| John Popper - Zygote |
|
|
| Music Disc Reviews Audio CD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Written by Dan MacIntosh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, 07 September 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
Zygote marks the beginning of John Popper’s solo career. He was and still is the front man for the venerable band Blues Traveler. Having been a big fan of Blues Traveler for nearly a decade I was quite excited when I heard of Popper’s solo project. Then the long anticipated release finally arrived I was not disappointed. The first cut "Miserable Bastard" starts the album off with the familiar sounds of ealry ‘90’s Blues Traveler, gritty and energetic. Fans will be happy to hear that Popper’s harmonica playing is alive and well. This track is followed by a couple songs "Once You Wake Up" and "Growing In The Dirt" that closely follow the Blues Traveler style of late, particularly the album "Four." These tracks are a bit smoother and feature some good harmonies. From then on the remainder of the album explores a wide variety of styles from the slow and mellow ballads to fast paced. Overall the album is on the mellow side but not so much so to put it in danger of being ‘easy listening.’ The recording with only minor faults, does a better than average job in capturing Popper’s great performance. While the excitement of the album’s release was marred by the death of Popper’s friend and Blues Traveler bassist Bob Sheehan, Popper has not let that obstacle prevent him moving forward. I recently had the pleasure of seeing him perform at the House of Blues and the show was spectacular. Blues Traveler has long had a reputation of putting on amazing live shows and Popper lives up the expectations his fans will most certainly have. Like this article? Bookmark and share with any of the sites below.        |
||||||||||||||||||
