Marcus Trummer – From The Start
Gypsy Soul
10 songs time – 43:48
Marcus Trummer is a soul singer-guitarist from up Canada way and this is his debut album. Some blues or blues-rock in his guitar playing, but that is the extent of the blues connection. His vocals are fine and the band and horn section are adequate. Marcus wrote all the songs.
The guitar solos on “Waiting For Change” and “The Only Thing” range from blues to blues rock. The horns play in the traditional soul music style throughout. Miles Evans Branagh’s organ flourishes are a high point of the music. “Ready To Go” is in the mellow soul ballad with shimmering electric piano and organ. It has melodic and bluesy guitar solos. The horns are abandoned for a more aggressive guitar and organ attack on “Let The Devil Win”, the closest he comes to blues. Background vocals here as on most of the tunes. The lyrics, the horns, the voices guitar and the rhythm section all seem to gel on the title track “From The Start”, a tale of failed love.
The intro to “Break My Fall” calls to my mind “I Shall Be Released”. The song kind of saunters along. If you like soul music, you came to the right place. It is basically well performed and produced.
