“History,” which acts as the on-ramp to this Mystic Highway, sounds like the biggest, baddest, boldest, and most beautiful rock and roll party that you have ever heard. Simple as that. But, not only that, it gets to the heart of what rock and roll is all about. Sadly, as rock music took over from its more fun sibling, we seemed to gradually lose everything that mattered – those perfect blends of groove and grit, muscle and melody, punch and panache, bravado and boogy – so much so that today, we find ourselves faced with a load of bearded men in big shorts playing sterile, overly-earnest, and unappealing music in its place.
Mystic Highway sounds like a fight back, or at least a heady reminder of what’s missing. Whether it is the roaring, infectious riffs of “Modern Ways” or the spacious blends of acoustic and electric guitars of “Read the Signs;” the euphoric drive of “Lost and Found” or the balladic understatment and signalongability that is “Some Day;” or just the stomping glam-groove and barrelhouse piano of recent single “Somebody’s Always Doin’ Something 2 Somebody,” all of these great songs are reminders of what lays at the heart of rock and roll.
Not only is DownTown Mystic a champion of the cause, defender of the righteous and bastion of the boogiesome, he surrounds himself with like-minded and like-talented players, not least an array of excellent guitarists in Lance Doss, Bruce Engler and Justin “JJ” Jordan. Authenticity is the name of the game!
If ever anyone makes a film about a town where rock and roll has been outlawed and one young rebel sets out on a quest to find the solution, Mystic Highway could easily be the album that provides the film’s turning point.
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