{"id":34,"date":"2017-01-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2017\/2017\/01\/14\/hearing-aide-dave-fields-unleashed\/"},"modified":"2017-01-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T00:00:00","slug":"hearing-aide-dave-fields-unleashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2017\/2017\/01\/14\/hearing-aide-dave-fields-unleashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aide: Dave Fields &#8216;Unleashed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145592 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Dave-Fields.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"395\" \/>This coming <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/2014\/02\/13\/yarn-and-the-brummy-brothers-to-perform-at-red-square-on-valentines-day\/\">Valentine\u2019s Day,<\/a> New York City-based blues guitar player Dave Fields will release his seventh studio album, <em>Unleashed<\/em>. In a career that spans writing jingles for the likes of IBM and Publishers Clearing House, working with legendary British bluesman John Mayall, and getting inducted into the NY Blues Hall of Fame in 2012, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davefields.com\/\">Fields<\/a> is definitely making the most of his musical talents. And with an album title like <em>Unleashed<\/em>, he\u2019s certainly building up some kind of anticipation. And I must say, <em>Unleashed<\/em> is a fitting title.<\/p>\n<p>The album opens with \u201cAnticipating You,\u201d an instrumental jam more on the jazz side of things. It also starts what\u2019s a regular occurrence on the album. Though he bills himself as a blues player, Fields goes on long shredding passages like he\u2019s an 80\u2019s hair metal guitarist.<\/p>\n<p>If you want an idea about what kind of lyricist Fields is, look no further than \u201cChild of the World.\u201d The song is about having to deal with all the bad things currently happening in the world, like terrorists and people who have extremist thinking. And Fields says he\u2019s on a \u201clove crusade\u201d to try and right these wrongs. It\u2019s the kind of lyrics you\u2019d hear from a 1960\u2019s artist, but trying to specifically address modern day topics in that exact way sounds odd.<\/p>\n<p>The blues aspects really come out on songs like \u201cMy Mama\u2019s got the Blues\u201d and \u201cThe Boy Wants to Play,\u201d the former sounding like it comes straight from Memphis and the latter having backing singers and more of a soul\/gospel feel, even if it is about a boy wanting sex. Meanwhile, the two-parter \u201cJagged Line\u201d probably gives the best example of Field\u2019s attempt to blend these varying styles together. The rock guitar, backing organ sounds, and blues lyrics about growing up with a hard life, gives any passive listener a good idea of where modern blues music is heading or what it&#8217;s trying to be.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at \u201cBetter Be Good,\u201d another song about trying to love one another in the face of terrorism and corrupt governments, the album suddenly transitions to a live set at a NYC blues club. From there, he makes his Jimi Hendrix influences bright as day with a faithful cover of \u201cHey Joe\u201d and his own rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. It wasn\u2019t a note-for-note recreation of the Hendrix version (I don\u2019t think that\u2019s possible), but he does make some impressive runs that leave any fan of shredding pleased.<\/p>\n<p>The two songs that end the album couldn\u2019t be further from the rest of the album. \u201cNew York City Nights\u201d is the only real ballad here, with Fields switching to acoustic guitar and backed by synth strings. Meanwhile, \u201cLes Hoedown\u201d is easily the fastest song here. An instrumental featuring very fast guitar plucking that sounds like Jeff Beck doing rockabilly, with the drum fills and bass managing to keep up.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt an audience for this music exists, for those who like frequenting establishments who play blues, roots, or Americana music. And if you do appreciate shredding and fretting guitar playing, Fields is worth a listen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Tracks:<\/strong> Jagged Line (Pts. 1 &amp; 2), The Boy Wants to Play, Pocket Full of Dust (live)<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fd3zvlvoLuo[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This coming Valentine\u2019s Day, New York City-based blues guitar player Dave Fields will release his seventh studio album, Unleashed. 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