Brian Brickley on vocals and lead guitar, Matt Macchiarolo on bass, Jon Johnson on drums, Mark Boone on keys, Dave Maki on sax and John Linfield on trumpet
Influences
Allman Brothers, Clapton, Bonnie Rait, John Haitt,
Sounds Like
From The Ann Abor Observer. ....The Martindales... is a typical post-Jeff Beck-Jimmy Page-Eric Clapton electric blues band with plenty of covers and long, extended blues jams, with the keys sometimes sounding like a B-3 organ, at other times like an electric piano. Brickleys guitar was the focus as he showered the audience with some of the most amazing guitar licks Ive heard in a local bar in years. I suppose if I hadnt been drinking beer my mouth would have dropped open for the entire set. My guess is that Brickley listened to the British blues guys, but there is no doubt he learned a few tricks from a wide range of the greats. At times hes doing some straight head B. B. King riffs. Other times theres some Luther Anderson thunder and fire. On other songs Brickley slips into a smooth T-Bone Walker shuffle, and then he downshifts on the next song into a Robert Cray mode. But the amazing thing here is that he takes all this stuff, adds a smooth pop covering to it, and makes it his own. The bonus here is Brickleys cool blue-eyed southern rock voice, much like Gregg Allmans. His voice has both grit and a casual soulfulness, and his singing is intense with a sweet country edge. To cap it off, Brickley writes some damn good originals, too. He did only a couple the night I saw him, but the bands eponymous new debut CD is loaded with fresh and very listenable tunes, from Quietly Hold Me, a sad and mournful ballad Eric Clapton might wish hed written, to the street-smart 9 mm Brother. The Martindales are one hell of a blues band. I hope it doesnt take the rest of the world as long as I did to figure this out. -Alan Goldsmith
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Hello Martindales, Hope you are doing well. Blues Detour is now 'live' and taking artist submissions. Please check us out and we'll save some shelf space for ya' ;)
