- The Bluefish Records Catelog -

featuring the albums of acclaimed Australian blues rock guitarist

Mal Eastick

THE SOUTHERN LINE
Cat. No. BRCD - 001

First released 1995

Re-mastered & re-released -2000

SPIRIT
Cat. No. BRCD - 002

Heaps of passion!

Released -2001

Let's look at Mal's brand new album first!

* NEW RELEASE ! * GREAT REVIEWS *
* AVAILABLE NOW ! *

 

Bluefish Records
Cat. No. BRCD - 002
SPIRIT
- MAL EASTICK -

Tracks
1. Jungle Funk
2. Heavy Heart
3. Another Man
4. The 'E' Street Shuffle
5. Talkin' 'Bout My Baby
6. Love So Strong
7. The Gringo Swing
8. Lost In The City
9. Blues For Aaron
10. Bye Bye Baby
11. I'll Never Be Back
12. Swept Away


Mal Eastick - guitars
John Makey - vocals / Ian Lees - bass / Rudy Miranda - drums
All songs original compositions

Produced by Mal Eastick


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* ALSO AVAILABLE * NEW TRACKING ORDER *

Bluefish Records
Cat. No. BRCD - 001
THE SOUTHERN LINE
- MAL EASTICK -

Please note that the Southern Line Album is temporarily out of stock. We will advise as soon as it is available.

Re-mastered with new tracking order!!
Now opening with the award-winning tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan!!

Tracks
1. Jumpin' With Stevie
2. My Life Story
3. Goin' Home Tonight
4. The Double 'EE' Boogie
5. Ocean Deep
6. Gone Gone Gone
7. Louise
8. Two Loves
9. Don't Take Advantage Of Me
10. Boundary Rider
11. Times Like These (I Feel Like Goin' Home)

Mal Eastick - guitars, tambourine
John 'Chock' Eriwata - vocals, tambourine
Simon Chapman - piano, organ / Col Brown - bass / Joel Sutton - drums
plus special guests
Tommy Emmanuel, Kevin Bennett, Maggie McKinney, Barry Leef & Blair Greenburg
All songs original compositions except 'Don't Take Advantage Of Me'

Produced by Mal Eastick


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Album Reviews


Date : May 2001
Reviewer : Tom Branson, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

MAL EASTICK
- SPIRIT -
Bluefish Records

They say that good things come to those who wait. There surely must be a goodly measure of truth in that statement, as sometimefinding great blues and blues/rock music from around the world can be difficult and time consuming. It is, however, extremely rewarding when that CD arrives from abroad and you realize upon listening to it that you have unearthed a real treasure.

Like the unending patience of the old miners who panned for gold, my diligent efforts yielded me a truly remarkable recording from Mal Eastick, the veteran Australian blues/rock guitarist. "Spirit" is Eastick's much anticipated sequel to his very fine 1995 release "The Southern Line". It contains 12 original tracks either written or co-written by Eastick, including 5 very fine instrumentals. Every selection on this CD is a first class offering and quite frankly it has been a long time since I have heard a recording from anyone that is this consistently good from start to finish. Eastick's guitar is clean, crisp, and commanding throughout the entire set, and he is most admirably backed by John Makey on vocals, excellent bassist Ian Lees, who I knew from his work with Kevin Borich, and Rudy Miranda on drums. This is a very polished and professional band and the studio sound is excellent as well.

Picking personal favourites is a problem here, as the entire set is so strong. I will mention, however, the heavy hitting blues/rock numbers "Heavy Heart" and "Talkin' 'Bout My Baby". Any one of the 5 instrumentals is also very good. And, as another indication of how consistently good this recording is, I would have recommended that my readers buy it if it had ended on track 9. Thankfully, the set does not end with no.9, as tracks 10 and 11, "Bye Bye Baby" and "I'll Never Be Back" respectively, are in fact the strongest two on the set. I find this most unusual and unlike most recordings I review. This wonderful CD again reminds me of why I am such a great fan of Australian blues/rock recordings, as several of the artists that I have reviewed (Dave Hole, Kevin Borich and Rob Tognoni) have a similar such commitment to excellence as does Mal Eastick.

Good things do indeed come to those who wait. "Spirit" and "The Southern Line" are each available at the official Bluefish Records web site at www.bluefishrecords.com and at the official Mal Eastick web site at www.maleastick.com.

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Tracks
1. Jungle Funk 2. Heavy Heart 3. Another Man 4. The "E" Street Shuffle 5. Talkin' 'Bout My Baby 6. Love So Strong 7. The Gringo Swing 8. Lost In The City 9. Blues For Aaron 10. Bye Bye Baby 11. I'll Never Be Back 12. Swept Away

Tom Branson
Album reviewer - Nashville, Tennessee USA
www.bluesrockers.itgo.com/review.html and www.gottheblues.com

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MAL EASTICK and his BAND

plus Mal's
career biography, discography, gear, tour dates & photo gallery,

check out his own website at
www.maleastick.com