Terry Quiett Band - Cut the Rope (2008)

In an entertainment world that is constantly recycling images and trends, it's nice to take a step back and smell the home cooking that is rock and roll, no matter where the gig is. From dive bars to dance floors, one thing is for certain, with the Terry Quiett Band you can always be promised an original, blues-soaked, groove-inducing, soul-filled sound that isn't basted in the cliches of modern rock. In short, Terry Quiett Band has bled the simple sounds from the viscera of alternative rock and given it a stout injection of blues with a whiskey backbone. This band was made to make you cry, laugh, dance, scream, jump, juke, jive, hustle, bustle, and fall in love, all on the same evening...the kind of experience you can only gain through a touring, live band. The fact that they travel from city to city, town to town, to play for even the most meager crowd rekindles my faith in musical performers that still play because they actually want to... because they love to...because they need to. It's hard to find bands like that anymore and the Terry Quiett Band wears that badge proudly.