Charlie Overbey – In Good Company
Charlie Overbey has a new album, In Good Company, which is a roots rock bluesy extravaganza that places Charlie in very good company. Each song features a heavy hitting electric guitar playing guest: among them, Marcus King, Nils Lofgren, Chris Masterson, and Duane Betts.
“Punk Rock Spy,” featuring Stuart Mathis, has heavy hitting rock harmonica a la Thomas Blues and piano a la Kyle Tormey in this electric blues rockin’ ode to honky tonk heaven.
Marcus King plays guitar on “Champagne, Cocaine, Cadillacs and Cash” and it’s a groove with a dose of sincerity: “I’ve moved on a long time ago.” “So baby take your champagne, cocaine, your Cadillacs and cash / go on and head on down that highways far away from me and my stash.”
“Life of Rock n Roll” hosts Dyane Betts and it’s the luck of the hard life on the road: “when I woke up thinking about my friends died before they got to even begin / and I could have been with them but the Rhythm had a miss some good luck .” “Go live the life of rock and roll” is a celebration, the piano rides are grand the the electric guitar solos kick ass.
“The Innocence” features Nils Lofgren on guitar and stretches out a bit into heartland rock territory, fittingly. Charlie flexes his vocals in a grittier manner on this one, with a vulnerability showing in the tones, and Nils smokes the guitar solos up good.
All the tunes rock. Albums like this one are fun because in addition to being great rockin’ grooves, they highlight some of our contemporary guitar masters one by one, which is just cool. Find our previous coverage here: REVIEW: Charlie Overbey’s “Broken Arrow” Shoots Straight
Find more details and information here on his website: https://charlieoverbey.com/
Musicians on the album are Stuart Mathis on electric guitars; Corey McCormick on bass; Kyle Tormey
on piano; Thomas Blues on harmonica; Charlie Overbey on acoustic guitar, vocals, and drums; Marcus King on B3 organ, electric guitars and vocals; Jaime Wyatt on vocals; Charlie Nicienski on drums; Chris Masterson on electric guitars; Matt Hubbard on B3 organ; Johnny Stachella on electric guitars; Rami Jaffee on B3 organ and synthesizers; Sarah Gayle Meech on vocals; Lori Ottino on vocals; Geoffrey Castle on violin; Jimmy Vivino on electric guitars, B3 organ and vocals; Duane Betts on electric guitars; Courtney Santana, Eddie Spaghetti, Taime Downe, and Chad Stewart on backing vocals; Nils Lofgren on electric guitars and vocals; Katie Overbey on violin; Geoffry Castle on violin; Charlie Starr on electric guitars and vocals; Sarah Gayle Meech on vocals; Jon Graboff on pedal steel; Matt Hubbard on piano; and Danny B Harvey on electric guitars.
In Good Company was produced by Charlie Overbey; mixed by Ted Hutt; engineered by Kenny Riley; and mastered by Dave Gardner.