4 Days in the South
Despite a string of previous releases this was my first encounter with Greg Koch and his work. “4 Days In The South” was a good introduction with the material on this collection offering some bluesy tinged rock with elements of other styles and all mixed in with outstanding guitar technique, original songwriting and enthusiastic delivery.
This is heralded as “a southern ‘chicken-fried' blues rock bonanza!” on the CD booklet and this just about covers what you can expect. Some great blues with the opener “Bored To Tears”, “The Love Contractor” and my favourite “Your Face”, a portion of southern rock with “When Were The Good Old Days?” and a little bit of country in “Keep On Singin”. “Keep On Singing” presents an unusual ingredient in this recipe which does more to show Greg's musical versatility than add any substance to the rest of the collection. Despite this I enjoyed my introduction to Greg Koch and so might you if you've not encountered him before, especially if you're up for a nice mixture of blues and southern rock with good guitar work and some inventive songwriting. Greg has been dubbed “an eclectic virtuoso” and “4 Days In The South” is a testament to that description.
Jukebox, October 2005
1. Bored to Tears2. When Were the Good Old Days?
3. Can’t Get There from Here
4. Your Face
5. Thems the Breaks
6. Fool’s Gold
7. Keep on Singin’
8. The Love Contractor
9. Folsum Prison Blues
10. Chicken from Hell
11. J.S.K.
