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The Dynamites Featuring Charlie Walker

Kaboom! | Outta Sight
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  July 2, 2007
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COLD SWEAT: You won’t hear tributes to ’50s
and ’60s soul grooves better than those from
the Dynamites.

Live, Nashville’s Dynamites are a sweaty bathtub of bubbling, wall-to-wall funk and James Brownian motion. Singer Walker doesn’t have the Godfather’s moves or his vocal range, but he can light city blocks with his groaning, howling, wailing, barking soul voice. Here, on the shakin’ “Own Thing” and the back-alley tough “Killin’ It,” he sounds like Wilson Pickett using a finer grade of sandpaper. And the rest of this 10-piece outfit are so funky, they travel to gigs in a garbage truck. Okay, maybe that’s too literal, and gross. But with Jackson Eppley’s pushing bass, Tyrone Dickerson’s laid-back organ textures, leader Leo Black’s Jimmy Nolen guitar chords, a two-man horn section that wails tough as four, and a wall of percussion, the Dynamites offer one of the better tributes to ’50s-’60s-style soul grooves in all of show business. And that’s saying something.

The Dynamites + DJ PJ + DJ Claudd Money | ZuZu, 474 Mass Ave, Cambridge | July 10 | 617.864.EAST

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The Dynamites Featuring Charlie Walker
The Dynamites feat. Charlie Walker are currently on tour! Their fresh new album KABOOM! is in stores right this very moment, make a smart purchase! Jul 6 2007 9:30P Back Porch Stage @ House of Blues Chicago, Illinois Jul 10 2007 9:00P Middle East Upstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts Jul 11 2007 8:00P The Annex New York, New York Jul 12 2007 8:00P Iota Club & Cafe Arlington, Virginia Jul 13 2007 9:00P Blind Tiger Greensboro, North Carolina Jul 14 2007 6:00P Criminal Records (in store performance) Atlanta, Georgia Jul 14 2007 8:00P The Earl Atlanta, Georgia Aug 25 2007 2:00P Southern Brewer's Festival Chattanooga, Tennessee Sep 15 2007 8:00P Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, Texas
By valerieflames on 07/11/2007 at 2:40:59

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