CD Review
David Gogo
Live At Deer Lake
Cordova Bay (Catalog Number Unavailable)
by Tim Holek
Review date: October 2004
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On his previous six discs, David Gogo has ranged from a wild banshee to a pop balladeer. The former Gogo was captured live at the 2002 Burnaby Blues Festival. This one hour release contains nothing but screeching, hard rock guitar from the Nanaimo, British Columbia native. All 10 tracks are loaded with aggressive energy. The CD's sound quality isn't polished. It is raw and proudly depicts the audio you'd expect to experience at a rock concert.
Some might say artists like Gogo give blues a bad name. He doesn't do himself favours by rocking up traditional blues songs such as Louisiana Blues and I Feel So Good. He removes all the soul from James Brown's classic It's A Man's World. To it he adds, assertive and confidant vocals along with passionate yet explosive guitar. The great vocal harmonies and alternative rhythm patterns on Skeleton Key make Gogo stand out in the over-crowded blues-rock arena. On this cranking CD he twists, pushes and bends his strings until the frets are ablaze. Throughout, he maintains an energetic voice as electrified as his guitar. However, the six-stringed fireworks quickly become tiresome because they are on the rampage far too much. Tim Holek
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