Tommy DeCarlo - Lightning Strikes Twice
Album review by; John
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Remember MySpace? Well, this is where Tommy DeCarlo started out his career. Tommy DeCarlo was a massive fan of the rock band Boston, so much so he decided to make recordings of him covering their songs and posted them on his daughters MySpace page.
When original Boston lead singer Brad Delp suddenly passed away in 2007, Tommy wrote and recorded an emotional tribute to him which was also uploaded to the MySpace page. One thing led to another and Tommy ended up performing at Brad Delps’ tribute gig and long story short, is now the lead singer of Boston.
Tommy DeCarlo is quite literally living the dream, singing with his favourite band, but of course, he has his own band too, with Tommy lending his name to it, and it's their album I'm here to review. This is their debut album Lightning Strikes Twice. The band consists of Tommy DeCarlo on vocals of course, plus his son Tommy DeCarlo Jnr on guitar, David Netta on bass, and Dan Hitz on drums.
So what should you expect from DeCarlo and their debut album? Well you will find obvious influence from Boston as well as the likes of REO Speedwagon. If you like Melodic Rock then this could be for you. Tommys’ son sure is a talented guitarist and according to Tommy, his son is the backbone of the band. Talking of his son, he said: "He has great feel for what is going to work on stage, not just musically but production wise too".
The title track really stands out, with Tommy Jnrs’ guitar a real stand out. There is also a great guitar solo in "Still In Love" a beautiful and touching ballad. "Rock N' Soul" is one of my favourite tracks on the album, it's a great upbeat number to pick you up after the ballad and has a great soul and bluesy feel to it, The closing number on the album "I Think I Fell In Love With You" is another ballad but more of an upbeat kinda ballad and is a strong finish.
There are twelve tracks to enjoy on this album, the full listing is;
A Better Day, You Are The Fire, Give Love A Try, Into The Storm, Lightning Strikes Twice, Still In Love, Rock N' Soul, There She Goes, Stand Up (Play Ball), The One, Gotta Go and I Think I Fell In Love With You.
If you like your Melodic Rock and AOR then you're gonna like this one.
I give it a solid 3 out of 5.
Line-up:
Tommy DeCarlo - vocals
Tommy DeCarlo Jr - guitars
Dan Hitz - drums
David Netta - bass
Payton Velligan - keyboard/guitar/vocals
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