The Mezcaltones have been together for a handful of years
and over the past couple they have developed an enthusiastic fan base at the
Tamworth Country Music Festival. The reason for that is that they turn on
professional, exciting, entertaining live shows that mix up covers and original
material, instrumentals and songs, and never let the audience get bored.
Although the Mezcaltones aren’t strictly country music
people – their style is Tex-Mex rock with a dose of Western swing – they share something
fundamental with country music artists: an interest in their audiences. That’s
why their shows are so good - they are put together with the intention to keep
toes tapping and heads nodding. The band members are, to a person, experienced
musicians and performers who have refined their skills until they are exactly
on point.
The Mezcaltones’ eponymous debut EP captures that live experience:
the mix of covers with original material; the driving, upbeat tempos; the lead
vocals from Col Porter that a perfect fit for the band’s sound, and the general
sense of the whole enterprise being a good time to record as much as it is to
listen to.
The EP is seven songs’ worth of material that is guaranteed
to bring a smile. If you never make it to a show, rest assured you are getting the
next best thing – and turn it up loud.
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