Details of
63 Deluxe
by 63 Deluxe
Liner Notes:
Producer: Anthony Scott
Engineer: Anthony Scott
Recorder At: Twin Earth Studios
Mastered By: Anthony Scott
About the Album
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63 DELUXE 63 Deluxe (independent/ bandcamp) **** ½
This is the self-titled debut for this trio from Adelaide. 63 Deluxe is a timeless mix of blues/rock on a funk chassis that melds grooviosity and extended workouts with a jazzy and jammy feel with tasty songwriting. It’s quite intoxicating.
Forming in 2020, 63 Deluxe is Anthony Scott on guitar and lead vocals, Bret Hann on bass and Jack Thompson on drums and vocals. Of the 12 songs on 63 Deluxe no fewer than 6 have been released as singles in the last couple of years. The disc has bounce and swing along with a precise attention to detail. Produced by Scott, I just love the way this sounds and feels- particularly the drums- a deep and rich modern funk n blues exploration that displays some top shelf playing. Their Bandcamp page describes them as “an original blues infused funk/ rock trio” which is no doubt true, but I’m also hearing and feeling a jazz-like precision and playfulness in their musicianship, especially on a track like The Waiting Room where Hann and Thompson set up a hot groove for Scott to solo over.
As a singer Anthony Scott reminds me of Steve Miller and his guitar playing is very tasty, helping the band to sound a little like Steely Dan’s Aussie cousin who might have been friends with Stevie Ray. This album has been described as “(sitting) as comfortably with cutting edge post-modern blues rock as it does with what you might have heard on the radio 40 or 50 years ago”, and as someone who’s been playing records on the air since 1975, I gotta say that description fits like a glove. This disc is really, really well done.
HOT TRACKS: My Favorite Hurricane, Lost And Found, The Waiting Room