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The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 18, 2013, 12:00 am
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 18, 2013, 12:04 am
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[center]What is the best Winery Dogs Album of all time?
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 18, 2013, 12:43 am
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[center]The Winery Dogs (Self-Titled) 2013
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Holy sh*t! I'm kind of speechless. This is about as close to
having an out of body experience listening to a new band in
probably 25 years for me. I can't recall ever witnessing,
er.....listening to something truly remarkable that I connected
with on a visceral way that could become huge and give the music
landscape a much needed shot in the arm. After listening to The
Winery Dogs Self-Titled debut and coming away with this euphoric
feeling and questioning whether or not I just heard one of the
best albums I've heard in years, I became very skeptical. There
is no way in hell this album was as good as my first pass
through this hour long album. So I immediately went right back
into listening a second time around and it's even better than
the first time.
I sh*t you not, this album is hair raising, goosebumps,
boner-pill popping awesome. What's remarkable is that this is
"just" a Trio comprising Drum God Mike Portnoy on Skins,
4-finger Virtuoso Billy Sheehan on Bass and Guitar God Richie
Kotzen on the 6 String Axe. You would think that anyone going
head to head with the likes of Billy and Mike would be knock-out
in the first round. Well let me tell you straight up, the album
begins and ends with Richie and not in the way you'd expect
either. I've known him strictly as a axe slinger since the late
80's and only as a wizard of the fretboard. But listening to him
on lead vocals here is a revelation for me and one that took me
totally by surprised. This kid can flat out sing. He sounds very
much like David Coverdale and the album as a whole sounds like
the Whitesnake Album that never was.
I'm winding down my 3rd time around through the album non-stop
and it's just blowing me away in a way that I never expected.
The biggest question I have isn't so much about the album but in
"where the f*ck has Richie been all these years, hiding that
voice". If he had been singing the past 20 years, he could have
made a huge, lasting legacy. Yes, that's some high praise and I
mean every bit of that. As for the album itself, I've never been
more hard pressed to pick a fave song. Right now I just can't
seem to settle on one, or two, or five. Every song is unique and
separates itself from the next one. There are a couple of "power
ballads" that just kick so much ass and they don't sound like
your typical power ballads from the 80's either. Maybe because
here, the songs have some serious weight and balls to them.
Sound-wise, The Winery Dogs is pure classic Hard Rock and the
songs are the main focus. I can hear a lot of different
influences, the biggest of course being Led Zeppelin and
Whitesnake. Not sure if this was intentional or not, but I love
it. I also hear other influences that call to mind the 70's
heyday. With 3 Gods in one band, the potential is there for each
one to more or less step over each other to show off, which can
come at the expense of the songs. But they each went out of
their way to make sure that the songs themselves hold up on
their own. Sure, you get your drum fills by Mike, your bass runs
by Billy and tasty solos by Richie, but they all serve a
purpose.
Amazing debut. Amazing album. Easily 10 Stars out of 10. I
highly and I can't stress enough.....HIGHLY recommend this as a
Buy. For me, this is easily the album to beat for 'Best Album Of
The Year". I just can't see anything coming out and topping this
one by the end of the year. It's just not gonna happen. I will
post more later as I digest this more........
[center]Fave Songs:
I'm No Angel
One More Time
The Dying
Regret
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: boyinblack80
Date: June 18, 2013, 12:58 am
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Daddy like! I am on my phone, so it is very hard to reply
properly. But I agree album is hard at first to wrap your brain
around because it is so good. Ritchie sings so well and like you
said sings like a seasoned pro who's been singing for 30 years
plus... the guy is a stud. And that is high praise. He sings
like a five star singer and yet no one has ever heard him sing
as far as I know. And that's not too look away from his amazing
guitar skills which are again 5 star. Throwin Billy on base and
Mike on drums you can go back and listen to this album 2010
times and still be blown away buy little things and huge things
all of these musicians add.
,again I am on my phone so it's very hard to type a proper
review right now I'm using voice typing and I have no clue how
this will turn out. The little bit that I heard on YouTube sold
me right away and I knew I had to buy the record and check it
out.
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 18, 2013, 1:01 am
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This album is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
f*cking gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!! I've gone
through it 3 times. Now I'm cherry picking random songs before
heading for a 4th spin around. This one will be played to death
this week and beyond.
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: boyinblack80
Date: June 18, 2013, 1:01 am
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love your review dude I think you really got into the moment.
And I totally agree with free monster musicians one of the maze
ing things to point out is the fact that none of them ever
overstep the bounds as a team playerthe songs are always the
bottom line and the songs are damn good
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: boyinblack80
Date: June 18, 2013, 1:04 am
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super glad you like it please borrow it for as long as you like.
Sorry my messages are so choppy but it's a lot faster to speak
them into my phone right now since I'm not online. The downside
is the text comes through a lot choppy depending on what I say
and how much I edit it
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 18, 2013, 1:04 am
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This is why I immediately think Winery Dogs is far superior to
Mr. Big. When I listen to that group of players doing their
thing, it's kind of a gymnastic team of "lookee me....I'm
playing super fast". But with Winery Dogs, it's about SONG and
the vocals in particular. Richie's voice is so damn good.
Bluesy. I'd be shocked if the band doesn't blow up and become
huge.
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: boyinblack80
Date: June 18, 2013, 1:06 am
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,without that metal show I would have never heard of the album
so thank God Richie came on the show and promoted I am still
totally blown away by how cool it is to hear Billy, Mike, and
Richie on one record they are absolutely amazing together and
the combo I honestly feel is better than Black Country Communion
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Re: The Winery Dogs - Discography
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: June 18, 2013, 1:08 am
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The entire time I was listening to this, all I could think about
was TMS and how I plan on revisiting last weeks episode, just so
that I can watch it in a much different light now. It will feel
TOTALLY different for sure.
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