Andreas Diehlmann Band - That Old Blues Again (2024) [Official Digital Download]

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Andreas Diehlmann Band - That Old Blues Again (2024) [Official Digital Download]

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Cicadas chirp in the heat of the south, a bell alarms frantically in the distance, warning of the approaching train. After a short breeze of the rushing express, heat, silence and the cicadas take over again, until an irresistible lick of a dobro musically takes the heat to the extreme. These first notes show everyone who doesn’t yet know the blues man: He can do it! And, the man and his band can rock and have the blues.

​After this atmospheric intro, Diehlmann and his band really put the pedal to the metal on “Whiskey And Women”. Pure power blues, just as we know it from George Thorogood or John Campbell, who sadly died far too early. The trio then conjure up the “Gypsy Woman” with an infectious groove. A killer track, unleashing, tricky and with a fascinating mixture of funk and rock that sounds as if Lenny Kravitz and Jimi Hendrix had met.

“Make Up Your Way” and ‘Come Undone’ offer the best Southern rock. The trio rocks through the songs in a relaxed manner, evoking associations not only with the small, long-bearded band from Texas, but also with much more lavishly cast, well-known and popular Southern bands. One reason. The nonchalance and the flair for airy, floating and melodic guitar licks.

“Rock’n’Roll All Night” and ‘Shotgun Wedding Blues’, on the other hand, are powerful, gripping stompers, from A to ZZ simply top!

With “Pictures Of You”, Diehlmann and his comrades-in-arms slow down the tempo a little and show that they are also masters of the classic perfect rock ballad.

​The absolute highlight is certainly the title track “That Old Blues Again”, where the blues man shows all his mastery. Yes, it’s the good old blues! Just as we have all heard it from time to time, even in perfection. But that’s precisely why we can look forward to another work of this quality.