Album Review From Germany! · Jun 14, 09:54 AM
Here's the translation of a review of Something Real from Germany:
http://www.home-of-rock.de/CD-Reviews2/Jon_Fox/Something_Real.html
The Debut album, ' Something Real' from Jon Fox was made in the tradition of his musicial idols. These are the good old Southern Rock bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker band, and the Outlaws. Fox's CD, which is an honorable first work, deals with well-known song patterns, harsh sounding electric guitars, occasional honky-tonk piano, energetic vocals, and strong criticism of the deplorable state of affairs in his homeland.
Fox, who is entitled to vote in Texas, likes to mention Chris Knight, Tom Petty and CCR as some of his influences. Fox walks the political tightrope in several songs. In his song West Virginia, he talks about the situation of the people there and that these people have no hope and are ending up in a life of drugs. He is talking bad in ' Hollywood Syndrome' about American Idol, (counterpart of the german show `DSDS' ) and about the greed for fame and money which is controlled by media. Fox keeps his distance like a sincere, independent musician. He lets his guitar and lyrics speak for him and plays powerful Southern Rock music for the crowd with his lead guitar.
The former trucker Fox doesn't take the Southern-Rock over the cliche border though, even the old soldiers can't do that anymore, but he plows really self-confidently into his own little and successful field. This CD has 10 original compositions and just one cover song, Steve Earle's Taneytown. That well- known guests, like Tim Lawter and Rusty
Milner from the Marshall Trucker Band are involved shows Fox' respect at traditional value.
You can't expect miracle effects from an honest trademan like Jon Fox, but he knows well how to satisfy the worst hunger, sets dogged on old recipes which work really good. "Something Real" presents itself not at all as a dissapointment, it's mostly a proper matter, where you can hear real-life blood and honest trade. The band misses a little bit of a personal note to establish them as an inside tip, but in the original meaning of this debut, it develops what it sets out to be, "Something Real"
To hear samples of selected tracks, and to buy Jon Fox's album "Something Real," visit www.jonfoxmusic.com.
— Jon Fox
