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We’ve all had the blues all of 2020, and now with a resurgence at the end of 2021, it looks like we might be singing the blues again very soon, but let’s hope not. We have the Committee of Vultures and their newest album, Everybody Wants The Blues, which is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
Committee of Vultures is a collection of world class musicians that capture the distinctive musical soul of New Jersey. This hyped collective utilizes an electric mix of genres, not just the Blues, to span the full spectrum of possibilities and roots that are deeply rooted in every one of them.
Starting with Lightning Struck the Fairgrounds, we’re straight away thrown into C.O.V’s bluesy suaveness as soulful vocals sweep the cobwebs away and lead you into the album. Followed by the album-titled track Everybody Wants the Blues (they do, let’s be honest, it’s part of being human…), it ditches the gentle pace for a more energetic sound that builds on a more rock ‘n’ roll base and gritty vocals that push the sound forward well.
And after all those vocals there’s the instrumentation. Somebody’s really breaking it down on the rhythm guitar on this one, more than likely more than one person, as there appears to be a pair of tracks.
The brothers and sisters of C.O.V. are dedicated to their shared musical promise to serve the music and to honor the importance of traditions.
As we get into the deeper cuts, there’s no hold-up in musicianship and soulful blues as tracks like Book of Kings provide a more gentle build-up. On other cuts, such as one of the singles, Dressed To Get Naked, the down home countrified feel and appeal is readily apparent about two, maybe three seconds into it at the most.
This isn’t your arm chair producer/computer geek sitting in his bedroom ‘making beats’. This is accomplished, well practiced, difficult to duplicate, country rap tunes (yes, rap) inspiration. Everybody Wants the Blues from Committee of Vultures is a warm and inviting record that lives and breathes the blues.
Click the link below and take a listen.
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Javier Zepeda
