Nightfire

Mandel, Harvey
Bridge Productions
Blues | Jan 2004

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2005-11-23
Guitarist Harvey Mandel and lap steel Freddie Roulette
All songs feature Mandel's great guitar sound (Blues/fusion)
Guests Henry Kaiser, Roy Rodgers & Norton Buffalo on #11
Great sound on all tracks, maybe a bit too short, they are real good but don't seem to cut loose on the CD. Still great to hear Mandel. He plays around the Bay. He was recently at Ireland's 23 Club in Sf.
1:6:50 laid back guitar & lap steel, minimal harp & male vocal
2: 4:03 mellow guitar.lap steel and harp minimal male vocals
3: 4:27 laid back guitar & lap steel
***4: 4:44 Classic Mandel hit with Lap steel, mellow with congas
5: 6:01 searing guitar intro. mellow, male voc.
*6: 5:07 driving rhythm, male & fem voc , fast guitar , good harmonica
*7: 4:48 male & fem voc., pounding rhythm, goog guitar
*8: 4:52 laid back guitar & lap steel
***9: 5:08 slower laid back guitar & lap steel
***10: 5:01 mellow laid back guitar & lap steel, congas
***11: 6:25 party noise intro. Pounding rhythm, keyboard, great guitar, harp, more great guitar , band acknowledgements at end.
D Farrell 01/2004

Charting

2004-01-26 — 2004-03-29 Blues

Track listing

1. Small Town Talk
2. It's Getting Harder
3. Freeflow
4. Baby Batter
5. Bad Luck Situation
6. Believe in Yourself
7. Nightfire
8. Lost in Time
9. Touch of Green
10. Spider Web
11. Guest House