ONE LIVE BADGER

Badger Heavy Prog? After a few listenings sessions I have to say that to me this CD sounds more like R&B (in the vein of The Spencer Davis Group and The Allman Brothers), embellished with an interesting vintage keyboard sound by ex-Yes member Tony Kaye. He has succeeded to colour the 6 compositions (mainly swinging but also bluesy or compelling) very tastefully with varied keyboards: violin- Mellotron in Wheel Of Fortune, The Preacher and On The Way Home, a synthesizer solo in Fountain, electric piano in River and exciting Hammond organ solos in Wind Of Change and On The Way Home. The guitarplayer delivers lots of strong and powerful solos, often fiery (great wah-wah sound in The Preacher) but also sensitive like in the long final song On The Way Home. This is pleasant music with a good singer but I have the idea that the presence of Tony Kaye was the main reason to add Badger to Prog Archives. My rating: 3,5 stars.