Description
It says a lot for a band when you’re on your 41st album and still sound as fresh now as you did back in 1965 when you first started. Then again, Savoy Brown’s latest Ain’t Done Yet deserves a lot saying about it. Starting with ‘ Astoundingly impressive’ and working through to ‘Zesty’ for adjectives to best describe this marvellous offering.
The opening All Gone Wrong is the reason why the Blues is held in such high esteem. Gutsy, punchy and delicious, the delivery of Kim Simmonds’ southern styled vocals and sublime guitar work is an absolute joy, underscored by Pat DeSalvo’s bass lines and Garnett Grimm’s powerhouse drums.
What really shines throughout is the absolute pleasure these three guys clearly derive from playing. There is nothing staid or dulled. Just a pure happiness and a requisite to share with their fans that self-same delight. Ain’t Done Yet is an absolute master class in Blues playing, honed from a rock of fifty-five years of experience that keeps on maturing like fine, fine wine.
