Fields is in the direct lineage of Stevie Ray Vaughn. For one matter, his supporting band sounds eerily like Double Trouble with the group consisting of Andy Huenerberg (bass), Kenny Soule (drums), and Vladimir Barsky (keyboards). Barsky, in particular, really fills the space around Fields, and the rhythm section provides the drive, allowing the front man to take off on his flights and jams. This is especially true of hard rockin' blues numbers like "Doin Hard Time" and the traditional slow blues on "Pocket Full Of Dust." To be clear, my comparisons to Vaughn refer to the musicianship and not the vocals. This isn't to say Fields is in any way deficient in that department, but rather that his usually raspy voice isn't reminiscent of anyone in particular, at least any singer that springs to my mind.

Beyond the blues tradition, many of the songs evoke completely different musical forbearers. The slow proclamation about freeing your mind, "Prophet In Disguise," is very, very Hendrix and a real flashback to the late '60s. The humorous "Bad Hair Day" is funky reggae and "Same Old Me" is a slow ballad in the mold of Journey, Kansas, or Styx with a smoother vocal delivery than Fields' rougher tunes. The instrumental "Lydia" has touches of Jimmy Page, one of Field's admitted influences. The album concludes with the very poppy "You Will Remember Me," which might earn airplay on stations that don't emphasize the pure blues.

In short, Detonation offers a wide palate of electric music, with the only real consistency being Fields virtuosity on his axe. The guitar, after all, is the topic he refers to most frequently throughout the lyrics of his songs. In the end, I wouldn't describe him as blues rock-I'd say rock blues. However one tips the formula, it's an energetic program by a man so clearly in love with his music.

While I'm behind the curve discovering Dave Fields, I hope Detonation is typical of his earlier work. I see I have some catching up to do. That is, after playing Detonation again and a bit louder. I hope Stevie Ray will forgive me. I suspect, if he was still with us, he'd get "Addicted to Fire" as well.

Wesley Britton - September 10, 2012
BLOGCRITICS.ORG



Dave Fields grew up with music all around him.  His father is a pianist/composer & arranger that was always working with musicians. Barbra Streisand came over to the house one day to do some recordings.  Dave’s father taught him a lot about music and from listening to this new CD Detonation Dave was an A+ student.  Great burning blues guitars with just the right hint of Jimi Hendrix in some of the songs.  Songs like “Addicted to Fire”, “Pocket Full Of Dust” and “Doing Hard Time” all should be getting a lot of airplay in the weeks to come.  This is a must have CD as you will hear in this weeks show.  Please call your local radio station to request they play songs from Dave Fields’ CD Detonation also any podcast shows you listen to send them an email requesting to hear songs from Detonation.  As a podcaster I know they will be glad to hear you’re interest in hearing Dave Fields new CD.

A1 Mark on September 13, 2012
A1Blues.com
 

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