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Picked as #1 of the top 20 area releases of 2001 by the Washington Post and winner of the Washington Area Music Association award for best blues recording of 2001!!
Produced by Jr & Timm Biery, Tastes Like Chicken features Bob Mallardi on bass & vocals, Roger Edsall on harp & vocals, Jay Corder on sax, Michael "Jr" Tash on guitar, and the golden boy, David Thaler on drums. We even had some very special guests on this one - Pete Kanaras from the Nighthawks, Mary Shaver, Janine Wilson, Cindy Cain, Jay Monterose, and Eric Sharamek all doing what they do best - playing and singing!
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Check out some reviews of our CD, "Tastes Like Chicken"
The Washington Post says "these new tunes are what make "Tastes
Like Chicken" such appetizing stuff." Read the December 2001 review.
Read
the September 4th article about Tastes Like Chicken from
the Washingtonpost.com web site.
Ron Weinstock of the DC Blues Society says "The recording is good
and holds up musically to the better blue wave bunch of bands like
Little Charlie & the Nitecats or Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers.
This is a solid recording that does not wear out its welcome with
repeated listening." Read the review
on page 6 of the April 2002 DC Blues Society Newsletter.
From 5678 Swing Magazine - They say " If you like your sound spiced with a rhythmically charged harmonica and sax and fueld by a little rocking guitar, you will groove here." Check out the December 2001 review.
From the June/July 2002 issue of Blues Revue Magazine -
Strong contemporary blues make up Tastes Like Chicken (Badblues 8021), from the Washington, DC outfit Bad Influence. The writing is good - harpist Roger Edsall manages to find new wrinkles in the overdone "Love Dot Com" blues theme, and guitarist Jr. Tash's snapshot of a sour relationship in "Talking to the Wall" is unusually in-depth and affecting. The band's finesse and flair are highlighted in backscratchin' grooves ("Don't Forget Your Nightclothes," boosted by guest guitarist Pete Kanaras' courtesy-of-Earl-Hooker wah slide guitar solo), too-cool shuffles ("Road House"), and chromatic harp workouts ("Cat Fight").
From the December 2002 issue of Living Blues Magazine -
Hailing from the DC/Maryland area, Bad Influence is muscular five-piece unit featuring Roger Edsall's tasty harp and strong guitar from Jr. Tash. Guests on this outing of eleven originals include the Nighthawk's Pete Kanaras, who supplies the effective six-string on Don't Forget Your Nightclothes. Tash goes over the top occasionally, leaning toward a rock feel for the humorous D.C. Driver, but Edsalls Cat Fight is a powerful few minutes with nice chromatic harp work, and Jay Corder offers solid sax to a handful of other tracks. Good writing skills, blue-collar vocals, and better-than-average delivery show throughout.
From the producer:
This is the second Bad Influence disc I've had the pleasure of recording and mixing. However, for me, "Taste Like Chicken" is truly the first Bad Influence record, while "Where We Been" was a great example of their abilities as performers, arrangers and vocalists, this time out they prove themselves to be great songwriters as well.No sophomore jinx here!
Honest, witty and heartfelt lyrics sit on top of music that takes what is "blues" to a different place, yet always seems familiar; solos that sing, laugh and cry......grooves that take you from a '40's dance hall to a modern dance club. And throughout it all, you can feel the camaraderie of these guys.
This is a band! They pull for each other, stepping forward, stepping back at just the right moments, always thinking of what's right for the song. So do yourself a favor............buy another copy of "Taste Like Chicken" to keep in your car.
"It's Finger Lickin' Good."
- Timm Biery, Producer & Engineer, July 5, 2001
To order by snail mail, send $15.00 (including US shipping, International add $3.00) to:
Bad Influence
P.O. Box 266
Germantown, MD 20875 USA
