104.7 The Point welcomes
Back Door Slam consists of three teenagers who were brought up on a potentially overindulgent appetite of everything blues. The trio is now using their precocious talents to create their own mindblowing brand of contemporary/traditional blues-rock. The result is a sound reminiscent of the greats (BB King, Howlin Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, SRV) but with a big fat nod to the modern music and songwriters they all share a love of (Clapton, Knopfler, Mayall, Mayer).
"Does the world really need another solo virtuoso bass stylist? If it’s Aram Bedrosian, absolutely. The Burlington, Vermont native clears the purely technical bar and then some with a combination of slapping, tapping and chordal strumming of the Hamm/Wooten/Manring varieties (“Thumpty Dumpty” and “Terracotta” are head-shakingly intense), and he’s pulling it all off live, as in “Look, Ma, no Pro Tools trickery.” But Bedrosian’s hidden treasures are twofold: first, he summons a rich, deep, almost instantly signature tone on everything he plays, enhancing difficult material with a clarity and warmth that goes easy on the ears; second, great care and patience is taken to develop melodies and classically influenced chord progressions, and after the third listen to “Space Opera” and “Sand Castle,” you discover that beneath the virtuosic surface of Aram Bedrosian lurks the heart of a budding composer."
--Bass Player Magazine
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