Tony Vega Band - Tastes Like Love (2004)

This new CD really captures THE LIVE TVB SOUND! Preston Hubbard(ex Fabulous Thunderbirds & Roomful of Blues bassist) described it best, while working on the project, "yeah man, it's the Fabulous Thunderbirds meets the Stones!" The goal for me, production wise, was to make it sound like my favorite records of yesteryear. All of those old Memphis studio recordings, all of the old Chess and Stax records sound warm, organic, and fat!! And you could really hear that natural room reverb! That's what I was going for. The most important thing is the songs! Along with some of my very own new songs, this is a collection of some of my favorite songs! There are no "fillers" on this record. Every song bumps! It's a rocker. Grab a cold one & play it loud my friend!
Peace & Love, Tony Vega
Tastes Like Loves (Blue Texas 004) - What tastes like love, you ask? Maybe the Tony Vega Bands home cooking on there third album. Vega is a fluid guitarist and a kick-ass Texas-twang blues singer, and he works with the cream here, including bassist Preston Hubbard. Vega tips his hat to the Red Devil's Lester Butler on a pounding cover of "Automatic," and indeed, if you've worn out your copy of King King, this record takes up where it left off. Exceptional in every way.