Marshall Road Apocalypse Review

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Marshall Road Apocalypse ReviewIf it hadn't been for accidently stumbling across Cathy Jean's last cd called "I Want" in the used bins,I would have never heard of this wonderful artist. I don't know how a blues singer with this much talent continues to fly under the radar screen. This latest album was a big surprise for me. Not that her last album wasn't very good too. It's just that she's made such a big leap both in her songwriting and her singing abilities. Not to mention the hot band she has backing her here. Where her last album was mainly blues oriented, here she expands on the blues theme and explores other styles like jazz, pop, and rock. Even on her blues tunes she adds a little something extra to each that makes these songs different. On the first song she opens with probably the most basic blues tune on the cd with "Your One And Only". But then on the next track "Kauai" she uses a full orchestra backing to great effect on this catchy straight ahead pop song that would probably be playing on the radio today if it wasn't for the prefab Brittany's and Christina's out there. This song really took me by surprise, and I knew I might be in for something special after this. Jump on down to track 4 with "The Kids From Glen Burnie" and I got surprised again by this 50's style jazz tune complete with a cool piano and trumpet sound and spooky lyrics about the horrors that await you in a haunted house on Marshall Road, which is the street this album is named after, that Cathy Jean wants to have destroyed. Her voice and instrumentation jibe perfect on this tune. "Austria" is another good blues song with a little different slant. This time with a cello added that gives it a kind of Middle Eastern flavor, but with Cathy Jean singing nothin' but the blues. "Strut" is the only full horn song, and it has a kind of funk feel to it with the use of guitar wah wah pedal added. The rest of the music here is pretty much blues rock oriented material, but with that little something added to make each song stand out from the rest. Cathy Jean's voice is really something special. I'm surprised none of the other reviewers here didn't mention how much she sounds like Ann Wilson of the band Heart. There's times I can't tell their two voices apart. Other than that similarity, Cathy Jean really stands out from the crowd. She's an amazing songwriter. Everything here she wrote. And in every song she has an interesting story to tell. Don't be fooled by the provocative cover. She's a blues Diva to the bone, and you can tell she takes her music serious. There's only a couple women in the blues world who I put in the same class. And that's Joanna Connor, who in my opinion is the best woman blues guitar player we have today. And Deborah Coleman, who is another outstanding blues singer/songwriter. I highly recommend this cd. It's a heck of a lot of fun to listen to, and a hard one to put down. One of the very best blues albums from 2001.Marshall Road Apocalypse OverviewThe music's great! Some of my favourite cuts are, for down right Pure Sex Blues: "Your One & Only", "Ms. Jeneration Hip Zone", "Dirty One", and "Strut" do it for me. The acoustic cuts "Behind My Back" and "Prophet" hit the spot. "You Don't Know" "Get Me Out" and "The Fabulous New Debbie Song" are beautifully crafted and well executed songs. It's good to see Aussie wine get a mention, thanks!...Without sounding too sexist, I was first attracted to Cathy Jean from her shots in Living Blues. I could not wait to get the mag to see what shots there were of her. I'm glad she had a different photo in each issue. She's a "real spunk"-- that's Aussie for (I don't know) beautiful, hot, sexy, a 10, take your pick. The fact that she plays great guitar/writes songs and can sing is the icing, the strawberry and the cream on the cake... It's really the music that's important, we know that. The fact that it's Cathy Jean who is doing it makes it all the better. --Brett Parker, BluesBoxDownUnder Radio Show

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