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    Heaven's Metal #21/Q-Stone
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    Q-Stone

    Q-Stone

    (1988)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Royal MusicHeaven's Metal #21October/November 1989
    blues rockhard rock

    Fans of Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, Los Lobos, Will & The Kill, and a host of other Texas blues/rock bands will love this band...from Sweden?!? Q-Stone is hot. They've got the licks, the rich vocals of Mikko Kuustonen (Now we know where they got their name), and the production expertise of Larry Norman.

    Larry even handles the vocals in a duet for the song "Sweet Dreams".

    The guitars, played by Hessu Silvennoinen, wail and wah-wah with just the right clarity and distortion.

    The lyrics are as hot as the tunes. "You Did It For Me", a steel-guitar ballad, tells the truth with conviction: "Oh, how they hurt You/ Oh how they laughed/ Oh how they wounded Your loving heart/ They were strong and able/ They drove a nail through each hand/ Oh they didn't understand...You did it for them/ You did it for me."

    Smokin' hot blues from Scandinavia. If you: are into Darrell Mansfield; love Larry Norman's Something New Under The Son; are over 30; or want to hear what's hot--check out Q-Stone's debut album.

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