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They're excellent and they did the rock-funk-pop thing so well. I remember at the time thinking this was exactly the style of music I wanted to play in a band.
One small observation, whilst I really like their guitarist, Brion James, in this footage, you can hear the thump and roar of his Marshall stack which was the perfect foil against the funk bass and electronica of the keys. Oh, and what a drummer they had back then! When I saw them last, BJ (oops) was using a Kemper, and IMHO, it just didn't sound as good as his sound in the past. It was thin, artificial and very processed. It might have been a bad sound night, dunno, but go back and listen to those first few albums. Oh, and once again, I think Nile Rodgers' producing talents appeared on at least one album.
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At the time I thought the first album had the best songs, the second had the best sound and the third was rather bland.. then I gave up on them. Haven't listened to any of them for many, many years though.
I honestly can't remember if ever saw them live. If they played the Marquee or the Astoria between 1988 and 1991 then I probably did, otherwise probably not.
Funk rock was a happening thing - Roachford, Living Colour, Power Station and others. I guess deeply uncool when grunge and Brit Pop hit.
Dan Reed also did a couple of duo, acoustic gigs with Danny Vaughan of Tyketto (and one of the big Eagle tribute bands) and they, too, were meant to be great.
I'm usually someone who plays whole albums but I would definitely skip tracks on DRN records. Stevie Salas Colorcode were very similar. Maybe it's something about funk rock...
Steve Salas's solo stuff was decent and I really like this one
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