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3 Review(s) Total
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Mark Hensch says:
On Sunday 3/4/07 12:13 PM
The Chicago three-piece of Robert Fairweather and the Luv Machine is easily the most accomplished "Hensch's Hometown Heroes" band I've been fortunate enough to cover to date. Well-established, the act has ridden the internet to a sort of niche-y, blues revivalism. Take some of the following as evidence.
Fact: The Luv Machine cracked the college radio top ten, were feature in a VH1 website special, and were an iTunes listed artist all in the same year.
Fact: various radio stations from around the world have added the Luv Machine to their top blues lists, such as KMSU & KMSK in Minnesota, who placed them at #10 on the charts in February of this year.
Fact: the band's namesake guitarist, Robert Fairweather, has played with such a list of blues musicians as to be absurdly long.
After seeing the above, one should recognize the amount of anticipation I had for this band, and the level of hype present to inspire me. After all the accolades and awards, would I personally dig Blizzard in Chicago? After several spins, the answer is a resounding yes. Robert Fairweather and the Luv Machine craft catchy, carefree, and ultimately entertaining blues boogies that sound perfectly normal even in this day and age. In fact, I'd say Blizzard could eventually top the radio charts, in the way that a rhythm guitarist like Carlos Santana has done on-and-off for years.
Mark Hensch says:
On Sunday 3/4/07 12:08 PM
The Chicago three-piece of Robert Fairweather and the Luv Machine is easily the most accomplished "Hensch's Hometown Heroes" band I've been fortunate enough to cover to date. Well-established, the act has ridden the internet to a sort of niche-y, blues revivalism. Take some of the following as evidence.
Fact: The Luv Machine cracked the college radio top ten, were feature in a VH1 website special, and were an iTunes listed artist all in the same year.
Fact: various radio stations from around the world have added the Luv Machine to their top blues lists, such as KMSU & KMSK in Minnesota, who placed them at #10 on the charts in February of this year.
Fact: the band's namesake guitarist, Robert Fairweather, has played with such a list of blues musicians as to be absurdly long.
After seeing the above, one should recognize the amount of anticipation I had for this band, and the level of hype present to inspire me. After all the accolades and awards, would I personally dig Blizzard in Chicago? After several spins, the answer is a resounding yes. Robert Fairweather and the Luv Machine craft catchy, carefree, and ultimately entertaining blues boogies that sound perfectly normal even in this day and age. In fact, I'd say Blizzard could eventually top the radio charts, in the way that a rhythm guitarist like Carlos Santana has done on-and-off for years.
Phil Olested says:
On Friday 3/18/05 12:33 PM
We heard about Robert Fairweather from a friend of ours. They said he was a great local blues guitarist. They were right. We showed up early to check out the show at Demeto Time in Villa Park and we we're disappointed to find out he would only be "sitting in" with Bobby Midnight and the Big Ordeals on their last set. Bummer. But, at 10:30 in walks some guy with three guitars and an amp. Fairweather. He plugs in for the third set and proceeded to turn the joint upside down. He was standing on the bar soloing, midway thru the set, while the band held the groove on the otherside of the room. They played some rock songs and some blues tunes. Both were great. Also, Bobby Midnight is a crazy front man. They were cutting into Kiss' "Rock and Roll All Nite" and Bob was impressing the women with his "Gene Simmons like" tongue. A look around the room had all the ladies blushing and asking there boyfriends or hubbys, "why can't you do that?" A very funny moment indeed. We truly enjoyed the Big Ordeals and their guest Robert Fairweather. Recommended.
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