GRADY – “Y U So Shady” LP
Sometimes
a group comes along that takes you by surprise and makes you wonder why you
hadn’t heard of them sooner. This
reissue is one of those albums. On this
album, Grady throws down a collection of high energy in your face blues rock
anthems full of loud and proud slide guitar work and enough passion and energy
to power a small city. Delivered with passion and fury, these songs hold true
to blues traditions while also maintaining an aggressive edge that shows why
the blues has been the roots of most types of heavy music over the past four or
so decades. Added here are some never
before released songs that adds to the overall vibe of the album. Blues and blues rock
are hard things to
redefine but Grady’s music may well be able to change what people think is
possible within this still vital yet sometimes under appreciated genre. I’d never
heard o Grady until shortly before
I learned of this album; I now really want to see this band kick out the jams
live. (BOONE)
(Alternative Tentacles Records. P.O.
Box 419092. San
Francisco, CA 94141-9092.
alternativetentacles.com)