Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Geoff Stitch - At Home [v2]
 | This CD-R comes from guitarist Geoff Stitch, who was at the helm of the Reverbs and the Surfonics. Most of it is blues and jazz, but two tracks are in his amiable surf style with full reverb.
Vocals include That Will Never Due. |
Picks: Blues With A Feeling, Bye Bye Blues, Angry, Geoff's Surf Original, Alabama Jubilee, Blues Night Tonight, Bye Bye Blues, Good Blues Tonight, Shuffle-ing Blues in C, Surf Jam with Geoff's Jaguar, Autumn Leaves, Blues with a Feeling, Boogie In E (with 1964 Fender Jaguar), Watch What Happens, Alabama Jubilee, Boogie In E (with Mosrite), Mediation
Track by Track Review
Blues (Instrumental)
Lumbering blues with mumblin' and a Freddie King feel. On the soothing and familiar side of the blues.
Flapper Jazz (Instrumental)
The blues move to banjo in a light hearted and bouncy setting. Kinda like the twenties flappers woulda dug.
Blues (Instrumental)
"Angry" doesn't sound very angry to me. Bouncy and playful, it seems much more celebrative than pissy.
Surf (Instrumental)
"Geoff's Surf Original" is a liquid fun surf pleasure against drum machine, with playful melody lines and bouncy rhythm. Way on the happy side, yet with just a touch of caution. Very nice track!
Blues (Instrumental)
Geoff Stitch plays his pluckin' heart out on this happy and frothy ditty. Lots of carefree fun.
Blues (Instrumental)
This is a pretty straight happy blues romp, with fun in mind. Not challenging or adventurous, but very enjoyable.
Flapper Jazz (Instrumental)
The blues move to banjo in a light hearted and bouncy setting. Kinda like the twenties flappers woulda dug.
Flapper Jazz (Instrumental)
Banjo and guitar duel lightly in a flapper mode, with bouncy energy and no worries delivery.
Blues (Instrumental)
Slow shufflin' blues, with more mumblin' and noodlin' like it's past closing and the amp just won't turn off.
Surf Jam with Geoff's Jaguar Blues (Instrumental)
This is quite a fun surf jam, like Freddie King at the beach with an outboard reverb. While definitely a jam, it's also quite cool and infectious. Great reverb and tone, and fine plucking.
Dinner Jazz (Instrumental)
This is a dinner jazz rendering of "Autumn Leaves," with the softness retained and the self appointed cool of the genre injected. Tasteful.
Blues (Instrumental)
Lumbering blues with mumblin' and a Freddie King feel. On the soothing and familiar side of the blues.
Boogie In E (with 1964 Fender Jaguar) Blues (Instrumental)
Clappin' boogie with reverb and a blues progression. "Boogie In E (with 1964 Fender Jaguar)" is kinda catchy in the key of blue.
Blues (Instrumental)
Hand claps, jazzy guitar, open verandah martinis, and a bit of slither capture a warm afternoon. Pleasant and wistful.
Blues (Instrumental)
Geoff Stitch plays his pluckin' heart out on this happy and frothy ditty. Lots of carefree fun.
Boogie In E (with Mosrite) Blues (Instrumental)
This is the same as track 14, but this time played on Geoff's Mosrite.
Blues (Instrumental)
Damped pluck and electric blues, screaming guitar pain and wankin' noodlin'... maybe that's harsh, but this is not very interesting.