II Big- Face in the Glass Review

Artist: II Big
Title: Face in the Glass
Website: http://www.riverrox.com
Style: Classic Rock
Label: Russian River Records
Lineup: Aubrey Hansen (guitar, vocals), Tom Hansen (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Ken Ingels (drums, percussion), Roger Vance (bass)
Rating: 9.2 out of 10
By C.W. Ross

 

If you're old enough to remember the 70's and 80's then this band's music will have a familiar tone to it and bring back some fond memories.

 

II Big plays what they describe as, 'brand new classic rock.' They accomplish this by fusing elements of classic rock music along with new musical twists to achieve their sound.

 

The band has opened for all of the top classic rock bands from, Foghat, Blue Oyster Cult, and Grand Funk Railroad, to Joe Walsh, REO Speedwagon, and the motor city madmen -Ted Nugent.

 

Band drummer Ken Ingels says, "Although our audience seems to be made up of people of all ages, we're most popular with those folks who grew up with the sounds of classic Eagles, Bob Seger, and ZZ Top. "

 

On Face in the Glass you'll find ten tracks, nine of them are originals, and the one cover track is of the Crosby, Stills & Nash classic, "Wooden Ship."

 

I really liked this group's guitar and keyboard driven sound that ranges from country and southern rocker to classic rock ballads. No matter what style of music their playing the band does them all equally well. Besides the song's instrumentation the vocal harmonies found on many of the songs are nothing short of stellar.

 

So if you're a fan of bands like, Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams Jr., 38 Special, The Marshall Tucker Band, meets Bad Company and ZZ Top then you need to get Face in the Glass and hear what good country flavored classic rock music should sound like.