The Next Great American Band- 2nd week....Johnnykmusic's rankings after performances Friday night; each band performed a Bob Dylan song, then an original composition.:
- Clark Brothers (Maggie's Farm)
- Tres Bien! (Subterranean Homesick Blues)
- Franklin Bridge (Tangled Up in Blue)
- The Muggs (Meet Me in the Morning) article
- Cliff Wagner & the Old #7 (Don't Think Twice, It's Alright)
- Likes of You (Blowin' in the Wind)
- Six Wire (Mr. Tambourine Man)
- Dot Dot Dot (Like a Rolling Stone)
- The Hatch (It's All Over Now, Baby Blue)
- Denver & the Mile High Orchestra (Freight Train Blues)
- Rocket (Knocking on Heaven's Door)
- Light of Doom (All Along the Watchtower)
Hey, this show isn't bad (and I cite the bad ratings as proof of that)! Unlike much of the American Idol crap, these bands have been together for awhile, they must do their own originals, the judges are more informed, and there are no washed up celebrity mentors. A variety of styles are presented, although I could do without the cute, shirtless 13 year-old heavy metal band, Light of Doom. Unfortunately, they will be around for awhile, I fear. I was rooting for
Denver & the Mile High Orchestra (with a young Danny Ainge out front), but they needed to knock some socks off and didn't at all. Cliff Wagner & the Old #7 (a very good bluegrass band)will be a casualty of its genre. Clark Brothers are great musicians and seem like they can do anything well. Philly's Franklin Bridge is, by far, the funkiest of the lot. I like retro-British invasion Tres Bien! (great stage presence/catchy tunes) and Detroit's The Muggs (guitar-based rock/blues). Tall, bald lead singer for Like of You has a great falcetto (not that there's anything WRONG with that!), but tries to show it off a bit too much. The all-chick punk band, Rocket, has been disappointing so far (lead singer's voice doesn't cut it). Nashville's Livewire is polished, tight and did a wonderful cover of
Mr. Tambourine Man.
Who should be voted off -
Light of Doom/Denver & the Mile High OrchestraWho will be voted off -
Denver & the Mile High Orchestra/Cliff Wagner & the Old #7Wikipedia site -
hereArticles -
Reality TV Magazine -
Buddy TV
2 comments:
Hi, there. :)
I am certainly enjoying the show and am anxious to see what the bands have worked up for tonight. I concur with most of your assessments, but I felt that Sixwire (not Livewire...a Livewire is a Sixwire fan) gave the strongest performance of the night and I rank them first, followed by The Clark Brothers and Franklin Bridge. I felt the weakest performances were given by Rocket and Dot Dot Dot. I do not rank the Light of Doom boys because, while talented for their ages, they obviously need a few years yet (and to keep their shirts on until they've accumulated them). I don't feel they should have been put through in the first place, as an adult band with the same sound would not have been.
Just my two cents. :)
Thanks for the post. My bad. Yes, they are Sixwire. I'd like to see them away from that dreaded Nashville-slick sound. They have talent.
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