"Might Be Right"-White Reaper
When it comes to today’s Billboard Hot-100, you
may have noticed mainstream rock isn’t represented on the charts as it once was
decades ago. You know; bands with a couple of lead guitarists up front with
lots of volume, attitude and hair. Sure, they’re out there… you just gotta look
for them.
Somewhere in between the dozens of new releases dominated
by polished programming, auto-tuned vocals and drum machines, I stumbled upon a
righteous rock track that could have easily been a Rick Nielsen arrangement
from the late-70s/early-80s.
From my perspective, no one will ever dethrone
Cheap Trick as the Best Garage Band of All-Time, but here’s a group of guys
from Louisville that are definitely worthy of warming-up the venue as their
opening act.
White Reaper’s latest single “Might Be Right” is a
damn good guitar-based jam and probably one of rock music’s best examples of 21st
century power-pop. It’s a track that is
full of hooks, including really riffy guitar licks paired-up with a killer
bass-line. Tony Esposito and Hunter Thompson tap into their love of classic
rock to provide mirrored guitar harmonies that immediately reminded me of the ax-work
on “The Boys Are Back In Town.”
In an interview with New York’s 104.3 FM, Esposito
revealed, "When we started the band, we were listening to all kinds of
classic rock. It seemed to be that everybody was doing that.” He added, “In the
new song there's just those two bars and everyone's like, 'Oh my God, it sounds
like Thin Lizzy!’ It's awesome!”
Good ears, Jerry!
Good ears, Jerry!
On equal footing with the rhythm section is the
song’s spirited vocals featuring a load of lyrics that reflect on a rocky relationship which are all delivered with conviction, a catchy cadence and a cautionary caveat.
“Well my mother told me first, she said ‘when things aren't getting bad, look out… they might be getting worse.’”
Those "things" are looking pretty good right here, right now. Why? Because I have your brand new top bop cued-up and ready to roll!
By-the-way... the moral of this post; Don’t fear the White Reaper.
By-the-way... the moral of this post; Don’t fear the White Reaper.
