THE DOMENIC TROIANO BAND / THE JOKE'S ON ME

Digitized from the original vinyl, released in 1978 on Capitol Records.
Format: Mp3
Bit Rate: 320 kbps
ALBUM INFO:
Produced By: Terry Brown
Engineer: Mike Jones
Assistant Engineer: Ed Stone
Recorded At: Sounds Interchange, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January-February 1978
Cover Art: Yosh Inouye
TRACK LISTING:
The Joke's On Me
Maybe The Next Time
Spud
Here Before My Time
Eleanora Fagan
Road To Hell
War Zone
Look Up
THE PLAYERS:
Dave Tyson - Keyboards, Vocals
Jacek Sobotta - Keyboards
Keith Jones - Bass, Vocals
Paul DeLong - Drums
Domenic Troiano - Guitars, Vocals
WEBSITE(S):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenic_Troiano

http://www.geocities.com/domenic_troiano/
REVIEW:
By Yours Truly

Domenic isn't a talent that I followed closely thru the years, but that's not to say he isn't worthy of being followed. I first heard of him when he joined the James Gang after Joe Walsh left. At the time no one could fill Joe's shoes so I was suitably unimpressed but later on in the 70's when he put out the bulk of his solo work I changed my opinion considerably and this album had a lot of miles put on it during the late 70's early 80's.

There is a lot of stuff to like on this disc besides the excellent guitar work. All the musicians are top notch at their craft which makes the album enjoyable on a number of different levels. For me the overall feel of the album is Jazzy rock. The first side of the album consisted of normal length tunes. Side two consisted of 3 cuts, all longer and more improvisational and all somewhat tied together.

As seems to happen alot these days, when I did a web search for this entry to see what I could find out about Domenic the first thing I learned is that he passed on a couple years ago. It was good to find out though that he managed to keep his music career going until the end and that's something that means a lot to me these days.....

Give this one a listen and see what ya think. What can it hurt?

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