_{“Drive” is the first album from multi-national band Mother Road. It is released on 26th May through the band’s own Road Songs label, with distribution being handled by AOR Heaven. Mother Road was founded in 2011 following a meeting between guitarist Chris Lyne (formerly of Soul Doctor) and American vocalist Keith Slack (Steelhouse Lane / Michael Schenker Group / Mudpie). Described in their press release as a Hard Rock Blues band, I have to admit that during my first listen to the album I did draw comparison to early Whitesnake on a number of occasions.}

_{Lyne has named Gary Moore, Jimmy Page, Paul Kossoff and John Sykes amongst his influences, whilst Slack’s list includes Paul Rodgers and Led Zeppelin. That should give you a feel for to expect from “Drive” and with that in mind I really don’t think you’ll be disappointed.}

_{The Mother Road line-up is completed by Alessandro Del Vecchio on keyboards, Zacky Tsoukas on drums and Frank Binke on bass. You can find out more at www.motherroad-band.com}

_{There are 11 great tracks on the album and it’s hard to pick favourites but at a push I’ll go with “Feather In Your Hat”, “Drive Me Crazy”, “Dangerous Highway”, “Dirty Little Secret” and “Still Rainin’”.}

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