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Clovis 2 Live

by The Mike Ross Band

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1.
Thanks A Lot (Live) 05:43
2.
None Of Your Business (Live) 03:17
3.
The Only Place You Ever Take Me Is Down (Live) 03:36
4.
Hammer (Live) 07:42
5.
Tell Jerry (Live) 04:06
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The Loser (Live) 05:03
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Leviathan (Live) 08:32
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Unforgiven (Live) 05:04
9.
Don't Say A Word (Live) 04:19
10.
Shoot You If You Run (Live) 05:58

about

In cyberspace, no-one can hear you scream “Yeah!”

‘Alternate reality’ has been with us so long now, it’s hard to say if the weird Twilight Zone was outside, where music venues stand silent and dark, or inside Brighton Electric, where the sound of bands playing issued from every room in the building when we arrived for the launch of Mike Ross’s The Clovis Limit Part 2.

Logistics and legislation sadly put paid to the idea of 25 ‘golden ticket’ holders gaining physical access to the live-streamed show, leaving the room a lot like a TV studio: lights, cameras, and a hard-working crew (including album producer Al Scott) finessing the sound and vision took up most of the space, creating a dilemma for the handful of spectators… Would it be unprofessional to clap? Will four people’s applause sound a bit thin? Does a whoop here break the spell for the viewer online? It wasn’t too long before the raw power of the music (and the beer) answered that with an emphatic “Who cares?”

Mike was joined by guest vocalist Jade ‘Like the Stone’ Williams, Stevie 'Keys’ Watts, Darren Lee on drums and Dan Lyons (initially in cosmonaut finery) on bass to deliver the album with surprising fidelity given the lack of multi-tracking and other studio bells and whistles. The gut-punch energy of Thanks A Lot and the stinging-slide bite and bile of The Only Place You Ever Take Me Is Down were if anything heightened, while Jade’s soaring wordless vocal brought an interesting counterpoint to Mike’s sublime guitar lines in the ABBish 6/8 break of None Of Your Business. Bittersweet harmonies and an acerbic squealing solo lent a sharper tang to the warm glow of Hammer, while Tell Jerry was taken as a straight-trio canter, embellished with a touch more jambandesque extemporising than the record, and the addition of drums and Jade and Stevie’s urgent bvs nudged The Loser more toward Jacksonville than Laurel Canyon.

Having had one costume change already Mike switched into gunslinger black for Leviathan, every bit as expansive and shimmering with menace as the album version, before a final break (and change) heralded the closing triad: Unforgiven, dedicated to Jules Fothergill, still sounded lush with only the one (chorus pedal-assisted) guitar, the solo sounding even more sweetly Dickeyish and Stevie’s excellent organ outing one of the few of the night properly to-the-fore in the mix (the only small quibble with the sound in the room); the cowbelltastic strut of Don’t Say A Word was more venomous and dripping with sleazy Stonesy swagger courtesy of Jade’s grit and power; and the finale Shoot You If You Run perfectly captured the bleak majesty, precision tutti gunfire bursts and searing passion of the original track… although not its extended guitar-and-Haw-Haw coda (which the online watchers were treated to thanks to a neat segue to the record for their closing titles).

While those watching online had those added bonuses (including atmospheric, specially-filmed, video images soundtracked by Mike’s Dystopia Rising preceding the show and in the occasional take-a-breather-and-change-shirt set breaks) they did miss out on the sheer rush of a blistering, cranked-up electric guitar ‘in the room’: after so many months of acoustics-only shows/streams it was an experience akin to being wired to the National Grid.

A stunning (and vanishingly rare) night of live music, something to brighten the dark, atmosphere-free, empty wastes that seem to lie ahead of us.

Moray Stuart/Plunger Music live review - visit site bit.ly/3oiKSQb

Track listing

1 - Thanks A Lot
2 - None Of Your Business
3 - The Only Place You Ever Take Me Is Down
4 - Hammer
5 - Tell Jerry
6 - The Loser
7 - Leviathan
8 - Unforgiven
9 - Don't Say A Word
10 - Shoot You If You Run

Video (link to download via the 'Reelhouse' website supplied after purchase) includes introductory interview 'the southern ethos of a northern man' shot by Will Carter as well as end credits sequence featuring the original demo of the track "Unforgiven".

for more info visit www.mikerossmusic.co.uk
www.facebook.com/themikerossband

credits

released February 4, 2022

Mike Ross - Guitar/Vocal
Dan Lyons - Bass
Steve Watts - Organ
Darren Lee - Drums
Jade Williams - Vocals

Mixed/Mastered by Al Scott

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Mike Ross Brighton, UK

'Timeless, uplifting Americana with
a bluesy bias and a southern swing'

Mike writes soul wrenchin', riff bustin' songs that will make you want to share the tale of his life's journey and the lessons he's learned. Listen and you'll see why one reviewer declared him 'Soaked in soul & burnt in blues'. ... more

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