Lucky Singh Triple Album Review

With total disregard to the accompanying descriptions of each album I listened to the CDs successively in no particular order. The album I listened to first was 7. I was delighted to find the opening track to be reminiscent of Steve Morse. The guitar work was phenomenal with harmonized unison leads dropping off into face melting guitar solos. My opinion of Lucky Singh was sealed almost immediately. Throughout this effort I found more things to praise than criticize, so I no longer languished at the prospect of "wasted" time. Listening to skilled musicianship and thoughtful arranging could never be a waste of one's time.

Unison fills not unlike those used by Rush are scattered throughout several tracks of 7, and at times the progressive mayhem and shredding guitar seem almost too much to take. But at these exact moments the direction of a song will change at the drop of a dime as if Lucky Singh is all to aware of critical timing. This effort is definitely a musician's album (Track 7 entitled "Mystic 7" is in 7/4, ha). "Delta Jam" features an actual reggae and not the dub-style reggae novices espouse as the real thing. "Off the Cuff" wanders from the progressive shred to show off a blues sensibility along the vein of Hendrix or SRV, and the country/prog hybrid of Amalgamation is simultaneously original and tasteful.

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