Leif De Leeuw Band - Mighty Fine (2024)

Personnel:
Leif de Leeuw – Guitar
Sem Jansen – Guitar and Vocals
Boris Oud – Bass Guitar
Tim Koning – Drums
Joram Bemelmans – Drums
Jeroen Ermens – Hammond and Keys

The latest album 'Mighty Fine' also proves the class of this band. Leif and Sem Jansen (vocals, guitar) fight out the most wonderful guitar duels on the album, excellently supported by Boris Oud (bass), the two drummers Tim Koning and Joram Bemelmans and keyboardist Jeroen Ermens .

The album is opened in a sparkling way by the surging Rosalie . An intimate song with Michel van Dijk-like vocals by Sem Jansen and biting guitar work. Hard To Hold is a Southern Rock song that floats on a Bo Diddley beat. A song that once again features a wonderfully melancholy guitar sound.

A highlight is the cover of Neil Young's Southern Man on which Berget Lewis proves (once again) to be the best Dutch soul singer. The cover has a funky groove with room for melodic guitar work and the screeching Hammond of Jeroen Ermens. The intimately grooving Lone Star then again has a high Allman quality.

Home Wrecker highlights the Ramblin' Man-esque Allman side of the band. The gently swaying Small Town mixes Albatross (Fleetwood Mac)-like guitar work with light Whipping Post (Allmans) influences. Gumbo Man is a heavy funky instrument metal with a lot of Little Feat influence and a leading role for the biting guitar work. Fool For Love is then an intimate soulful song with hard Roy Buchanan-like guitar work.

The album's closing track, Charade Man , is a grimly grooving song with jazz-rock touches.

Once again the Leif de Leeuw Band proves its top class with this excellent album! ~Peter Marinus