The prolific Jim Basnight was featured on this blog not too long ago in the form of his garage rock outfit "The Rockinghams". "Seattle - New York - Los Angeles" is another jam packed CD full of straight up rock and roll tunes, this time backed by his raucous bar band The Moberlys.
From the name you might surmise this is a collection of live recordings from various shows in the aforementioned cities, but this is not the case. It is 23 tracks of some of the strongest material I've heard from Basnight's extensive catalogue. This savior of rock and roll sounds a little different on each CD he puts out, but each CD is consistent in and of itself. "Seattle - New York - Los Angeles" is no exception.
This time around the theme appears to be strongly influenced by 50s be-bop and surf rock with a modern rock twist. Imagine The Replacements covering classic rock and roll artists like Buddy Holly or Beach Boys. Check out "I Wanna Be Yours" and "What I Wouldn't Do" to see what I'm talking about. We also hear some Material Issue coming through on cuts like "She Don't Rock" and Tom Petty on "The Rebel Kind".
These are some of the most melodic and instantly catchy tunes Basnight has recorded. From the Jim Basnight discography, this CD is my favorite so far.
iPOD-worthy: 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16
Jim Basnight on MySpace. Official site.
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