Tater CD review

Seven and Seven Is

Fun with Sound

Okay so I'm a big 77's Fan. I have been ever since I first heard them in 1988 or so when "Sticks and Stones" came out... This was right around the same time that Joshua Tree from U2 came out and they had a similar sound at that time... however they have morphed and changed and band members have changed and so on... (you can read the history here)but one this remains constant and that is the leader of the rag tag band Michael Roe. He's sort of a Santana type person in that he travels between groups lending his musical talents to all kinds of groups and every now and again manages to pump out an album or two under the 77's names.
It all depends on who's on the album as to what name is used. So you can tell what kind of music you're bound to find based on the group name... for example if it's Michael Roe, then it's going to be a mello pretty much solo gig. If it's "The Seventy Sevens" or "77's", then it's primarily rock with gutair Harmony and drums. If it's "7 & 7 is" then it's a more mello version of the 77's but still has the drums invloved. If it's "Lost Dogs" then it's going to be a little bit country and little bit rock and roll and a little bit non sensical... Then their is "Daydream" which is just music and it's a good background to a quiet day in which you wish you were by the beach.
In this case we have "7 & 7 is" so this album is a bit mello with some play around with a drum machine and playing around with gutair sounds. It's a good album when you just want to chill out a bit. Songs such as "Say So Long To Your Sad Old Love Song" are like a gentle wave coming in and out and Mike plays with his voice just as much as they play with guitar and drum sounds... it's actually kind of cool.
10 songs on this album... 10 songs are good and 0 are bad so it's pretty solid gold to me.

If you ever want to hear some of their stuff, let me know... I pretty much have eveything that Mike Roe and company have put out for the last 15 years. "Sticks and Stones" is still my favorite though...