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Altar Call Review
ALTAR CALL
Music Row Review:
NEIL CARSWELL/Altar Call
Writer: Neil Carswell; Producer: Stu Kimball, Neil Carswell & Phil Green; Publisher: Lake James/GHP, ASCAP; Aspirion (www.neilcarswell.com)
—The swampy guitar work is cool. The contrast between his deep-baritone, Southern-fried speaking voice and his feathery, raspy high tenor singing voice is kinda freaky. But definitely ear catching. Strangely soulful.
Good Man's Journey Review
Neil Carswell: Good Man's Journey
By Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck
Genre: Southern Rock-Blues
Neil Carswell has shed his skin from the days of his band Copperhead like a Cobra ready to mesmerize old and new fans alike. Good Man’s Journey is a great southern blues-rock album in the tradition of the Allman Brothers and bands that make similar music.
Carswell has that roughly hewn southern whiskey vocal style that makes all the words come across with maximum impact. I mean you can really ‘feel’ it when he sings. He has a little help from his friends too. Johnny Neel (keyboards, Allman Bros.), Barry Goudreau (guitar, Boston), Stu Kimball (guitar, Bob Dylan), and Chris Anderson (guitar, The Outlaws), lend their experience and tasteful playing to the mix. If you look at the all people involved, they have the necessary background, styles, and resumes to help Neil perfect this recording. Carswell and Anderson also combined their efforts to produce the CD.
Review from Metalville
(East Winds Records– 2006)
Solo album from the frontman of Southern Rock band ‘Copperhead’ and draws you to his attention from the start with ‘The Cain Preacher’ and keeps you there throughout with his real life stories about livin’ in the South. There’s special guests on the album too – Barry Goudreau (Boston); Johnny Neel (The Allman Brothers); Stu Kimball (The Bob Dylan Band) & Chris Anderson (The Outlaws) that make it all that bit more special.
Review from Roots Time
NEIL CARSWELL
GOOD MAN'S JOURNEY
Label: East winds records
Neil Carswell, main member of the southern rock band “Copperhead” has now released his solo project to the world. This CD is an extension of the rough southern rock sound of the work he did with Copperhead. Neil got a little help from his friends on this CD with legends such as Chris Anderson (guitarist, Outlaws), Johnny Neel (keyboards, Allman Brothers), Barry Goudreau (guitar, Boston), and Stu Kimball (guitar, Bob Dylan). Carwell’s voice is rough and powerful and reminds me of Robert Plant in several of the numbers (Plant without his high voice). This CD is bluesier in contrast with the Copperhead CDs, and a slower tempo which turns to hard hitting rock from time to time and as a whole has more rock character then what we would get from a typical southern rock band, like the Allman Brothers, a group which is sometime compared to Neil’s work in the press. “Good Man’s Journey” is less southern rock than pure rock. “The Cain Preacher” for example almost sounds like a Led Zeppelin song with Neil singing like Robert Plant on Bourbon, and Goodreau and Andersen pouring their souls out on guitar. The title song “Good Man’s Journey” is along the same line – it starts out softly and goes to a bluesy rock sound similar to Led Zeppelin especially in Neil’s vocal style.
Review from Indie Music Stop
Artist: Neil Carswell
Title: Good Man's Journey
Website: http://www.neilcarswell.com
Style: Southern Rock/ Blues
Rating: 8.25 out of 10
By Senior Staff Writer C.W. Ross
When I first got this release, which was classified as Southern Rock music, I expected some really hard driving rowdy bar type music.
What I found though was Southern Rock music with a spiritual side. The songs are set mostly against a backdrop of melodic melodies along with elements of Blues.
Don't get me wrong you'll hear some rocking tracks on this release like the opening one, "The Cain Preacher" with it heavy drumming and rocking guitars.
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