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THE BRIAN FRASER TRIO
New Album: Passing The Time (BMM 310.2)
Brian Fraser's fourth album Passing The Time heralds a new band and a new sound. Fraser's trio incorporates harmonica, percussion, lap slide guitar and didgeridoo. The result is his best work to date.
The Brian Fraser Trio weave their music around ancient tribal rhythms. The album finds Geelong-based Fraser moving away from his traditional fingerpicking technique to embrace the slide steel guitar, his style suggesting that of 1920s Bluesman Blind Willie Johnson.
Mick Reid, on harmonica and backing vocals, hails from Boston, USA and has 20 years of blues harmonica experience behind him. Benny Owen, on percussion, didgeridoo and backing vocals, has previously toured with Blues legend Matt Corcoran and has performed with Ash Grunwald.
"The addition of lap slide guitar, percussion, harmonica and three vocalists has added a depth to my music that's exceeded my expectations," says Fraser. "It's rare to find musicians who complement my music so well. Benny is simply ferocious on percussion and Mick's playing creates a haunting atmosphere," says Fraser.
Passing The Time is drenched in dark, pensive tones absent in his previous work. A rendition of Bobby Blue Bland's Ain't No Love laments a cold and brutal world. Back Up Against The Wall paints a portrait of a life going nowhere. Fraser's version of Blind Willie Johnson's Nobody's Fault But Mine is a tense glimpse at religious paranoia. The Cap Fits and Bo Diddley's Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover injects the album with buoyant pearls of wisdom. The album's finale, No one's Coming Home, is a cathartic release of nervous tension.
"There isn't a weak link anywhere on this splendid CD, performed by a monumentally talented man" - Rhythms Magazine
"Brian has a unique style and versatility that is thoroughly enjoyable to the entire audience... you'd be crazy to miss such a well polished show" - Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society
Listen to some samples from "Passing The Time":
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