The Detroit Cobras Do It To Me

Posted about 1 year ago

What a dirty rock pleasure it was to catch The Cobras last week at Maxwell's. Joey Mazzola, who played guitar on my upcoming Detroit LP, graced the stage with his wildly expansive chops and even sang some skillful back up. I had no idea he could sing too. In this vid I just found, he's playing bass. Where does it end?!Rachel Nagy sports rock pipes of gold and is powerful, unique, and sexed out to the nines; the kind of woman you look at and realize immediately, "She would eat me alive for breakfast. That is way too much woman for me to handle."I'm a big fan of their sound, taking oldies with great melodies and spicing them up with a garage rock attack.Their latest record has some real goodies on it. Green Light is one of my faves.The Detroit Cobras, "Cha Chat Twist"

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jenny says Oh, yeah, I saw them last summer and it so fun. But i think Rachel would probably take it easy on you.

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NeilNathan says that's the problem entirely she would have to consciously take it easy! or maybe i am selling myself short

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1234chainsaw says They were a lot of fun, but musically good but not great (a little rushed), when I saw them last summer (review here). But I can't thank Tied & True enough for leading me to Garnet Mimms, who originally performed "As Long As I have You," and of course another Irma Thomas track didn't hurt at all.

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NeilNathan says cool review chainsaw i gotta explore some of those artists you're talking about those melodies are so soulful and infectious

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ZZTodd says they're coming to my town on wednesday. i'm trying hard to get off work so i can see them.

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NeilNathan says twould be worth cutting work for todd do it!

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1234chainsaw says Neil: Some of the artists DC have covered are quite obscure but real gems. I found this last winter, it might interest you: http://detroitcobracovers.blogspot.com/ You might also like The Dirtbombs' R&B/soul cover album Ultraglide In Black if you don't know it already.

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