Search - Susan Band Weinert :: Mysterious Stories

Great fusion axe

07/11/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This the Susan Weinert Band's debut release, (as far as I know). Mysterious
Stories has a Pat Metheny, Wayne Johnson, (hear it on the mellow "Feel free to come by any
time you want"), or Birelli LaGrene feel in many places with brief flourishes of either Scott
Henderson or Frank Gambale. Martin Weinert's bass and doublebass is "Gary Willis" strong and
greatly serves to augment Weinert's electric guitars and guitar-synth. Hardy Fischötter drums with
precision and grace and drives the heart of the beast. Hear some mean drumming especially on
"Wrong time, wrong place" and "Put me in coach, `cause I'm the right man for that job".
Weinert gets her crunchiest and most raw electric-edged on the rockin' "Three Choices"
and gives a taste of what her following release, Crunch Time would lean towards. There
is that Ray Gomez, jazz fusion bluesy rock boogie happening all over the place on this one. That
Tribal Tech feel is strongest on "A short story about Tofu". Weinert even tackles Mike Stern
territory in her riffs on "Put me in coach, `cause I'm the right man for that job". On "We've made
some money, man?!" I heard that Gambale/Henderson mix nearly 40/60.
This release serves to demonstrate just what great skill was beginning to blossom at
Weinert's fingertips. Her later releases prove it clearly. Good stuff. ~ John W. Patterson, EER-MUSIC.com"