 "Music, Motorcycles and Money", by Gary Dean Jennings
Genre: Classic Rock
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It's tough not to spot a classic rocker when you come across one. I mean the kind that grew up on Credence, the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd, rides a hog in packs of fifteen or more (two across, of course), and relies chiefly on three things -- music, motorcycles and money. You would think "women" would be missing from this list, but, in way, that's kind of what this single is about in the first place.
Music, Motorcycles, and Money opens up with a pretty decent guitar riff intro, and then breaks open into a full band tune; complete with keyboards, bass, and drums. The tune pretty much rides hard all the way through, with good changes and a solid arrangement. There are also some decent solos and electric guitar work during the course of the song. This is a pretty full sounding song with a nice breakdown, a great, spacey electric guitar solo during the main bridge, and a decent overall mix on the production side of things. The story around the song is pretty clear -- Gary tells a story about a man growing up and facing the world and the deconstruction of his dreams; refusing to submit to anything along the way regardless, including love, and growing to appreciate his life for what it was and holding on to his independence and a desire to live life in his own way. In fact, Gary's Album, "Looking Back", seems to fit this theme to some degree. The recording quality on this track is nice and clean -- perhaps recorded by the artist, in this case (Gary has, in fact, constructed a digital studio for himself). In several of my listens, I couldn't help but feel that the recording was a bit "wet"; meaning in this case a few too many effects on the vocals and on the wall of sound behind them, which kind of drown the vocals out a bit in the mix for me. I also couldn't tell if I was listening to a real drummer or a midi drum track, although my first instinct screamed "midi". I also couldn't make out a bass line in the song, which really would have held it down. In my opinion, this track would rock a whole lot more if we could get a real (sounding) drummer and band in there and hear those vocals a little more than we do now. All in all, however, the recording is clean and well put together. Music, Motorcycles, and Money is a solid tune overall; especially for those who share the lifestyle. In short, if your hand goes for the lighter in the pocket of your leather jacket when Freebird starts up, then you would definitely dig this song. But then again, I guess we all can't help but do that, can we?
Stone Bayliss
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