The obvious question is what can all these luminaries know that a lot of others seemingly haven’t yet realised? Well listen to the album opener “Tell Me” and the only question that remains is how the hell have we missed out on this for so long? That must change – Black And White is ready to take this band out to an even wider audience and propel them altogether onward and upward.
Black And White, the band’s sixth album release, contains all the elements that make up a great Danny gig or CD but seems to somehow have an extra ingredient that makes it stand up proudly and demand its rightful place. The sound is superb and the RedEye Band, comprised of Ken Bryant on bass and drummer Trevor Barr, provide the perfect backdrop for the scorching, searing blues on offer here. How can I avoid such well worn superlatives as ‘scorching’ and ‘searing’ when that is exactly what it is? So, excuse the pun, take it as read Black And White deserves those accolades – even the overused ones.
It can drive you crazy when an album drops through your door to review and despite every best intention you can’t stop replaying track one. Such is the case with “Tell Me” but when I finally went further into the un-chartered water of the rest of the album I was far from being disappointed. The album maintains a quality and excitement that is just so simmeringly good (an example of making up your own superlatives if the old ones no longer work).
Second up “Between The Lines” highlights Danny’s now club-worn voice superbly. The slower tempo “Love Remains” has me standing forlornly alone at the end of the bar as last orders ring – a wonderful piece of blues. Every track on this album is written by Danny – no covers – it is all material he has no doubt worked up during his endless touring schedule. “Twenty-One” reflects that work ethic and it’s pointless to say that it contains a superb Danny Bryant guitar solo – they all do! ‘Seven hundred miles down the road’, he sings, ‘seven hundred miles left to go. I want to see my girl, seven hundred miles and I’ll be home’. Wonderful.
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