Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: Re-hive

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Wicked time — A shot of you — Dimples — Sugar melts — Turn — The hard way — When the summer goes — Bound — The seventh sons — Killing floor — Strip — Then God created woman — The storm — Circle 'round the sun — Edge of the world — One more thrill — Charmaine — It tears me up.
Christopher Arnott wrote in the New Haven Advocate: "Here's a retrospective that's been done for all the right reasons. It's a sterling tribute to the life and work of spare-yet-flashy Rebel Montez guitarist Eric Fletcher, who died in 2006. It's well-timed to ride the coattails of the resurgence of interest in TV's 'Saturday Night Live,' which Ohlman has served as houseband vocalist for decades. Most of all, it documents the revered Beehive Queen's remarkable consistency as an R&B vocalist over the years and validates her choice to scale down from her regional party band days … to this eccentric blues-schooled roots-rockin' ensemble. … [T]his is a band that labors hard and cuts loose with style" ("Local CDs," 12/25/08).

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