Various Artists
Festival Sampler
Reviewed by Brian Vincent McGovern
This project features four artists Tony Loeffler, Wayne Scott Farley, Monty Lee Kimble, and Secret Agent Abe. Loeffler's mellow blues made me yawn, and the bluesy 80's arena rock of Farley was stellar in the guitar department, but vocally not so credible. Reading that Kimble has been compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan peaked my interest... Yeah, I'll say the guy sure has the chops. And then the vocal started; sort of a spoken word coupled with a less than believable Larry Norman timbre. After that was the so-called "funk/surf/metal" of Secret Agent Abe. Pretty interesting, actually; female vocals, extremely tight funk, with like the j-card says metal guitars. Cool. For info, write: L&A Records, PO Box 296, Midland Park NJ 07432