Rob Ickes - Slide City (from Jazz Times)
No one can accuse Ickes, the multi-award-winning dobro player, of being creatively moribund. His dobro swings with fire and desire here, and on Larry Coryell's "Don't Give It Up" he stirs up enough dust to shake a house. But "California Blues" is a parody of the worst of the Beach Boys and appears inspired by radio. Ickes, who jump-started his bluegrass career in northern California more than a decade ago and subsequently moved to Nashville, takes several detours on the ablum, stopping to pay t......






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