Ian Moore
Ian Moore’s
Got the Green Grass
Hablabor Records – 001
Release 1998
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This disc is a happy crossing of the blues he grew up playing and pop of groups like the Beatles. Moore grew up steeped in the tradition of the Blues with a heavy dose of the R&B music of the 60s and such groups as Sly & the Family Stone and the song writing talents of Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder. One of his first outings was a guitarist for Joe Ely, which helped build the song-writing skills of this talented guitarist. This disc brings all those various influences into play and shows that he has taken these diverse influences and molded them into something that is uniquely his own. This disc is dominated by his
singing, and he does have a good strong voice that holds its own but really shines on the James Chambers written “Many Rivers To Cross”. His version of this song, with the band rock solid behind him each step of the way, following both his voice and guitar leads is standout on the disc. Though there is truly not a week cut on the disc, and the songs with their differing styles are artfully blend to make a comprehensive whole.