BERNIE Torme – Flowers & Dirt 2014 (2 CD)

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Irish guitarist BERNIE Torme (including GILLAN, OZZY OSBOURNE, ATOMIC ROOSTER, DESPERADO), has released his latest solo album “White Trash Guitar” in 1999.15 years later BERNIE Torme was 2014 again in the studio to record new songs.
On September 29, 2014 appears on Retrowrek Records with “Flowers & Dirt” after such a long wait even a BERNIE Torme solo record as DCD.BERNIE Torme it can smoke his guitar properly and ties so on to solo old days. From October 15 to November 15, 2014 BERNIE Torme goes on a little tour around so at his fans to report back.

Bernie Tormé is releasing his first solo record in fifteen years, his first studio work since 2008 on September 29th, and ‘Flowers & Dirt’ proves to be an album well worth the wait. Definitely in my top ten for 2014 at this point. Maybe even an absolute all-time rock guitar classic – yes, I believe it is.
[spoiler]Tormé went the crowd funding route to get this package put together on PledgeMusic – his fans showed the love to the extent of 418% of his goal, and he’s put together a fantastic package. It’s almost an hour and a half of stunning straight up rock, and no matter where you drop the needle, you’re going to be smiling from ear to damned ear.

This is glorious rock, children, and Bernie’s laying down one fine sermon after another. And God love him, he didn’t cheap out on the artwork and packaging, it’s top notch. I love a guy that gives a shit, and the Irish guitarist has delivered the goods in spades.

Many will remember Bernie Tormé from his eighties outings with Ozzie Osbourne (he was Randy Rhoads’ first replacement) or his fine four albums with Ian Gillan, but he’s also been on the solo trail since 1977, and he’s as currently as good a rock ‘n’ roll songwriter as anyone – this is his best set of tunes yet. This might be the best record from any guitarist ever associated with Osbourne. That’s right, I dig it more than anything I’ve heard from Jake, or Zakk, who’ve both done fine work, but this is a classic cut above.

To be honest, I was expecting a feast of mid-level blues rock, but this record is chock full of great riffs, melodic songs, and it’s one of those rarest of miracles – a power trio that never gets boring. Hats off to drummer Ian Harris, and bassist Chris Hellman – they play their parts like their lives depended on it, and they provide exemplary support throughout.

I haven’t mentioned his soloing yet, but again, you could make a compilation of every solo on the album and you’d be amazed at his ability to create exciting moments that never become tiresome or repetitive. Nope, they sizzle – every one of them. Makes you wish he’d made an album with Osbourne.

You could throw on the first nine songs on this album, tell someone this was a greatest hits package, and they’d nod in knowing agreement – a cat’s nine lives told by exceptionally solid rock ‘n’ roll before our host slows down for a blues, and when he does on ‘Good Man Down’, it’s as good a blues rock as you’ll hear in 2014. Wait until you hear the solo on this one – maybe the best blues rock since Moore left town.

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CD1
1.Crash & Burn 03:18
2.Partytown 03:04
3.Blood Run Cold 03:31
4.Your Voodoo 03:34
5.Mr Fixit 05:40
6.No Lip (Tsunami Blues) 03:21
7.Devil and the Deep Blue 03:55
8.Lockjaw 02:08
9.Everybody Need Love 04:00
10.Good Man Down 06:05
11.Warpaint 01:56

CD2
12.Bad Juju 03:05
13.Mr Bad Luck 04:25
14.Highway Chains 03:49
15.Out in the Cold 04:48
16.Garden of Earth’s Delight 04:57
17.Spirit Road 05:17
18.Turn of the Tide 04:04
19.Stoneship 08:34
20.Outlaw Blues 03:04

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