Gary Hoey -
American Made
Surfdog Records
www.garyhoey.com
Rating: B
Gary Hoey may be the most underrated guitar player in America.
Since 1993 Hoey has been releasing guitar oriented albums yet he
has failed to hit the big time. With
American Made,
Hoey incorporates his classic playing with modern day guitar
sounds, the result is one fine slab of throbbing hard rock. The
highlight of the album is a remake of the Red Rider hit "Lunatic
Fringe." If that band had balls then they would have made the
song sound like this the first time. Hoey rocks the mutha up!
On top of making the entire song rock hard, he lays over a
killer solo that shows off his guitar tenacity.
Hoey strays from his
instrumental past and adds vocals to several songs but fear not,
there are plenty of slashing solos that he is best known for.
While this album may not
bring him the limelight he deserves, it matters not to Hoey as
he has his fans and he adds to them with every release he puts
out and every concert he plays. If you have not done so before
then do check out Gary now. If you live and breath guitar rock
then Hoey could become your new best friend.
-- Jeb Wright
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